Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan is looking for a seasoned and dynamic Project Coordinator for Karachi Region under Elderly Care Project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the overall implementation of all the elderly care project in Karachi  
• Supervise the field team and deal with their day-to-day project related matters
• Ensure achievement of project objectives and quality delivery with a strong focus on timely and quality results, teamwork, participation, empowerment, accountability, and donor satisfaction
• Act as technical support for the department as required to ensure performance according to the project's desired objectives and outputs
• Ensure timely progress towards planned outputs and results; keep implementing partner and other staff appraised of progress and issues; make recommendations to solve problems and take the lead in implementing agreed-upon actions
• Prepare presentations and participate in project review meetings to track progress and move forward as per agreed plans
• Conduct compliance monitoring visits to project site
• Strong academic writing skills to prepare written analyses, reports, activity descriptions, success stories, and other documents as required
• Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure effective support to field-level activities, and to provide accurate information to the field regarding regulations to foster project implementation
• Data compilation and analysis (quantitative and qualitative) as per project requirements
• Ensure synergy and linkages between health activities and other programs
• Ensure adherence and compliance with donor policies and procedures
• Comfortable in traveling to field sites across Pakistan and for partners and donors meetings, if required

Education, Experience & Competencies: 

• Bachelor’s in health-related subject, masters would be preferred
• At least 2 years of experience and preferably experience of working in community setting
• Effectively coordinate between key stakeholders, partners, and donors and critical analytical skills
• Demonstrate effective communication skills to avoid mishaps, delays, and lapses in project deliverables
• Provides updates to relevant members of the projects including donors and partners
• Must be a team player and has experience in supporting team(s)
• Multi-tasking and ability to manage competing priorities 
• Ability to acquire and maintain clear and concise records
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under challenging atmosphere

“Due to urgency, this vacancy may be filled before the due date. Therefore, don’t wait for the deadline as the applications will be scrutinized/reviewed on rolling basis.”

AKHS is committed to reducing our impact on climate and the environment and have set ourselves the goal of striving for net-zero carbon operations by 2030. All staff is expected to take part in making this a reality. The Project Coordinator is expected to identify and understand which aspects of his/her work have most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within his/her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.