Major Responsibilities:
The District Program Manager will provide leadership and overall management support to the Pakistan reading project district office. As a lead person, s/he will:
· Develop and maintain strong coordination with key stakeholders in the district e.g. district administration, education department, and other line departments for successful and sustainable implementation of projects initiatives.
· Manage in-service professional development activities in the district (that include face-to-face trainings, follow-ups and roll out of TIG activities).
· Ensure administrative and logistic support required to implement program activities in the district.
· Lead district based staff in detailed weekly/monthly planning including field travels/school visits while adhering to quarterly/annual/LoP work plan targets and indicators.
· Participate in the recruitment of School Support Associates and other district staff as per HR recruitment policies and guidelines
· Under the guidance of Technical Coordinator, supervise district based staff that include School Support Associates and Admin. & Finance Officer etc. and appraises their performance as scheduled.
· Develop and submit monthly cash projection against program activities, support district based procurement (as needed)
· Ensure maintaining and updating of financial and compliance records/matters.
· Support the district, provincial and national offices in undertaking monitoring and data collection of work plan activities and participate in various surveys conducted in the district
· Prepare and submit district level monthly, quarterly and annual reports and maintain updates to be shared with his/her supervisor and the provincial team on a regular or as and when required basis.
Compile success stories from the field and undertake case studies to highlight impact of the project.The USAID-funded Pakistan Reading Project, implemented by the International Rescue Committee and its partners (Creative Associates International, World Learning, and Institute of Rural Management), is a seven-year project (2013-2020) with the objective to support the provincial and regional departments of education throughout Pakistan to improve reading skills of 1.3 million children in grades one and two. The project will achieve this goal through three distinct but interrelated components that will work in synergy to affect the quality of early grade education: Improved classroom learning environment for reading, Improved policies and systems for reading, and Improved community based support for reading in Pakistan.