Project Manager

Position Purpose

To ensure effective implementation of birth registration initiatives, manage project activities, and collaborate with key stakeholders. Project Manager lead the development of project documents, oversee data analysis, establish partnerships, and support district coordinators to achieve program targets. Additionally, focus on monitoring program effectiveness, optimizing resource utilization, and providing technical support for the birth registration program's success.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure effective and efficient technical and operational implementation of the project activities and results

Prepare concept notes, project documents, detailed implementation plans, weekly, quarterly, and annual reports

Undertake day-to-day management of the programme through onsite analysis of birth registration data and progress of the integrated BR system

Establish and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders particularly Health Department at district and directorate level to generate dialogue and advocacy for BR integration

Support and facilitate District Coordinators and other team members to meet agreed targets/ deliverables

Organize stakeholders’ meetings and capacity building activities to meet the needs of public for BR specially the marginalized children and communities

Monitoring the effectiveness of the Programme with respect to achieving outputs/results and application and generating recommendations to manage challenges and bottlenecks

Implement a systematic and consistent approach for managing the performance of staff to ensure quality and effectiveness of overall performance

Ensure the efficient and optimum utilization of resources specially finances and timely utilization and reporting to the government.

Provide technical and operational support through the technical experts working on the birth registration program and ensuring the accomplishment of their assignments and deliverables

Support the government for ensuring regular meetings and proceedings of the TWG and follow-ups on the agreed action points with the relevant stakeholders

Ensure mapping of various social, ethnic, and religious groups and the challenges they face in registering children and suggest appropriate strategies to ensure their right to registration.

Requirements

Qualification:

Master’s degree in Social Sciences and / or Developmental Studies and / or Project Management.

Work experience:

Ten (10) years’ professional experience in the development sector and work with the government & UN is an asset

Skills:

Ability to develop strategic and programmatic plans in cooperation with concerned departments/other stakeholders/donors

Proven experience in project management.

Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.

Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies.

An ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity

An excellent command of English and Urdu, written and spoken