Introduction:

Human Appeal is an incorporated UK charity and a global humanitarian and development organisation. We save lives, alleviate poverty, transform and empower local communities whilst championing humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence and establishment of self-sustaining development programmes. Our vision is "to become the global agent of change for a just, caring, and sustainable world’’.

Position Summary:

The Project Manager, experienced in PATS programming will be responsible for overall management of the Sustainable WASH project being implemented in district Tharparkar, Sindh province. The Project Manager would provide technical oversight to the district project team & will be responsible to ensure technical, programmatic & financial compliance as per HA’s & donor’s compliances. He/She will work closely & will report directly to the Programme Manager field implementation & National WASH Coordinator based in country office & will line manage district project coordinators. He/She will ensure that project is implemented according to the organizational and sector quality standards, timelines, budget lines and the outputs agreed with the project donor. In addition, PM will also be responsible for sectoral coordination, sectoral representation, participation in technical working groups & cluster meetings & liaison and coordination with the relevant government counterparts at the district and provincial level.

Job Description:

• Ensure programme implementation plans are in place & tracking tables are established to track & monitor progress as per PATS approach.
• Responsible for smooth implementation of project activities as per agreed project plan and contract agreement with the implementing partner.
• Provide technical backstopping, expert advice, team management & leadership support to the project field team(s) in developing, designing and implementing project activities.
• Ensure timely delivery of the project activities and efficient spending of the allocated budgets.
• Ensure that the project outputs including hardware and software components of the project are delivered according to the agreed organizational & donor programme quality standards.
• Support the project teams in building their capacity and understanding on the project outcomes and approach.
• Ensures that gender, social inclusion, WASH SPHERE standards and other relevant standards are mainstreamed in the project and the project is implemented in a consultative and participative manner.
• Ensure that all staff has good understanding of social exclusion, discrimination and rights based approaches.
• Conduct regular monitoring and support visits to project sites and communities to ensure smooth progress.
• Conduct regular project review meetings with the country office representing whole project area.
• Preparing quality and timely reporting of the project activities for donors and HAP.
• Ensure adherence to organizational policies, procedures and standards of conduct.
• Ensures all agreed administrative and financial procedures are followed and maintained by implementing partners
• Liaise and coordinate with the relevant district and provincial level government departments/agencies and other project stakeholders for the successful implementation of the project activities
• Establish and strengthen networking with WASH and other sector partners especially health, education
• Capture and document project successes, case studies and lessons learned & provide continuous feedback to the field teams & country office management
• Represent HAP in various district and provincial level forums/events/cluster meetings.
• Support HAP in designing of future programmes, conduct needs assessments & develop contingency plans
• Support HAP in cross-sectoral programme Integration & implementation of HA’s regular programmes in the districts 

Qualification & Experience:

• University degree (minimum 16 years of education) in relevant discipline (WASH, social sciences, Project management, civil engineering etc.)
• Minimum of 05-07 years’ experience in donor funded WASH programme/project management, PATS programme management
• Experience in managing large project teams across multiple districts at a similar role
• Excellent knowledge of participatory development and rights based approaches and an understanding of relevant issued and the regional context
• Proven experience of managing WASH/PATS projects/programmes
• In depth knowledge of Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation (PATS), Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), SLTS and Institutional WASH
• Excellent command over English language and strong analytical and report writing skills
• Excellent planning, programme formulation, monitoring and budget management skills.
• Good computer skills- words, spreadsheet, presentation tools
• Understanding of Rural WASH issues and community mobilization approaches
• Significant experience of community based water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion projects
• Experience of implementing projects in coordination with government line agencies
• Experience of research methodologies & documentation of best practice
• Experience in managing programme/project budgets

Skills and Abilities

• Good understanding of community participation and the integration of water supply with sanitation and hygiene
• Knowledge of PSEA, Protection & GBV, Gender & Inclusiveness in WASH context
• Knowledge of low cost sanitation and hygiene technologies
• Knowledge/ Experience of Community Revolving Grant and Sanitation Micro crediting  
• Ability to communicate in local languages
• Diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial and occasionally, senior government levels

Note: Positions are subject to approval of donor funding.