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JOB SUMMARY

CARE is a leading global humanitarian and development organization. Since its establishment in 2005, CARE International in Pakistan (CIP) has been responding to major disasters and undertaking an array of development projects. CIP works through its local partners and a range of stakeholders for development, as well as emergency response related interventions, which makes collaboration a key component of its work, across the country. Health and education, with particular focus on women, are some of CARE’s core identified program areas in Pakistan, as part of its Long-Range Strategic Plan. 

CIP is currently recruiting for a Project Manager for its Project titled “WADAANA (Prosperity)” which focuses on integration of WASH and Food Security & Agriculture to allow maximum dignity and privacy to vulnerable groups in return areas in North Waziristan Tribal District (NWTD). The Project Manager for this project will also provide support to other humnitarian projects being run at CARE International in Pakistan, as and when needed, and help the CO in writing successful proposals. 

The incumbent will oversee all aspects of project management including partnership, programmatic, financial, administrative and personnel related management. S/he will also be responsible for the timely achievement of various projects’ objectives and will ensure that all project interventions are of high quality and lead to a measurable impact. This includes, but is not limited to, overseeing the projects’ detailed work-plan preparation, providing capacity building and implementation support to the local partners, identifying external technical support needs, ensuring that appropriate management practices are being used in project implementation and that the monitoring and evaluation systems are being used to provide timely management information. The role requires ensuring timely and accurate problem analysis, improvising and innovating for creative problem-solving, high attention to detail, managing people with priority to achieving results, capacity development and support. The role also requires that the Local Partner as well as project staff ensures compliance with CARE’s policies, and including CARE’s Safety and Security protocols. The PM is also expected to maintain good working relationships with donors, partners, government officials, FDMA, TDP Secretariat, law enforcement authorities, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Partnership Management:

  • Supervise the work of selected local partners.
  • Ensure all capacity building activities are conducted with quality and on time.
  • Provide oversight, technical and management support to partners to ensure successful implementation of project whilst ensuring donor compliance.

Staff management:

  • Provide proper supervision and management to all direct reports and oversee the establishment and functioning of a strong and effective team to deliver project results.
  • Ensure implementation of CARE’s performance management system for CARE staff direct reports, including job descriptions and IOP development, regular feedback, mid-term reviews and annual performance appraisals.
  • Oversee the recruitment and orientation process of new staff and external consultants.
  • Address performance issues in a timely manner through regular, constructive and honest feedback and coaching, and utilize CARE’s HR Policy for performance management measures which must be documented.
  • Identify staff capacity building needs and provide staff capacity building support/recommendations.

Project Management:

  • Lead overall project activities and day-to-day management in order to achieve all program objectives in a timely manner.
  • Provide training/ orientation to project staff and local partners about CARE and donor requirements.
  • Ensure that all CARE and industry program quality standards are followed in the projects, with sufficient quality assurance records maintained for each project activity.
  • Ensure timely and accurate and high quality donor reporting of each project, including narrative and financial reporting.
  • Ensure overall direction and coordination of the project.
  • Ensure effective communication with partners and relevant CARE staff.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant CARE and donor policies and procedures (on Project Standards and Program Principles, Finance, Procurement, Donor visibility, Staff Safety and Security etc.).
  • Ensure project documentation is in place.
  • Ensure Monitoring and Evaluation plan and systems are in place for all project activities to ensure accountability; monitoring of efficiency, effectiveness and impact.

 Financial Management

  • Responsible for budget expenditures.
  • Monitor the project budgets including local partner budgets to increase the budget utilization rates in line with expediting the project implementation speed.
  • Ensure compliance with donor guidelines and CARE financial management and Procurement policy/protocols, for the effective financial management of each project.
  • Manage the budget and ensure monitoring of monthly expenditures by project staff as well as local partner budgets, make adjustments as required.

 External Liaison, Reporting and Representation:

  • Establish and maintain good relations with relevant counterparts, including FDMA, military establishment, TDP Secretariat and LEAs, etc.
  • Network and liaise with other NGOs or INGOs working on related issues in FATA.
  • Liaise with government institutions such as the PHED etc.
  • Facilitate donor monitoring visits and evaluations, as appropriate.
  • Ensure that CARE’s Safety and Security Protocols are fully understood and followed by all staff; enable staff to understand them and report any instances of non-compliance to the CD and ACD-P.

 Logistics and Supply Management:

  • Ensure proper verification of all supplies before procurement and delivery to the project sites for quality purposes in collaboration with the logistics team in accordance with CARE policies and procedures.
  • Work with Logistics team to develop a procurement plan for supplies during humanitarian response, including (procurement of contingency stock if required).
  • Monitor the operational environment with respect to increased level of threat and advise the CIP security team for the security of CARE staff, assets and operations.

 Perform other duties as assigned by the Humanitarian Programme Manager, ACD-P, CD, or another delegated member of the Country Office’s senior management team.

QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)

Education/ Training:

  • Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies or relevant area; Master's degree will be preferred.
  • 6-9 years’ practical experience in project management in development /humanitarian setting; Solid experience in any of the humanitarian sectors including Protection, GBV/SRH, WASH, food security, health, shelter and livelihoods.
  • Demonstrated experience of working in volatile and highly insecure operating environment.

Technical Skills:

  • Good project management and people management skills.
  • Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for particular situations.
  • Diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial and, on occasions, senior government levels.

Competencies: 

  • Project management and representation. Strong coordination skills with the ability to manage information including report writing and presentations.
  • Technical writing and information analysis.
  • Fluent in English and Pushto (written and spoken).
  • Sensitive to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations.
  • Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into public health promotion.

Working Conditions and Level of Travel Required:

This position will be based in Islamabad with frequent travel (50%) to tribal districts (FATA). When required, s/he will travel to other project areas, attend meetings and follow-up on programmatic issues.  

CARE International in Pakistan is an equal opportunity employer; only individuals who are shortlisted will be contacted for an interview.

Note: Individuals can apply using Brightspyre or send their resumes directly to [email protected] clearly mentioning the position title in the subject line of the email, before the stated deadline.