CARE is a leading global humanitarian and development organization. Since its establishment in 2005, CARE International in Pakistan (CIP) has been responding to major disasters and undertaking development projects. CIP works through local partners and range of stakeholder for development as well as emergency response, which makes partnership a key component of CARE’s work in Pakistan.

CIP is recruiting for a 4 months’ anticipated project, based in Chaghi district in Baluchistan.  The overall objective of the project is to support drought affected populations during the early recovery phase to address food insecurity and rebuild livelihoods. The project activities will lead to sustainable outputs in monetary and non-monetary gains and contribute to beneficiary’s well-being through capacitating village level development committees by mobilizing men and women. The project will provide beneficiaries with financial and technical support to enhance their income. The Knowledge and Skill development component will help beneficiaries manage their poultry/livestock and backyard kitchen gardening (BKG) better, face less health issues for livestock, increase produce from the BKG, the training on entrepreneurial skills and linkages to line departments (Agriculture department, LNDD) and markets will enable the beneficiaries scale up their production and generate income to mainstream into sustainable development as an exit strategy.

I. JOB SUMMARY:

The position of Project Manager requires, both, project management and technical knowledge and expertise in food security, agriculture, livestock and livelihood. The incumbent will provide overall leadership to the field based project team under her/his supervision. S/he will ensure that project is meeting its objectives in a timely and effective manner, in coordination with clusters and government line departments, and oversee quality and timely implementation of project as per commitments with donor, by utilizing the project and human resources at its optimum. The individual needs to be highly skilled in project management in insecure areas with quality of delivering project results, consistent with CARE’s humanitarian protocols and according to donor regulations. The Project Manager will render technical inputs on implementing interventions related to food security, poultry, agriculture, livestock and livelihood.

II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: 

Job Responsibility #1: Project Management: % of Time:  45%

• Lead, coordinate and supervise overall project activities and day-to-day management in order to achieve all program objectives in a timely manner and organization mandate.
• Ensure compliance with relevant CARE and donor policies and procedures (on Project Standards and Program Principles, M&E, Finance, Procurement, Donor visibility, Staff Safety and Security etc.)
• Ensure Monitoring and Evaluation plan and systems are in place for all project activities to ensure accountability; monitoring of efficiency, effectiveness and impact.
• Coordinate and support the development of project implementation plans and budgets/financial management.
• Develop or improve the programming SOPs and provide technical support to field teams in delivering project outputs in a timely way as per CARE mandate and commitments with donor.
• Represent the technical side of CIP programme to the various Government bodies, the UN, and other NGOs platforms.
• Develop internal reporting mechanism to capture the field information with regular updates to Humanitarian Program Manager on monthly and quarterly basis. PM will ensure the development and submission of interim and final progress reports on donor formats for internal and external use.
• Review, monitor and manage the budget allocated for the project and ensure budget is utilized efficiently in line with donor requirements and CARE policies and procedures.
• Regularly participate in Project review meetings, represent CARE at provincial and district level clusters and feed field information to Country Office for context analysis and planning.
• Provide proper supervision and management to all direct reports and oversee the establishment and functioning of a strong and effective team to deliver project results including key performance indicators.
• Provide training/ orientation to project staff about CARE and donor requirements including project management.
• Develop tools for project implementation to support the project activities on timely compilation.  
• Ensure compliance with donor guidelines and CARE financial management and Procurement policy/protocols, for the effective financial management of each project
• Manage the budget and ensure monitoring of monthly expenditures by project staff and make adjustments as required with support from Humanitarian Program Manager.
• Coordinate with CO and ensure that program support functions are available to guide and support for the project implementation in accordance with CARE policies and procedures

Job Responsibility #2: Food Security, Livestock, Agriculture and Livelihood Technical Intervention/ Trainings: % of Time:  30%

• Technically lead the Food Security, Poultry, Livestock and Agriculture interventions to ensure quality and timeliness of the proposed activities
• Work with the FSL Specialist in developing and reviewing of detailed Guidelines/Standard Operating Procedures for Kitchen Gardening, Poultry and Goat Rearing, for project interventions
• Keep track of Food Security, Livestock, Agriculture and Livelihood activities performance, and contribute in conducting PDMs and implementation of key learnings in future programming
• Represent the technical side of the Organization’s program to various Government bodies, UN, FSL Cluster, and other NGO's at national, provincial and district level
• Ensure that all programs take gender issues fully into account; this includes the introduction of mechanisms to enable women to participate in decision making.

Job Responsibility #3: Logistics and Supply Management: % of time: 10%

• Ensure proper verification of all supplies before procurement and delivery to the project sites for quality purposes in collaboration with the logistics team in accordance with CARE policies and procedures
• Work with Logistics team to develop a procurement plan for supplies during humanitarian response, including (procurement of contingency stock if required)
• Monitor the operational environment with respect to increased level of threat and advise the CIP security team for the security of CARE staff, assets and operations

Job Responsibility#4: External Liaison, Reporting and Representation: 10%

• Establish and maintain good relations with government counterparts
• Network and liaise with other NGOs or INGOs working on humanitarian Response in target districts
• Establish and maintain good relations with relevant counterparts, including
• Facilitate donor monitoring visits and evaluations, as appropriate.
• Ensure timely, accurate and high quality donor reporting of the project, including narrative and financial reporting as per donor guidelines and formats
• Prepare human interest stories / success stories related to project activities with close coordination with CARE communication department.  

Job Responsibility # 5: % of Time: 5%

• Any other tasks or responsibilities based on organizational and programming need as assigned by Line Manager.
• Safety and Security is everyone’s responsibility within CI through full compliance and accountability (as per Principle –ii of the CARE International Safety & Security Principles).
• Remain flexible and available to respond to any emergency project activities on a short notice.  

III. QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW):

A) Education/Training and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or other related field; a Master’s degree will be preferred.
• A technical degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, veterinary sciences or related field is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated 7 years of experience in Agriculture, Food Security & Livelihoods, livestock, preferably with an International NGO in a similar capacity; and a minimum of 2 years’ experience implementing FSL projects in target province of Pakistan. It is desirable that some of this should have been in emergency relief programmes.
• Experience of working with CBT projects is required.
• Demonstrated experience of working in volatile and highly insecure operating environment.

B) Technical Skill

• Technical knowhow and experience of kitchen gardening products and livestock.
• Good project management and people management skills.
• Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for particular situations.
• Diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial and, on occasions, senior government levels.

C) Competencies

• Project management and representation. Strong coordination skills with the ability to manage information including report writing and presentations
• Technical writing and information analysis
• Fluent in English and local language of Chagai district
• Sensitive to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations
• Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into public health promotion

IV. Duty Station and Level of Travel Required:

The position is based in Chagai, and entails travelling to targeted districts of the province as and when required.

 

CARE International in Pakistan is an equal opportunity employer; only individuals who are shortlisted will be contacted for an interview. CARE has a zero-tolerance approach toward sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse.

Note: Individuals can apply using Brightspyre or send their resumes directly to [email protected] clearly mentioning the position title in the subject line of the email, before the stated deadline. Please note that the recuirmtent is being carried out for an anticipated project, and its hiring will be based on donor approval.