Project Manager

Purpose of the Position

The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management, implementation, and coordination of a project to be implemented in Lahore on countering child labour. S/He will be responsible to liaise with relevant governmental departments and institutions and to increase conceptual understanding, awareness and technical capacity of Literacy and Non-Formal Basic education department. Provincial Education departments and Labour and Human Resource department. S/He will review reports received from the partners and provide inputs for child-labour, applicable models, guidelines and necessary donor reports.  S/He will be responsible for representation and relationship-building between implementing organisation and other international and national NGOs, donor partners, and government stakeholders at national and provincial coordination and advocacy platforms. S/He will be responsible for the development and delivery of advocacy activities with donor partners and government stakeholders, both high-level (policy/legislation) and project-level. S/He will facilitate in the development of all written materials produced under the project including, training manuals, education materials, curriculum, and policies/governance documents.

Specific Responsibilities

Thematic 

• To strengthen existing capacities to counter child labour, PM shall manage the process of building capacity of key government departments (Labour and Human Resource department ,  Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education  department) and civil society stakeholders (parents, children, religious leaders, civil society organisations) in Lahore.
• Coordination with state and non-state actors, providing services to counter child labour in order to achieve decrease in child labour prevalence.
• Engaging child labourand peers in to non-formal education and creating strong referral mechanism for protection of child labour.
• Formal and in formal Capacity building of governmental counterparts, parents ‘committees, child rights representatives and peers on child friendly support mechanisms.
• Raising awareness of state and non-state actors on relevant laws and legislation on countering child labour in Pakistan.
• Leading to organize quarterly meetings to enhance existing and new governmental initiatives in countering child labour.
• Evidence based Policy advocacy for protecting and promoting the rights of child labourers in Pakistan
• Facilitation in development and piloting the institutionalized model on countering child labour for possible up scaling and replication in future.
• Lead preparation, review, and periodic revision of the project implementation plans
• Keep close coordination with the relevant staff of the implementing partner for harnessing support for the Project.
• Make sure that the project activities are implemented effectively with high impact according to agreement with donor and technical quality standards.
• Provide strategic and day to day support to the field teams for implementation of the project activities in the targeted area.
• Monitor progress through field visits, review of indicators, and meetings with staff, communities, partners, and other stakeholders.

Management

• Responsible  for the overall management,implementation and monitoring of the project.
•  Responsible  for the financial monitoring and control of the project budget.
• Support field staff involved in the project by providing assistance and guidance where necessary and appropriate.
• Reporting, lessons learnt and knowledge sharing
• Identify valuable experiences, promote and share good practices and lessons learned 
• Have overall responsibility for supervising the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the project
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of the project to the donor 
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual and project reports 

Coordination

• Responsible for liaison with focal points in governmental authorities at provincial level.
• Maintain close linkages with the partner for development of common tools and advocacy strategy.
• Coordinate regularly with relevant stakeholders for resource and knowledge sharing.
• Coordinate closely with other projects funded by the same donor on the same thematic areas being implemented in the project area.
• In addition to the laid out terms, the Project Manager is responsible to fulfil any additional duties put forward by his/her direct supervisor or senior management team. 

Required Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Master Degree in development studies,, Education/Non-Formal Education, Social Science disciplineDemonstrable experience of project management (at least 5 years’ experience of project management) including planning, monitoring, financial and budget management and reporting
• Demonstrated experience of working with government authorities and communities on Non-Formal education and/or experience/knowledge of countering child labour programs will be preferred
• Knowledge of current state of child labour and non-formal education in Lahore and overall country.
• Excellent representational and advocacy skills with experience of negotiating and influencing governments, working with partners, donors and development agencies.
• High fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills and ability to build a strong and highly functioning team
• Training/capacity building development and delivery skills and experience.
• Strong presentation and reporting skills

Desirable

• Familiar with development context of Lahore in addition to cultural contexts
• Experience of working with the government and communities in Lahore
• We commit to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to child safeguarding.