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Hiswaty  Hafid

Hiswaty Hafid

Summary

With over 10 years of experience, I possess a strong background in project management, particularly in project monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, and socioeconomic research. My expertise lies in rural development and improving livelihoods through value chains and a jurisdictional approach. I am deeply passionate about addressing cross-cutting issues like gender empowerment, climate resilience and adaptation, and sustainable livelihoods.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Fellow

NUS Asian Institute of Digital Finance
10.2023 - Current
  • Enhanced research quality by implementing rigorous methodologies and data analysis techniques.
  • Mentored junior researchers, providing guidance on study design, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.
  • Ensured the highest standards of scientific integrity were upheld throughout all stages of the research process.
  • Maintained accurate records of experimental procedures, observations, and findings for transparent reporting of results in publications.
  • Facilitated strong communication among team members through regular meetings, progress reports, and open channels of dialogue.
  • Developed protocols for ethical human subject recruitment, ensuring compliance with institutional review board requirements.
  • Developed innovative research tools to streamline data collection and improve analysis efficiency.
  • Managed research projects within budget constraints while maintaining high-quality output and timely completion.
  • Established partnerships with external organizations for collaborative research efforts, increasing resources and expertise available for projects.
  • Contributed to successful grant applications by conducting preliminary studies that supported project feasibility and relevance.
  • Streamlined data management processes by implementing an efficient database system with user-friendly interface features.
  • Conducted extensive literature reviews to identify research gaps, fostering new research directions.
  • Tailored research methodologies to address specific project needs, ensuring relevance and applicability of findings.
  • Worked as member of integrated project team in highly collaborative work environment.

Monitoring Evaluation and Knowledge Management Advisor and Gender Focal Point

GIZ-SASCI/IKI-Tengkawang Project
10.2020 - Current
  • Manage and set up and/or adapted a results-based monitoring system (input/process/output) and routines with a focus on 'value for money', according to demands of project steering and management as well as the reporting requirements from the commissioning parties and partners
  • Adopt Result-based management and approach to developing and managing the project monitoring system in designing and establishing systematic and regular gathering of data and other information required for the monitoring

Impact Assessment Consultant of Equality for Sustainable Cocoa Production (ESCP)

Swisscontact
08.2020 - 10.2020
  • Responsible in providing expertise and technical support to gender equality and livelihood analysis as reference for recommendation of gender equality mainstreaming policy
  • The main tasks to identify immediate results of project implementation, provide success factors and learning points of GALS (Gender Action Learning for Sustainability) tools, and share recommendation for improvement

Monitoring Result and Measurement Senior Manager of Sustainable Cocoa Production Program

Swisscontact (MCA-SCPP)
06.2018 - 07.2020
  • Regular updating and producing the current output and outcome of the program across different stakeholders and partnership platforms
  • Managing M&E management and database system and institutional engagement local stakeholder forum at district and national level
  • Produced M&E frameworks (baseline-midterm baseline and postline) and established online monitoring system
  • Revising systemic change and updating result chains following the project re-orientation and strategic development
  • Liaised M&E related issues with project partners, the cocoa industries, NGOs, and local governments, research institute and university
  • Recruiting sub-ordinates for data analyst and MRM assistant
  • Engaged with thematic public discourse related to sustainability and development across sectoral partnership platforms

Research coordinator

Socialimpact consultancy
06.2017 - 02.2018
  • Responsible to provide an expertise in the cocoa sector and technical support to the overall of evaluation activities, from the development of designing evaluation report, evaluation instruments and protocols, assisting evaluation activities, compiling, and analysing data, and contributing to the development of evaluation reports
  • Also, providing logistic and administration supports including manage the data collection schedule and local mobilisation supports

Research associate

ACIAR-USYD
07.2011 - 12.2014
  • Initiated research partnerships by sharing resources with local universities, local NGO and Local governments, and maintaining research partnerships with cocoa industries (ie
  • Mars and Ecom), BPTP South-West Sulawesi and West Papua, and Indonesian Coffee Cocoa Research Institute (Puslitkoka)
  • Led an assessment study on exploring an alternative farmer service model from existing integrated farm management model and implemented the participatory farmer innovation model in collaboration with West Sulawesi government, leading researchers and advance farmer groups
  • Promoted this action research in Cocoa Sustainability Partnership forum and affiliated stakeholders, as the result Veco (Belgian NGO who focus on value chain intervention) and Mars were shared resources on some collaborated training for cocoa farmers
  • Led research on impact assessment for the emerging voluntarily sustainable certification schemes, Rainforest Alliance and UTZcertified, in collaboration with market leader companies
  • Assisted Hasanuddin University research team on the study on Indonesian policy for sustainable cocoa

