ISCOS Pakistan

📢 VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT – Coordinator of Projects in Punjab
📍 Location: Lahore (with constant travel in Punjab and to Islamabad)
📅 Duration: June 2025 – May 2026 (with possible extension until August 2028)
📩 Deadline to apply: 7 July 2025 (applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may be filled before the deadline)

Terms of Reference
🔹 Title: Coordinator of Projects in Punjab
🔹 Reporting to: Head of Programs

Role Summary
The Project Coordinator implements ISCOS projects in Punjab (mainly in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Sargodha), ensuring alignment with project goals, donor compliance, and coordination with partners, local authorities, and relevant stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities in Punjab
- Supervise and support local coordinators and other field staff
- Manage project budgets and ensure financial accountability
- Ensure timely and quality reporting to the Head of Programs and donors
- Represent ISCOS in coordination meetings at district and provincial levels
- Identify challenges, risks, and mitigation strategies during project ex*****on
- Provide original contributions to project interpretation in Punjab, through community-driven decolonial approaches

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in development studies, social sciences, philosophy, economics, or related field
- Minimum 3 years of project management experience with INGOs or local NGOs
- Proven experience with international donors and related procedures (preferably AICS or EU)
- Experience in managing multi-stakeholder projects in complex and sensitive contexts
- Strong leadership, reporting, and negotiation skills
- Fluency in English, Urdu, and Punjabi
- Critical understanding of PCM and M&E
- Familiarity with Trade Unions and labour rights is a plus
- Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite and other project management tools
- Capacity to understand project documents and translate them into effective implementation
- Critical understanding of the international development sector in Pakistan

Skills and Competencies
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work independently and under pressure

📧 To Apply: Send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected] by 7 July 2025.
⚠️ Note: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The position may be filled before the deadline.