Scholarship / I can complete the proposed courses successfully Management & Implementation of Development Projects [4]

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There are several factors that I have considered while determining my three university courses under the Chevening scholarship program. My first consideration is to broaden my wisdom and knowledge in the area of leadership, organizational theory and project management. As these courses will enable me to attain the necessary skills to become a more efficient project management practitioner, I look forward to contributing towards successful implementation of various development projects in Pakistan. The second main reason is to study a degree backed by cutting-edge research to become a well-organized expert in this fast-growth business sector. It will of course enable me to put project management and organizational theory into real practice with an exciting business innovation projects. Similarly, the third and last reason for choosing the course is to sharpen my analytical capacities, knowledge and skills necessary to plan, implement and manage development projects in the context of low income economies and underdeveloped countries with fresh insight into best practice, via access to the latest academic research, success stories and case studies.

I believe to take away a range of transferable skills from academic study, as well as refine career-relevant skills in critical analysis, communication, cross-cultural understanding and teamwork. The core and applied skills subjects, Foundations of Management, Organizational Analysis, Critical Perspectives on Leadership, Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Innovation including project management, would provide me a perfect blend of academic recourse.

My chosen courses are strongly linked with my previous academic and professional experience. I hold M.Sc in Economics and have related working experience in development sector for building hope, securing future and ending poverty. I have managed and implemented various projects while working with different donors and NGOs in Pakistan at national, regional and grassroots level like National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO), Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP), UNDP, USAID, ADB, IFAD, Plan international, World Bank and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF).

Whereas, my plans for the future are to design, develop, implement, manage and evaluate community demand driven various development projects with innovative managerial and leadership skills to reduce poverty, identify socio economic issues and resolve conflicts. It will enable me to develop new skills to manage projects in capacity building, livelihoods, and collective/social enterprises in both private and public sectors. It will support me to enhance specialist functional areas such as social and economic development.

It will widen my specific people management skills including group work, negotiation, conflict management and political skills. I am assertive that with the proven track of educational and professional career, I can complete the proposed courses successfully. This will not only help to hone and polish my skills but also to transfer this knowledge to the poorest of the poor, marginalized and vulnerable rural communities in the less developed countries through effective policy making, management, leadership and implementation of development projects across the country at grassroots level

Scholarship / Leadership plays a vital role to achieve goals [3]

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I have ten years of vast experience in development sector for poverty reduction through capacity building, managerial and vocational technical skills training, micro credit, livelihood programme and provision of productive assets to poorest of the poor, identified in poverty score card (PSC). As a leader and manager I have successfully managed and implemented various development projects.

Understanding my leadership role, I facilitated organization in bringing-in innovation and took personal responsibility to ensure its effective utility on the community level. I always support my team members as dynamic project manager, showing them how they can improve themselves to achieve the project targets in more socially appropriate manner. I engaged the job placement officers (who were working under my supervision) for conducting seventy MoUs with different employers for job placement of the trained youth and the key factor behind this success was that I tried to identify areas in which the job placement officers needed my help. Similarly, to achieve the targets of providing vocational skill training to six hundred youth, I utilized input from the team's individual and collective skill set and acumen to work out the best decisions through my democratic style that resulted good quality training by utilizing the platform of private and public training institutions. It was possible because of strive for building harmony within the group of trainers and to build effective networks in my organization as a whole. As a team leader I imparted training for thirty staff of TVETs with the purpose of strengthening the TVETs to provide demand driven employable skills to the poor particularly youth and or women. Besides many challenges, I and my team ensured optimum use of resources and reflected major contribution in achieving organizational goals and vision.

In short, with multi-sector experience, I have managed and implemented the following projects with the financial support of different national and international donors that are the true examples of my leadership skills. The projects are, Livelihood Enhancement and Protection Programme, funded By PPAF through World Bank (WB), Disaster Risk Management, funded by UNDP, Small Grants and Ambassador's Fund Programme, funded by USAID, Participatory Development through Social Mobilization funded by PPAF through World Bank, Sindh Coastal Community Development Project, funded by Asian Development Bank and Barani Village Development Project, funded by GOP through IFAD

My experience backs me strongly to further pursue my career in the area of leadership, project management and implementation of development projects. It will not only give me the right platform but also allow me to replicate those skills and the learning in my country especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, South Waziristan and FATA where communities are suffering due to poverty, unemployment, escalating militancy and natural disasters. I will transform the learning not only to the program objectives but also to my other team members and colleagues involved within my department assisting me in implementing various development projects. I will further train and guide my fellow colleagues and will pass my knowledge to them so that we build the capacity of people working for poverty reduction and community development.