Afsheen Ashraf
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Worked as researcher with applied knowledge of labour market concepts and data calculations according to the international standards, with best practice and having a strong experience of dealing in the financial and administrative tasks of the LMIA project run by the government of Pakistan with the collaboration of ILO and UNDP throughout the project period. Completed internship in the Statistics Department of the ILO. Recently working as Labour Market Information and analysis expert in Pakistan.
Work Experience:
Feb-2013-Present
Country Office-ILO Islamabad, Pakistan
Consultant/Lead trainer-LMI
· Technical assistance in producing Provincial Employment Trends Reports.
· Capacity need assessment of LMI Units at Punjab and Sindh Provinces of Pakistan and prepared capacity development reports.
· Training of LMI staff in Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan on data computation, developing conceptual framework and structure of report, and statistical analysis for the production of employment trends reports.
· Conducted a quantitative research study on “Minimum wages in Pakistan”
· Prepared concept note for study on “Labour market outcome for TVET gradates in Pakistan”.
· Produced report on “Improvement of data collection instruments for skill mapping”.
· Supported different project activities i.e. preparing project brochure, drafting letters to stakeholders, review of reports, coordinating for feedback on reports, communicating with stakeholders for different project activities and conducting technical meetings with relevant stakeholders.
· Coordinated with Statistics Department at ILO headquarters in Geneva for technical input on the request for such input by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
· Other support on request by ILO colleagues.
May-2013-Present
Country Office-Future Now Technologies Lahore, Pakistan
Consultant –LMIS Application Development
· Preparing LMIS indicators list, thematic areas, Report format and relationship development for indicators computation through the application developed for LMIS (Labour Market Information system) and labour law compliance and enforcement.
· Data computation using Stata for the LMIS application.
· Training of the LMI users and labour department to use, update and upgrade LMIS application.
May-2012-Dec-2012
LMI-TVET reform support program-GIZ Islamabad, Pakistan
Labour Market Analyst
· Establishment of LMI Cell at National Vocational and Technical training Commission.
· Labour market analysis to back up TVET policy, occupational counseling and career guidance.
· Establishment of LM database for TVET planning.
· Review of data sources on labour market.
· Preparing questionnaires.
· LMI related assessments.
· Preparing work plan.
July-2011-December 2011
Statistics Department-ILO Geneva, Switzerland
Intern
· Developing concept and operational definition of Green Jobs.
· Worked on Methodological Survey on labour force surveys in the Asian Countries.
· Calculating informal employment estimates from the Labour force micro data of Pakistan.
· Coordinating in preparing technical comments on ADePT labour module of the World Bank database.
· Calculated statistics from Micro data of labour force survey of Pakistan to test standards of employment and unemployment for the Working Group Meeting on short notice.
· Preparing feedback and comments on the decent work indicators’ draft and preparing some country examples to include in the analytical part of the draft.
March-2007-June 2011
Ministry of labour and Manpower (Government of Pakistan). Islamabad, Pakistan
Research officer-Labour Economist
· Technical contribution to the various issues of “Pakistan Employment Trends”
· Data calculations of the labour force survey to establish labour market data base of Pakistan as well as for the issues of Pakistan employment Trends.
· Technical Report Writing on Employment Trends in Pakistan.
· Preparation of technical suggestions to improving Labour Force Survey of Pakistan and school to work transition module attached to LFS.
· Coordinating among the various Departments of the Government of Pakistan for technical cooperation.
· Coordinating in the execution of Labour Market Information and Analysis project the-Ministry of Labour and manpower Government of Pakistan.
· Preparation of all financial and monitoring reports of the project.
Oct-2006-march-2007
Kashf Foundation (Micro finance Institute). Lahore, Pakistan
Branch Manager
· Management/administration of the branch
· Guiding the staff to explore the potential female clients during field visits
· Disbursement of loans
· Field visits for audit purposes
· Preparing financial and monitoring reports
· Arranging skill trainings for the clients
· Guiding clients to set up their businesses
Nov-2002-Aug-2003
Noor Degree College for women. Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Lecturer
· Delivering lectures up to degree level
· Guiding students in preparing their projects
Nov-2002-Aug-2003
Noor Degree College for women. Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Head of Economics Department
· Management of the department
· Arranging study tours
· Looking after the student affairs
· Organizing extra curricular activities
Personal details:
Date of birth: 04-04-1977
Place of birth: Punjab
Nationality: Pakistani
Education:
Nov-2010-oct-2011
International Training Centre-ILO, Turin Italy.
Master in Applied Labour Economics for Development
98/110
Degrees Awarded by:
Sciences Po, Paris France
University of Turin, Italy
Dec-1999-June-2002
International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
Master of Science in Economics
Cumulative G.P.A of 3.75/4.00
82.00 % Marks
Language Skills:
Urdu Native language
English Excellent
Arabic Basic
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Office
SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)
Stata
Pakistan’s representation on international forum:
February 2, 2010-February 5, 2010
UN DevInfo inter-agency task force for Asia and Pacific Siem Reap, Cambodia
Using data in evidence based decision making and launch of DevInfo 6.0
Presentation on Using Labour Force data for Decision Making focusing on LMI database development in Pakistan.
Representation on national forum:
May4, 2010-May 5, 2010
ILO Islamabad, Pakistan
National Conference on from household to work place-Reshaping the lives of women through economic empowerment
Presentation on “Pakistan Employment Trends for Women”
Trainings by International Agencies:
March 5, 2007-March 14, 2007
International Labour Organization Islamabad, Pakistan
Labour Market Information and analysis
Jan 19, 2009-Jan 23, 2009
UNFPA Islamabad, Pakistan
Gender Statistics
August 10, 2009- August 12, 2009
GTZ Islamabad, Pakistan
Gender Aware Project Formulation and Analysis
July5, 2010- July9, 2010
UN Inter-Agency DevInfo Support Group Islamabad, Pakistan One week training Course on DevInfo 6.0
Trainings by National Departments/Institutes:
11-12 December, 2007
Federal Bureau of Statistics Pakistan-Training Wing Islamabad, Pakistan
Labour Market Information Indicators
Nov 22, 2007-Dec 18, 2007
Human Resource Development Network Islamabad, Pakistan
Technical Writing Skills
June 18, 2008-July 26, 2008
Preston University Islamabad, Pakistan
Gender Mainstreaming in Planning and Development Division Pakistan approved PC-1 form-Capacity Building
Dec 15, 2008-Dec 18, 2008
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Islamabad, Pakistan
Gender Sensitive Project Planning Skills
April 19 to April 24, 2010
Pakistan Planning and Management Institute, Planning Commission Islamabad Pakistan
One week training on PC-1 and PC-2
August 3 to August 6, 2010
Pakistan Planning and Management Institute, Planning Commission Islamabad Pakistan
Four days training on “Project risk management”
Personal Publications:
March, 2010
PDR, PIDE Pakistan
Skill, competitiveness and productivity
Selected for presentation, June, 2010
World Academy of Science and Technology Paris, France
Gender differential in education and its impact on economic growth
Thesis:
Informal employment in Pakistan-Empirical study
Developed Conceptual frame work to measure informal employment from the labour force survey of Pakistan under the ILO guidelines on informal employment. Identified the determinants of informal employment in Pakistan through the multinomial logit model to come up with some policy suggestions to improve the labour market situation in Pakistan.