Health Project – District Sargodha-Punjab

Job Description

Job Title:                    District Project Officer – Health Project

Job Location:            Any RHCs or THQ of District Sargodha

Report To:                  Program Officer – Health Project

Responsible For:        Project Planning/ Implementation, team management, and Coordination at district level

Duration:                   03 years (Contract will be extended on annual basis) 

Job purpose

The District Project Officer will be responsible that the Health Project’s activities are timely and smoothly planned and implemented in district Sargodha. The District Project Officer will work as part of the Organization’s team to successfully plan, implement, and sustain health activities in the targeted area.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure that project activities are well planned and executed in district Sargodha. Coordinate with field team on a daily/weekly basis to ensure smooth implementation of the work plan.
• Working closely with program officer to ensure that required support to the field team is available & ensure that field-related requirements are timely communicated to the program officer.  
• Provide on-time and effective support to the field teams to achieve key deliverables in the stipulated time frame.
• Ensure that work plan, progress reports and KPI data are submitted monthly & monthly/quarterly targets are achieved.
• Ensure that field teams regularly submit their, monthly data and case studies as per the defined timelines. 
• Regularly review and analyze the project data and reports, provide feedback to the team and ensure that final reports are timely submitted to the organization management and donor in the prescribed format.
• Conduct progress/performance review and planning meetings with the team, provide feedback and ensure that action plans are implemented within given deadlines. 
• Organize and facilitate donor’s related events.
• Ensure that all the project-related documents received from the field are properly reviewed and verified. Identify the gaps in documentation and ensure that all information provided is accurate and means of verification are available.
• Support in conducting disability audits, refurbishment work, and implementation of accessibility audits are timely achieved.
• Liaison with the relevant stakeholders including health and social welfare department for smooth implementation of project activities in district Sargodha. 
• Properly maintenance of all project-related files, records, data, and reports in soft and hard form.
• Ensure that organization and donors’ policies and procedures are strictly followed and adhered during the day-to-day operations of the project.
• Able to roll out SBCC related activities effectively in the district
• Conduct field monitoring visits and share the reports with recommendations to improve the project’s deliverables.
• Any other project-related work assigned by the supervisor when and where required.

 Jobholder entry requirements - the essential knowledge, skills and behaviors required knowledge (education and related experience):

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences
• Understanding of Social Inclusion
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in project management. Experience of working with the person with disabilities will be an added value
• Good report-writing and presentation skills.
• Able to take innovative initiatives
• Proficient in both verbal and written English
• Able to proficiently use MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, Access
• Able to travel to project locations.