Project Assistant (Sustainable Livelihood
through Community Mobilization)

Shirakat – Partnership for Development, a national non-governmental organization working on gender equality and social justice.

We are looking for highly motivated and qualified Project Assistants for a project to be implemented in Islamabad/Rawalpindi and Layyah. Project duration is 18 month.

1. Major Responsibilities:

• Support to project planning and implementation
• Manage and regularly update project measurement tools including, but not limited to spreadsheets, presentations, project progress tracking and narrative reporting.
• Assist in development and implementation of monthly work plan and reports
• Maintain records in accordance with program protocols and guidelines
• Facilitate monitoring of project activities in the field
• Assist in the preparation of reports and documentation of the project’s progress
• Prepare blogs, press briefings and other relevant material to be shared with the stakeholders.
• Responsible to collect updated information from government, NGOs, donor and relevant stakeholders in order to fulfill the coordination or operational duties of the project
• Work with government and local authorities, leaders, individuals and groups to implement activities of the project
• Assist the implementation teams in the operational procedures: travel authorization, request for perdiem, justification of funds
• Establish contact with appropriate partner agencies when basic or special needs be identified.
• Undertake duty travels as required
• Reviewing of supporting documents and bills
• Preparation of requests for filed activities
• Any other relevant task assigned by the supervisor

 2. Qualifications:   

The following are the requirement for this position:

• MA / MSc (preferably Master’s in social sciences).
• Minimum of 2-4 years relevant experience in any well-reputed organization in: a) community mobilization; b) micro-entrepreneurship development; c) government linkages building; and d) sustainable livelihoods
• Computer Literate with Good command on MS Office.
• For both the locations Islamabad/Rawalpindi and Layyah local residents will be preferred.

 3. Personal Skills:

• Good interpersonal and communication skill,
• Good command of written and spoken Urdu and English.
• Punjabi speaking will be preferred
• Ability to meet deadlines,
• Team player and problem-solving skill,
• Ability to work under pressure and gender sensitive,
• Honest and competent.

Females are encouraged to apply