Project Manager

We are one of the leading non-profit organizations in Pakistan that’re working towards improving health, promoting education, alleviating poverty, building infrastructure, and developing social institutions for community empowerment. Our aim is to empower the poor. HANDS strength is 14 volunteer board members, 10,000 work force and thousands of community-based volunteers of more than 6,300 partner organizations.

HANDS requires Project Managerat HANDS Head Office Karachi

Position: Project Manager

Place of Posting: Head Office Karachi

No. of Positions: 01 Male/Female

Age Limit: 30-45 Years

Reporting Line: Project Director /HOD

Qualification: M.Ed. /MA/ MSC

Experience: More than 5 years’ experience in related field

Skills required: Report writing, Monitoring

Description:

• District Project Manager will work under the supervision of Project Director of EMO

schools.

• Support to execute a variety of education programs, events and services to meet the

educational needs of the community and to achieve program/project goals.

• Coordination with Project Director and Expert of Education for implementing

program/project strategies to achieve the targets and goals.

• Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded

learning experiences for students who are at-risk of academic failure.

• Support to ensure that the quality compliance parameters are invariably adhered to

ensure provision of good education and successful program delivery.

• Engage parents and community stakeholders to design, develop and implement a

comprehensive school improvement plan through Community Engagement Activities.

• Discussing progress and barriers with the Principal/Headmaster(s) and key stakeholders
• on a regular basis.
• Be responsible to arrange School Management Committee (SMC) meetings on regular

basis (at least one in each quarter) basis and report back to all stakeholders on progress

and matters for concern.

• Invite inputs from local community and address comments/concerns concerning the

educational and programmatic needs of students.

• Promote the continuous use of student data (such as from formative, interim, and

summative assessments) to inform and differentiate instruction to meet the academic

needs of all students.

• Managing the day-to-day operations and needs of the school including directly

supporting the Principal/Headmaster(s) and other staff on instructional and operational

matters.

• Establishing an embedded presence in the school and maintaining consistent and

intensive onsite support.

• Participation in Monthly and Quarterly Progress Review meetings & conduct

monitoring/supervisory visits.

• Adopt a variety of techniques to increase and retain student enrollments, including

conducting local community outreach to solicit parents/community support for student

enrollments and retention.

• Write monthly report of the school.
• Ensure drafting, collecting and submitting all internal & external reports

Ensure maintenance of program data, files, reports and all other related materials on

regular basis.

• Look after the needs of the school/project staff and help them to resolve their problems

which they face in routine or specific activities.

• Ensure drafting, collecting and submitting all district level reports timely to the

respective personnel.

• Promotion of program/project objectives among stakeholders.
• Work with Project Director and Expert of Education to review, revise, and supplement

program/project plans and objectives.

• Facilitate teachers/tutors about the enhanced and modern teaching techniques.
• Ensure maintaining of files, materials and all other program/project related materials.
• Facilitate to develop and implement educational plans, lesson plans, teaching strategies

and upcoming events.

• Resolve conflicts among school staff and report them to Project director if required so.
• Coordinate with NGOs, and related District Government and donors for the program

related activities and to promote program mission and vision.

• Submit monthly, quarterly and annually reports of respective assignments to the Project

Manager.

• Establish good working relationship with the staff and other departments.
• Other duties as assigned by the senior staff for the best concerned of the program.