Monitoring-evaluation/communication officer

USAID-AMARTA
02.2008 - 08.2009
  • Applied a theory of change on designing and managing M&E management and database system for lucrative crops (i.e
  • Cocoa, coffee, seaweed, and natural rubber) and institutional engagement and development of SCAI (Specialty Coffee Association of Indonesia)
  • Produced M&E frameworks (baseline-midterm baseline and postline) and established online monitoring system by applied MySQL
  • Produced result-based monthly and quarterly reports for donors and project partners
  • Promoted the current output and outcome of AMARTA project across different stakeholders and partnership platforms
  • Liaised M&E related issues with project partners, the cocoa industries, NGOs, and local governments, research institute and university
  • Recruited application (open-source MySQL) and data entry consultants
  • Engaged with thematic public discourse related to sustainability and development across sectoral partnership platforms

Monitoring-evaluation/education training officer

World Bank-Save the Children (WB-SC)
10.2006 - 01.2008
  • Designed and managed primary education pilot study database system on comparing baseline and postline outputs and outcome
  • Initiated and built a partnership with the (potential) project partners including local NGOs and universities
  • Liaised and coordinated project implementation with project partners and different administration of government agencies
  • Regular monitored and reviewed project partner reports, to combine for concise quarterly/annual reports
  • Promoted and communicated the project outputs with the government officials and WB-KDP team
  • Produced need assessment report to support new project proposal on inclusive technology for basic education

Lecturer

Balik Diwa Marine Science and technology College
04.2003 - 07.2004
  • Designed syllabus, prepared to deliver few subjects: Fisheries Biology, Quality assessment of marine product and Biostatistics
  • Also, supervised and assisted undergraduate and diploma students on conducting research and writing a thesis

Procurement and quality assurance (acting) manager

PT Parlevliet Paraba Seafood Manufacture
06.2002 - 03.2003
  • Established internal quality standards operational procedure (on recently opened manufacture) following Food Safety HACCP standard, included Good Manufacture Practices (GMP) and Sanitation Standard Operational Procedure (SSOP)
  • Established procurement system, from procurement plan to standard procedures to ensure supply security
  • Established supplier performance evaluation analysis system
  • Managed the risks of the future challenges and improved supply chain efficiency overtime
  • Built trusted commercial relationship between the suppliers and (potential) buyers

Education

Ph.D. - Human Geography

University of Sydney
Sydney
04-2018

Master of Science - Food science, technology and nutrition

Dublin Institute of Technology
02-2011

Master of Science - Fisheries management and technology

University of Bergen
06-2006

Bachelor of Science - Fisheries technology

Bogor Agricultural University
Indonesia
01.2002

Skills

  • Project management
  • Strategic planning
  • Team leadership & development
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Data organization
  • Literature reviews
  • Train-the-trainer
  • Academic research
  • Research procedures
  • Operations management
  • Research design
  • Presentations and public speaking
  • Qualitative analysis
  • Technical report writing
  • Project coordination

Awards

  • John Allwright Fellowship, Australian Centre of International Agriculture Research- ACIAR, 03/01/14
  • Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, European Union, 09/01/09
  • Summer Course Scholarship, The World Bank, 06/01/08
  • NORAD Fellowship, Norwegian Government, 08/01/04

