Manager (Training, M&E and Implementation), Department of Community Health Sciences

Manager (Training, M&E and Implementation), Department of Community Health Sciences

Location: 
Karachi, Pakistan, with travel to project sites as required

Introduction
Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

The Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS) is the leading unit of its type in Pakistan, recognised regionally and internationally for the relevance, quality, and extent of its work in support of public health and the development of primary health care systems. It comprises five major operational sections: Epidemiology & biostatistics, Health policy & management, Population & reproductive health, Environmental health & climate change, and non-communicable diseases & mental health.

About the Project
Aga Khan University is implementing a 12-month integrated health systems project focused primarily on Sindh, with coordinated linkages at the federal level, to strengthen health security, immunisation and disease control systems in Pakistan. The project responds to key health-system challenges, including fragmented service delivery, limited public financing, uneven subnational capacity, gaps in health information and surveillance systems, limited laboratory access, supply-chain constraints, low case detection and vaccination coverage, ongoing wild poliovirus transmission and incomplete surveillance across human, animal and environmental health.

The project will leverage and strengthen existing government systems, partnerships and platforms to deliver integrated interventions for polio, routine immunisation, tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). It will strengthen interoperable health information, surveillance, laboratory and supply systems, while enhancing outbreak preparedness and response through Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR), 7-1-7, Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs), Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) and integrated human, animal and environmental health approaches.

A key focus of the project is to support sustainable, country-led systems through stronger government stewardship, domestic financing and institutional capacity. Monitoring and evaluation will serve as a core mechanism for learning and adaptive management, with real-time monitoring of implementation, outputs and outcomes to support timely course correction and continuous programme improvement. The project will also promote data triangulation, documentation of best practices and challenges, and evidence-based policy recommendations, with learning disseminated through government-led platforms and in coordination with donors, development partners and other stakeholders to strengthen alignment, continuity and sustainability.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.

Responsibilities
You will be responsible to:
•    support the planning, coordination and implementation of project activities in accordance with approved work plans, timelines and deliverables
•    develop, coordinate and monitor training activities, including training plans, schedules, materials, participant coordination and post-training assessments
•    support the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, tools, indicators and reporting mechanisms
•    monitor project implementation against agreed milestones, targets, timelines and performance indicators
•    coordinate routine data collection, compilation, validation and review to ensure completeness, accuracy and consistency
•    conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites and provide technical and operational support to field teams
•    identify implementation gaps, operational challenges and emerging risks and support the development and follow-up of corrective actions
•    support analysis of project data and contribute to periodic reports, dashboards, presentations and other project documentation
•    coordinate with project teams and relevant stakeholders to ensure timely information flow and effective implementation of activities
•    support documentation of lessons learned, best practices, success stories and implementation experiences
•    contribute to the preparation of donor reports, technical updates, presentations and other project deliverables
•    ensure that project records, monitoring documentation and training-related information are maintained accurately and systematically
•    support quality assurance activities and ensure adherence to approved protocols, SOPs and institutional requirements
•    facilitate communication and coordination between technical, field, administrative and other relevant teams
•    provide guidance and mentorship to project staff and field teams, as required
•    participate in project review meetings and support tracking of action points and agreed follow-ups
•    support project close-out, transition and sustainability activities, where applicable.

Requirements:
You should have:
•    a Master's degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Monitoring & Evaluation, Development Studies or a related field from an HEC recognised or reputable foreign university/institution
•    at least seven years of relevant experience in programme implementation, training, monitoring and evaluation, research or public health programmes. Experience working on donor-funded projects will be an advantage
•    demonstrated experience in coordinating field-based programmes and working with multidisciplinary teams
•    experience in developing or implementing M&E frameworks, data collection tools and reporting systems
•    experience in training coordination, facilitation and capacity building.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.