General Responsibilities

Lodhran Pilot Project (LPP) is seeking a program director (PD) for a donor funded project to provide innovative approaches to management and coordinate with partners, academia, civil society organizations (CSOs), and government key stakeholders. PD will directly report to the Chief of Party (CoP) and supervise diverse teams while overseeing project implementation, financial and administrative oversight, monitoring & reporting, and networking as well as continuous evaluation of operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership and technical, operational, financial and managerial leadership for successful implementation of projects
• Makes sure projects are aligned with overall strategic goals and objectives of the organization and, if not, revises plan to make them so
• Oversees all project implementation related to project management, including monitoring and reporting, financials transactions, execution of project plans and performance
• Selects and manages the training of project teams, assigning clear roles and responsibilities, providing effective supervision and managing performance
• Ensures that ppartner organizations deliver specified results and meet quality expectations in the light of program description.
• Creates and manages project budgets
• Regularly updates Steering Committee and the CoP with reports on the progress and performance of project and partner organizations deliverables
• Identify and mitigate project risk to avoid delays and cost overruns
• Follow all LPP and donor contractual regulations related to projects and ensure they’re in compliance
• Guides individual project managers across a portfolio of projects

Requirements and Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred in a relevant field from an accredited university
• Project management certification preferred
• At least 08 years of experience in a leadership position managing more than one project
• Experience managing, designing, implementing and evaluating preventing, countering violence extremism, social cohesion, advocacy, and institutional capacity building projects
• Technical proficiency with project management softwares and latest ERP systems
• Demonstrated interpersonal, management and communication skills
• Strong oral and written skills in English and Urdu