Publications

  • Sustainability Impact Assessment of a Certification Scheme in the Indonesian Cocoa Industry: 2012 Pilot Survey Results, Hafid, H., Neilson, J., Mount, T., McKenzie, F., 03/01/13, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Understanding Farmer Engagement in the Cocoa Sector in Sulawesi: A Rapid Assessment, Hafid, H., McKenzie, F., 01/01/12, University of Sydney and Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
  • Social Economic Assessment of Coastal Community in Takalar District, South Sulawesi, Idrus, R. B., Hafid, H., 01/01/11, ACIAR, funded by DFAT
  • Seaweed Value Chain Assessment in Gorontalo, South Sulawesi and Bali, Neish, I., Rapi, S., Hafid, H., 01/01/09, DAI-AMARTA, funded by USAID
  • Baseline Study of Aquaculture Value Chains in South and Southeast Sulawesi, Indrajaya, & Hafid, H., 01/01/08, DAI-AMARTA, funded by USAID

Training

  • FAO and INRA Research Workshop: Innovative Approaches to Linking Sustainable and Agroecological Production with Market in Developing Countries, 06/23/15, Combined Research-Extension Service for Sustainable Indonesian Cocoa Sector
  • International Conference for Sustainable Development 2015, 12/01/15, Governance Restructuring through Private-led Sustainability Program in Indonesian Cocoa Value Chain
  • Cocoa Symposium, 10/28/08, Market Based Value Chain Intervention: Learning from AMARTA Sulawesi Kakao Alliance Program
  • Training on Disaster Risk Reduction and First-aid, IMPACT and International Red Cross, 07/02/07
  • Induction on Monitoring and Evaluation Design and Implementation, The World Bank and Save the Children UK, 11/06/06
  • Survey and Monitoring of Economic Fish Stock, Norwegian Institute of Marine Research Norway, 04/18/05
  • ISO 9001: 2000 Intensive Course on Quality Management System, PT Socofindo and Bogor Agriculture University, 12/02/02
  • Intensive Course on Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Point (HACCP), Ministry of Agriculture and Bogor Agriculture University, 06/17/02

Key Qualifications

  • Experience of project implementation and steering, using the most appropriate means and sources of gathering the necessary input data.
  • Process and analyse monitoring data received and prepare graphical presentations and prepare monitoring reports for the attention of the project management.
  • Develop and publish communication products area Environment and Climate Change, newsletter, leaflets, factsheet, and other media suitable for creating public awareness.
  • Communication focal point for SASCI and liaise with monitoring staff of the GIZ Country Office, and of other GIZ implemented projects like the Natural Resource Management Thematic Group.
  • Edit and prepare relevant documents and narrative reports for publication.
  • Prepare narrative and financial reports as demanded by strategic partners like governments.
  • Coordinate and facilitate regular workshops, seminars, and meeting with the strategic partners and relevant stakeholders to the extent of organizing webinars, launching books, etc.
  • Drafted Term of Reference (ToR), Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA), consent letters, and budget plan for outsourced activities to the third parties.
  • Liaise with Government Agencies, other donors, and relevant institutions to report project updates and knowledge sharing.
  • Ensure adoption of gender mainstreaming protocols on project screening and implementation.
  • Train project staff in documentation and feeding-in of monitoring data.

Timeline

Research Fellow

NUS Asian Institute of Digital Finance
10.2023 - Current

Monitoring Evaluation and Knowledge Management Advisor and Gender Focal Point

GIZ-SASCI/IKI-Tengkawang Project
10.2020 - Current

Impact Assessment Consultant of Equality for Sustainable Cocoa Production (ESCP)

Swisscontact
08.2020 - 10.2020

Monitoring Result and Measurement Senior Manager of Sustainable Cocoa Production Program

Swisscontact (MCA-SCPP)
06.2018 - 07.2020

Research coordinator

Socialimpact consultancy
06.2017 - 02.2018

Research associate

ACIAR-USYD
07.2011 - 12.2014

Monitoring-evaluation/communication officer

USAID-AMARTA
02.2008 - 08.2009

Monitoring-evaluation/education training officer

World Bank-Save the Children (WB-SC)
10.2006 - 01.2008

Lecturer

Balik Diwa Marine Science and technology College
04.2003 - 07.2004

Procurement and quality assurance (acting) manager

PT Parlevliet Paraba Seafood Manufacture
06.2002 - 03.2003

Ph.D. - Human Geography

University of Sydney

Master of Science - Food science, technology and nutrition

Dublin Institute of Technology

Master of Science - Fisheries management and technology

University of Bergen

Bachelor of Science - Fisheries technology

Bogor Agricultural University
Hiswaty Hafid