Shakeel Mukhtar
Senior Manager DRM
Highest degree :
Masters
Field of study :
Computer Sciences
Location :
Islamabad
Citizenships :
Pakistani
Experience :
18 Year(s)
Countries :
Pakistan, Chad, Sudan, Nepal, Somalia, Malawi
Gender :
Male
Sectors :
Humanitarian
Senior Manager Disaster Risk Mangment
Islamabad
Islamic Relief
September 2022
-Present
Provide strategic leadership for national Disaster Risk Management (DRM) programming, aligning humanitarian action with organizational strategy and the Humanitarian–Peace–Development Nexus. Apply an analytical mindset to design, implement, and manage climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and resilience programs. Lead high-integrity partnerships and coordination with UN agencies, government authorities (NDMA, PDMA, Ministry of Planning), and humanitarian forums. Demonstrate autonomy in managing complex portfolios, including GBP 23 million flood emergency response (2022), ensuring accountability and results. Operate with resilience under high-pressure emergency environments while maintaining professionalism and team morale. Uphold humanitarian principles through community-based DRM (CBDRM/SBDRM), inclusive programming, and ethical emergency response.
Senior Programme Manager
Islamabad
International Rescue Committee
September 2020
-September 2022
Provided analytical and technical leadership for ECHO-funded responses, ensuring evidence based design and adaptive implementation. Led national coordination on Cash and Voucher Assistance, representing IRC in national working groups with integrity and accountability. Exercised independent judgment in remote management, capacity building, and technical mentoring of provincial teams. Maintained resilience and professionalism while managing donor relations, reporting, and highvolume program oversight. Embedded humanitarian values in MEAL systems, baselines, evaluations, and inclusive program approaches.
Humanitarian Response & Preparedness Coordinator
Islamabad
Islamic Relief
June 2013
-September 2020
Provided strategic leadership across humanitarian response, recovery, and resilience portfolios. Applied critical analysis to program design, risk management, budgeting, and donor compliance. Ensured ethical and transparent program cycle management, reporting, and financial oversight. Demonstrated autonomy in managing multi-sectoral teams, consortium coordination, and emergency deployments. Maintained operational resilience across multiple emergencies and international deployments. Promoted humanitarianism and inclusion across food security, WASH, child protection, women development, and climate advocacy. Key Emergency Deployments: Nepal (2015), Pakistan (2015), Somalia/Somaliland (2017), Malawi (2019
Project Coordinator
East Darfur, Sudan
Merlin
February 2011
-June 2013
Led analytical planning and implementation of humanitarian health and operations projects. Exercised ethical leadership in financial monitoring, logistics, HR, and security management. Worked independently and under pressure in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Represented the organization with cultural sensitivity and humanitarian principles at local forums.
Emergency & Operations Roles
Various locations in Pakistan and Deployment in Chad
Islamic Relief
November 2001
-October 2009
Delivered high-integrity emergency leadership across drought, displacement, earthquake, and refugee crises. Applied strong analytical and operational autonomy in logistics, administration, finance, and security management. Built and led resilient, multi-sectoral teams under high-risk and rapidly changing environments. Ensured humanitarian accountability, quality control, and principled engagement with communities and authorities.
Masters in Computer Science
Islamabad
Al-Khair University
December 1998
-November 2001
Masters in Computer Sciences
