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

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the overall implementation of all the elderly care project activities in Gilgit Baltistan & Chitral
• 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 analysis, 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
• Coordinates communication between key stakeholders, partners, and donors
• 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

Education, Experience & Competencies:

• Bachelor’s in health-related subject, masters would be preferred
• At least 3 years of experience & experience of working in community-based projects will be preferred
• Excellent computer skills
• Excellent verbal communication
• Knowledge of basic level data analysis
• 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
• Working in a challenging atmosphere
• Critical analytical skill

“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 are 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.