Foundation for Ageing & Inclusive Development-FAID is a National Organization registered with SECP as a non-profit Company and licensed under section 42 of the Company Act 2017.

Job Description:

Job Description – Project Coordinator

Job Title:                         Project Coordinator

Salary:                             PKR 130,000 – 150,000/- (depending upon the Experience)

Department:                Program

Location:                         Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Responsible To:            Head of Program

Period:                             1-April-2026 to 31-March-2027

Number of Positions: 01 (Male/Female)

Key relationships:

Internally:

Program Department, MEAL Department, HR Department, Finance and Operations Department

Externally:

WHO, Ministry of Health, Health Department KP, OPAs, local authorities, working organizations, INGOs, NGOs, CBOs, and other stakeholders

Position Purpose

The Foundation for Ageing and Inclusive Development (FAID) is a national organization dedicated to promoting inclusive development, enabling people of all ages, especially older people, to lead dignified, healthy, and secure lives. FAID will implement the project titled “SHIFA- Strengthening Health Inclusion and Feedback for the Aged” with technical support from HelpAge International and funding from the SIDA.

The Project is a 12-month initiative implemented by the FAID in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a focus on Nowshera and Charsadda districts. The project aims to transform older persons from passive recipients of services into active agents of change within the health and disaster management systems.

The project addresses critical gaps in age-friendly healthcare by strengthening community-led social accountability and promoting inclusive health service delivery. A key strategy involves the formation and strengthening of Intergenerational Community Associations (ICAs), bringing together older people and youth to collaboratively monitor and improve public health services.

Through the Community Score Card (CSC) approach, ICAs will assess the quality, accessibility, and responsiveness of 40 public health facilities. These findings will be used to facilitate interface dialogues with health authorities, ensuring that community feedback leads to tangible improvements in services.

In addition, the project will conduct health screening camps for older people, generate evidence through a comparative analysis of service delivery models, and support advocacy at district and provincial levels through the Buzurg Dost Network. The project also integrates inclusive disaster risk reduction (DRR) by engaging communities in flood preparedness and medical evacuation planning.

Key expected outcomes include:

1-       Increased awareness among older people about their rights and entitlements

2-       Strengthened community-led accountability mechanisms in the health sector

3-       Improved responsiveness of health services to the needs of older people

4-       Evidence-based advocacy influencing age-friendly health policies in KP

The SHIFA project places strong emphasis on inclusion, participation, and safeguarding, ensuring meaningful engagement of older women, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups throughout the project cycle.

The Project Coordinator will lead overall implementation of the SHIFA project, ensuring effective delivery of community-based social accountability, advocacy, and evidence generation interventions aligned with SCORE Outcome 3.

Key Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of the Project Coordinator include:

1-      Project Planning and Coordination

-          Lead the development of detailed implementation plans, timelines, and operational strategies to ensure the successful delivery of all project components.

-          Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth execution of activities at national and district levels.

2-      Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy

-          Facilitate coordination with key stakeholders, including HelpAge International, local health authorities, DHOs, PDMA, BDN, and others

-          Represent FAID in national consultation workshops, provincial meetings, and policy dialogues related to healthy ageing and ICOPE integration.

3-      Technical Oversight and Quality Assurance

-          Oversee piloting and scale-up project activities with inclusive approaches.

-          Ensure quality implementation of CSC and social accountability processes

-          Oversee evidence generation (screenings, comparative report)

-          Provide technical input and supervision to ensure that community screening, health facility training, and service provision meet quality standards.

4-      Capacity Building and Support Supervision

-          Lead the planning and delivery of training sessions for health professionals, community facilitators, and project staff, ensuring inclusive and context-relevant content.

-          Provide continuous coaching, supervision, and technical guidance to Social Mobilizers, community facilitators, and implementing staff.

5-      Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL)

-          Work closely with the MEAL team to monitor progress, identify gaps, and adjust implementation strategies based on real-time data and feedback.

-          Ensure regular documentation of lessons learned, success stories, and best practices to inform scale-up and policy advocacy.

6-      Financial and Administrative Oversight

-          Monitor project expenditures, support procurement processes, and ensure compliance with donor and organizational financial policies.

