Nargiza Mazhidova

Experience

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  ACTED

  Jul 2009 - Mar 2015

  Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

  I joined ACTED in 2009 as a Data Clerk in the M&E unit and quickly moved to the M&E Officer poisition in 2010. In 2011 I was promoted to the Head of the M&E unit poisition, where I was overseeing a small team of M&E officers and data clerks. Managing this team included multiple capacity building activities, e.g. research methods, data collection, data entry and analysis. The role has also focused on development and management of the M&E strategies for projects, conducting needs assessments, KAP (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice) surveys, and designing LogFrames. I was overseeing all the monitoring activities of the active portfolio, often including field visits, performing data analysis and synthesis and drafting progress reports which contributed to the regular donor reporting. I have facilitated and supported external project evaluations by sharing all the project documentation (desk review), coordinating field visits and providing insights on the early evaluation findings. Show less

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  M-Vector

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

  Head of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Department

  Managed a small team of research officers, overseeing the full cycle of research projects implemetation, from development of research approach and methods to its implementation, and preparation of final deliverables (e.g. reports and results presentations).The role also included liaison with clients and partner engagement to promote the work of the company and increase visibility.

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  FAO

  Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

  Evaluation Consultant

  Contracted by FAO's Evaluations Office I worked on evaluating FAO's Country Programme in Kyrgyzstan. The evaluation employed various research methods and included multiple visits to the country (field visits) and to FAO offices. As a part of the desk review I performed portfolio analysis, as well as stakeholder and context analysis. These analyses were supported by ineternal and external consultations with various stakeholders. As a part of the field work I facilitated recruitment of the evaluation team members, designed and participated in data collection for thematic (case) studies (i.e. livestock, fisheries, natural resource management,etc.), data analysis and synthesis and drafting of the reports which contributed to the final evaluation report. Show less

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  Unitaid

  Jan 2016 - now

  Programmatic data analysis, portfolio analysis, data quality assurance, data management system maintenance and optimization, data reporting, producing country profiles and other data visualizationsMonitoring and Evaluation of grants, performance framework development, programmatic and organizational learning and knowledge management, reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Community and Civil Society engagement - Monitoring of the grant performance,- Contribution to development of streamlined performance indicators,- Data quality assurance,- Data analytics and visualization, including for the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) report- Liaison with grantees and partners.

  • Data Manager/ Monitoring and Evaluation

    Jul 2017 - now

  • Data Analyst

    Jan 2016 - Jun 2017