Job Title: Programme Coordinator
Location: Islamabad
Reports To: Team Lead GFA Programme
Contract Type: Consultancy
Project: Global fund accelerator (GFA) programme: Strengthening Health Systems in Pakistan through GHIs and the Lusaka Agenda
Objective of the Programme
The goal of GFA programme is to shift from donor-driven vertical programming to a sustainable, integrated, and government-led health system aligned with Pakistan’s universal health coverage (UHC) roadmap and the Lusaka agenda. The programme delivers targeted technical assistance (TA) across seven interlinked workstreams aimed at improving governance, financial transparency, service integration, and health system accountability.
Job Summary
The Coordinator is a mid-senior technical professional with experience in programme delivery, primary health care, and health financing. The role balances three functions: (i) programme management—ensuring milestones, budgets, and reporting are met; (ii) technical leadership—contributing to PHC integration design, ATM costing, and fiscal alignment; and (iii) coordination—acting as deputy to the Team Lead and bridging between federal outputs, provincial teams, and the STTA pool
Key Responsibilities
Programme Delivery and Coordination
• Develop, update, and monitor detailed workplans and deliverables tracking across the TA’s six domains.
• Supervise the Senior RA and RA, ensuring data collection, analysis, and reporting workflows are aligned with deadlines.
• Convene regular federal–provincial coordination calls, ensuring provincial advisors and RAs are aligned with federal templates and     reporting standards.
• Maintain consolidated risk and issues registers, escalating critical bottlenecks to the Team Lead.
• Deputise for the Team Lead at stakeholder meetings, donor reviews, and JPRM sessions when required.
Technical Contributions – Public Health / PHC Integration
• Provide inputs to the institutional and operational diagnostics, ensuring ATM functions are mapped against PHC service pathways and facility realities.
• Contribute to the design of EPHS-linked ATM packages (BHU, BHU-Plus, RHC), ensuring cost and staffing assumptions reflect epidemiological and         service delivery realities.
• Review provincial costing outputs for consistency with federal fiscal space parameters and advise on adjustments.
Technical Contributions – Fiscal & Governance Linkages
• Work with the PFM and Health Financing Specialists to ensure provincial costing outputs feed into fiscal space modelling and co-financing matrices.
• Provide technical review of Chart of Accounts tagging, cost-centre design, and IFMIS reconciliation templates from a service delivery perspective.
• Ensure governance reforms (CCM by-laws, CMU evolution) are translated into practical reporting and coordination protocols with provinces.
Evidence and Communication
• Draft technical briefs and talking points for M/o NHSR&C and government officials that link governance reforms to service outcomes.
• Ensure lessons learned from provincial pilots are captured in the Business & Investment Plan and Provincial Blueprints.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Master’s degree in public health, Health Policy, Health Economics, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in health systems strengthening, with at least 3 in PHC/ATM programming.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex multi-stakeholder programmes with provincial/federal coordination.
• Experience with costing EPHS packages, fiscal space analysis inputs, or donor transition planning strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to synthesise technical and management responsibilities; prior deputy or coordinator role experience an advantage.