-          Coordinate with admin/logistics staff to ensure timely arrangement of events, travel, training logistics, and material distribution.

7-      Reporting and Communication

-          Prepare and submit high-quality progress reports, donor updates, and internal briefings as per the agreed reporting schedule.

-          Contribute to knowledge products such as policy briefs, learning reports, and presentations for national and global dissemination.

8-      Safeguarding and Inclusion

-          Ensure all project activities are implemented in line with FAID’s safeguarding policies and uphold principles of dignity, equity, and inclusion.

-          Promote active participation of older people, women, and persons with disabilities in all aspects of the project cycle.

9-      Risk Management and Problem-Solving

-          Identify operational or contextual risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with field and senior management teams.

Specific duties and responsibilities

The specific duties and responsibilities for the position holder are including:

1-      Lead the overall implementation of the SHIFA project in line with the approved proposal, work plan, and donor guidelines, ensuring activities are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.

2-      Coordinate the review, revision, and finalization of the national Healthy Ageing Framework, including engagement with technical consultants, stakeholders, and government representatives.

3-      Ensure the training of health professionals and community facilitators is conducted with quality content, skilled trainers, and inclusive methodologies.

4-      Establish Intergenerational Community Associations (ICAs) in Charsadda and continue support to ICA in Nowshera.

5-      Support community screening of 2,000 older people, coordinating with field teams and facilitators to ensure comprehensive assessments and referral pathways are followed.

6-      Facilitate awareness campaigns and advocacy activities, including the development and dissemination of short videos and IEC materials related to healthy ageing

7-      Lead the planning and hosting of the national learning and dissemination event, engaging stakeholders from government, WHO, CSOs, and academia to present project findings and promote scale-up.

8-      Regularly review project progress through field visits, coordination meetings, and monitoring tools, identifying bottlenecks and proposing adaptive solutions.

9-      Ensure proper documentation and communication, including timely submission of donor reports (narrative and financial), meeting minutes, field reports, and case studies.

10-  Maintain close coordination with HelpAge International and WHO, providing updates, sharing lessons learned, and aligning with global frameworks and strategies for healthy ageing.

11-  Ensure that gender, disability, and ageing inclusion principles are mainstreamed throughout all stages of project planning, implementation, and reporting.

12-  Support the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL) agenda, including baseline, endline, case studies, reflection meetings, and generation of knowledge products.

13-  Identify capacity-building needs of project staff and partners, and organize relevant refresher sessions, mentoring, and exposure visits as needed.

14-  Contribute to donor visibility and external communication, ensuring that branding, messaging, and public communication align with SIDA, FAID, and HelpAge standards.

15-  Ensure compliance with FAID’s safeguarding policies, financial and administrative procedures, and uphold principles of transparency, accountability, and inclusion.

Safeguarding Responsibilities

ü  Promote and model a safe, respectful working environment

ü  Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations and programmes to anyone that encounters our work.

ü  Report all safeguarding incidents they see, hear, hear about or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism.

ü  Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices

ü  Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and comply with HR vetting procedures.

ü  Reducing the risk of harm and abuse in the field.

ü  Involving communities in the design of programmes and complaint response mechanisms, be responsible for implementation and review.

ü  Attending specialist field training on safeguarding as required.

ü  Maintaining maps of support services for survivors.

ü  Receiving and responding to complainants/survivors and ensuring that no further harm is done, following a survivor-centred approach, using the principles of psychological first aid, and signposting to relevant local services as needed

ü  Reporting all safeguarding incidents, they become aware of

Required qualifications and experience

ü  Master’s degree in public health, Development Studies, or related.

ü  At least 5 years of relevant experience in project management.

ü  Strong experience in advocacy, inclusion, or health programming

ü  Excellent coordination, facilitation, and report-writing skills.

ü  Good at report writing skills

ü  Good communication skills (preferably local languages)

ü  Ability to work in a team and network with partners

ü  Good computer skills

This JD is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

FAID is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals without discrimination based on age, gender, disability, or other characteristics. FAID strongly promotes diversity and inclusion, and is committed to providing a safe and respectful working environment for all.