Job Description
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Designation:
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Program Officer
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Department:
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Programs
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Reports to:
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Senior Program Officer
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Supervises:
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None
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Location:
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Islamabad
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Contract Duration:
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30 months
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Maximum Salary:
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Rs.75,000/month
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Positions:
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One (1)
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Responsibilities
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- Provide support to project manager in implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting of the project
- Conduct regular field visits and establish good working relationship with local organizations and provincial authorities
- Work closely with the project manager on budget management, expenditures, expenditure projections related to assigned tasks.
- Networking with donors, civil society and government agencies for potential complementarities in work and identify and liaise with relevant stakeholders to facilitate project implementation as and when required.
- Communicates and liaises closely and frequently with project partners, International NGO community, government agencies and officials, including representing TAF projects at various events and meetings.
- Collect necessary data for monitoring and evaluating the project interventions
- Monitor and review project implementation regularly to assess delivery, identify challenges and bottlenecks and explore practical solutions.
- Coordinate and ensure implementation of all activities on M&E.
- Periodically monitor progress against agreed indicators.
- Assist in generating regular quarterly reports and a report for funds tranche release
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Authorities
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Job Specification
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Qualification Required:
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Master’s degree in relevant discipline/social sciences or equivalent
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Experience Required:
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- At least 3-5 years’ experience of project cycle management
- Familiarity with developing project detailed implementation plan and budget variance analysis
- Deep familiarity with development issues in Pakistan.
- Deep understanding with human rights issues
- Good understanding of the working dynamics of provincial human rights departments, ministry of religious affairs and ministry of law, justice, and human rights
- Good communication and coordination skills
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Computer/other skills required:
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Good command of MS Office
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Any other preference:
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- Ability to undertake field visits.
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English and Urdu
- Excellent analytical and research skills, ability to manage, read and analyze large data sets.
- Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with a range of stakeholders especially the parliamentarians and project partners
- Ability to work in a large and diverse team of national and international staff.
- Proven cross cultural sensitivity and flexibility required
- Strong work ethics and values
- Ability to create and maintain a high level of effective output; capacity to work hard and remain focused within exacting standards of performance with minimal supervision
- Willingness to travel, at times in difficult conditions
- Ability to capture and respond favorably to suggestions for change and improvement
- Experience in training and mentoring partner organizations
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