The Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (AKHS, P), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is one of Pakistan’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organizations. AKHS, P delivers quality healthcare services through an extensive network of hospitals, medical centers, health centers, and community-based programs across the country, with a strong focus on innovation, excellence, and patient-centered care.

AKHS, P invites applications from qualified, experienced, and dynamic candidates for the position of Project Coordinator, Elderly Care Project, based at the Regional Office, Community Health Program, Karachi.

Position Summary:

The Project Coordinator coordinates and oversees the implementation of the Elderly Care Project, ensuring timely, effective, and quality delivery of project activities in line with approved objectives, plans, standards, and donor requirements. The position leads and supports the field team, strengthens teamwork and accountability, monitors project progress, and provides technical support to achieve expected results. The role manages stakeholder engagement and contributes to overall project and donor accountability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and oversees the implementation of project activities in accordance with approved plans, objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
• Leads and supports the field team to ensure effective coordination, teamwork, accountability, and timely delivery of project activities.
• Monitors project progress against agreed targets, milestones, and indicators and identifies areas requiring corrective action.
• Provides ongoing technical guidance and support to the field team to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of project implementation.
• Ensures effective documentation and reporting of project activities, progress, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Coordinates with relevant internal teams, project stakeholders, partners, and other concerned parties to facilitate smooth project implementation.
• Maintains effective communication with donors and supports fulfilment of donor requirements and commitments.
• Identifies project implementation risks and supports appropriate mitigation and resolution measures.
• Promotes a culture of teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and quality results within the project team.
• Supports monitoring and evaluation activities and uses project data and feedback to inform implementation and improve project outcomes.
• Ensures project activities are implemented in accordance with AKHS, P policies, procedures, safeguarding requirements, and applicable standards.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, Management, Social Work, or a relevant field from a recognized institution, or an equivalent combination of qualifications and relevant experience, as deemed appropriate by AKHS, P.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in project coordination, project management, community-based programmes, elderly care, healthcare, development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating project activities, supporting field teams, monitoring implementation, and preparing project reports.
• Strong understanding of project planning, monitoring, reporting, and implementation processes.
• Excellent communication, coordination, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commitment to accountability, quality, safeguarding, and ethical standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel to project locations, as and when required.

Additional Information:

1. AKHS is committed to stringent safeguarding principles and enforces a zero-tolerance stance towards behaviors inconsistent with institutional safeguarding principles. Successful candidates will be required to align with these standards and undergo a comprehensive background verification process including employment reference checks, safeguarding reference checks, credential verification, and employment history review.
2. AKHS is concerned about the climate and environmental crises we face and is doing everything possible to reduce our own impact, encouraging others to do the same, and advancing understanding in this field. AKHS has set itself the task of getting as close to net-zero carbon operations as possible by 2030. We expect all staff to contribute to achieving these aims in the context of their roles”.
3. Canvassing of any nature will lead to automatic disqualification.
4. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Pakistan.
5. Please note that AKHS P does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
6. AKHS is an equal opportunity employer. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The organization will assess the applications holistically, taking into consideration the candidate’s combination of education, relevant experience, competencies, skills and overall profile in relation to the requirements of the position and the organization’s needs. Meeting or exceeding the stated minimum qualifications and experience doesn’t, in itself, guarantee shortlisting, interview or selection. It reserves the right to determine the most suitable candidate based on the overall suitability of the profile and organizational requirements. AKHS, P reserves the right to modify or cancel the recruitment process at any stage and to accept or reject any application at its discretion. Due to the high volume of applications, individual feedback will not be provided.