An exciting opportunity in Pakistan for an enthusiastic and committed professional with a strong vision who is passionate about community development and transformation.

The Project Director will be responsible for the successful delivery of the specified outcomes of the three-year project ” Transforming plastic and other waste into livelihoods, green products, better health and an improved environment for the urban poor in the Indus River Delta, Pakistan ” funded by UK Aid Match ( the “UKAM project”) in Pakistan.

The Project Director will also be accountable for ensuring that initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing activities are conducted in a transparent, timely, efficient, effective and integrated manner. The Project Director will focus on using allocated resources to achieve specific project objectives while ensuring compliance with donor policies and guidelines, in-country regulations and best practices within the development sector.

We are looking for candidates with:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised university.
• NGO field experience in a similar position.
• Experience of successfully managing complex, high-compliance, target base initiatives and/or projects.
• Experience of working with and in diverse teams.
• Proven experience of working with institutional donors.
• Relevant work experience of at least 8 years.

You will also be:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Urdu is essential.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Organisational and multitasking skills.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Negotiation and representation skills.
• Adaptive management in response to learning*Do your skills and experience match the above? Then we’d love to hear from you!*

This role will be based in Karachi, Pakistan but with frequent travel to Hyderabad and other locations. Applicants must have the right to live and work in the location.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.