Project Manager

NGO requires project managers for effective implementation of upcoming projects.

1. TEVTA Training of 500 youth of Balochistan in Hospitality and Tourism Trade (Gwadar, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Rawalpindi)

2. Professional Trainings, Leading to professional certification and job placement in tourism and Hospitality Industry (Chitral, Swat, Buner)

3. Mushroom farming projects - (Charsadda)

4. Hospitality and Tourism Management Training (Neelum, Rawalakot and Muzafarabad)

5. Hospitality and Tourism Management Training (Rawalpindi)

Key Responsibilities & Tasks:

• Provide leadership and guidance to functional provincial offices  and manage all ongoing programme and projects.
• Day to day management of all on going activities of the Office projects and program. Provide technical support to the various training events and problem-solving on-going issues.
• Create and build linkages in province with relevant stakeholders; government line departments, ministries, donor agencies etc. Coordinate and liaison with Provincial government or on-going relevant events. Seek for new opportunities for fund raising at various locations.
• Explore and grip the partnership and networking opportunities to increase the program out-reach, improving cost recovery, visibility and growth of organization;
• Manage financial aspects of the units and keep track of expenditures as well as incoming income and funds.
• Coordinate with the relevant team members in the Head office with area managers, such as HR, Finance and programme team overall for successfully and time execution of all program activities, trainings, events.
• Timely completion of the projects and timely submission of reports to donors.
• To provide technical inputs and expertise to program development team and provide solutions for on going activities. Manage staff performances and set their objectives.
• Take capacity building initiatives arranging trainings, workshops seminars for partners on gender sensitization.
• Liaison and closely coordinate with stakeholders including the direct beneficiaries to improve the quality of service delivery.
• Any other task assigned by the management.

Support to line departments & individual staff members:

• Provide technical support as required to all internal staff.
• Provide Capacity building to staff
• Ensure monthly report submitted to Country Director.
• Ensure all staff request and queries are handled within a reasonable time frame.
• Provide advice to staff on critical areas that may not be covered under given policies.

Team Management, Communication and effectiveness:

• Ensure staff is managing their routine tasks on time and make action plan for various activities.
• Ensure the office staff comes on time and dispatch their roles and activates properly.
• Support in developing staff objectives, KPIs and their performance management.  
• Ensure different simple techniques are implemented to manage teams of all department at all levels including involvement of team members, clear roles and responsibilities with accountability, clear understanding of team member on his/her roles, expected outcomes, minimum standards of excellence etc.
• Provide coaching to team members as a regular learning process to improve individual as well as department performance
• Impart management of highest level that includes key success areas of simplicity, honesty, easy to approach, walk the talk, open communication & feedback.

Skills, Abilities and Qualification Required:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration or Social Sciences, specialization in project management.
• At least 7 years’ relevant work experience, some of which is likely to have been obtained in a professional services environment, ideally a major international management consultancy.
• Project Management skills.
• Interpersonal skills & the ability to work with individuals from various backgrounds and managerial levels coupled with ability for public speaking. 
• A strategic thinker with the ability to build, nurture and maintain business relationships.
• An ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity
• An excellent command of English and Urdu, written and spoken
• Field Visits as required, often at short notice.