Position Summary
Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a USAID-funded five-year $185 million project awarded to Palladium (formerly Futures Group) on August 28, 2015. HP+ has a mandate across global, country and sub-national levels to strengthen and advance health policy priorities in the areas of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal health. HP+ aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation, with an emphasis on voluntary, rights-based health programs. HP+ will help public health and policy leaders attach higher priority to their national and sub-national health needs, secure sustainable financing, advance health equity, and monitor policy implementation to ensure gains stay on track. HP+ aims to secure long-term enduring change by working with coalitions both inside and outside of health and showing common cause with neglected populations and other development actors. Central elements of HP+ revolve around building in-country capacity, institutionalizing achievements of past investments, and promoting country ownership of programs and initiatives.
This is a 6-month consultancy position to support end of project activities between August/September 2017 and March 2018. The consultant will support HP+ program staff in arranging and coordinating meetings and events, preparing key documents and products, and offering technical and administrative assistance to project activities and efforts, as needed. S/he will also be responsible for coordinating project needs and developments with Washington, DC-based staff, including the Pakistan Country Activity Manager, in collaboration with the Karachi-based Country Director and other field staff, as necessary. The consultant will undertake and/or oversee other related administrative tasks and perform other duties, as necessary.
The position is restricted to Pakistani nationals and will be based in Karachi.
Key Responsibilities:
- Organizes and attends meetings and events with key stakeholders and project partners.
- Ensures documentation of meetings and events as required.
- Assists in the preparation of reports, presentations, and other communication products. Provides technical assistance on specific project activities as needed.
- Supports coordination of technical outputs from consultants.
- Tracks progress of project outputs between the start date and project closeout.
- Coordinates project needs and developments, as necessary, with Washington DC-based staff and Country Activity Manager, in collaboration with the Karachi team.
- Undertakes and/or oversees related administrative tasks to all departments.
- Performs other duties as necessary.
Skills Required:
- Familiarity with current issues in family planning policy and service delivery in Sindh; experience working on these issues desired.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
- Proficient in the use of desktop software, esp. Microsoft Office.
- Demonstrated professionalism.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and familiarity with tracking tools such as Gantt charts.
- Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe.
Minimum Education or Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree plus 2-5 years of experience.
- Fluent written and spoken English and Urdu required; fluency in Sindhi desired.
- Strong interpersonal, writing, presentation, and organizational skills are required.
- Experience working with USAID and/or USAID partners desired.
To apply, submit CV and Cover Letter to [email protected]. Please include job title in the subject line of the email.
Deadline for accepting applications is 11:59PM, Friday, September 29, 2017 (PST).