• Provide overall technical leadership on planning, design and implementation of the programme in the light of donor contract and organisational quality standards.
• Provide technical leadership to the team in all programmatic areas including climate resilience, building community-level resilience climate related shocks and stresses.
• Provide line management to staff in accordance with the organizational policies and procedures.
• Maintain strong working relationships and communication with the consortium members
• Ensure strong involvement and leadership of government authorities i.e. NDMA, PDMAs, DDMAs, Ministry of Climate Change, P&D Departments, other relevant ministries/departments at national/provincial levels in the programme implementation.
• Ensure adherence to agreed programme quality standards including M&E guidelines, value for money (VFM), gender/inclusion frameworks and provide technical support to embed M&E and accountability in consortium implementation, in compliance with organizational procedures.
• Ensure regular coordination meetings (Programme Steering/Management Committees) with the consortium members as well as meetings of technical working groups (TWGs) led by the PMU technical leads.
• Provide leadership with the donor and serve as the key liaison with the donor representatives.
• Coordinate and document accountability activities agreed by Consortium members and track/report progress against the accountability framework.
• Analyse the potential risks related to the program implementation and devise/implement mitigation measures.
• Actively participate and contribute in Country Management Team (CMT) meetings.

• Master’s degree level, such as Development Management, Climate Change, DRR or a relevant social science discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in Community Resilience Building, Climate Change Adaptation, DRR/CBDRM and Anticipatory Action programming and approaches with INGOs
• Strong understanding of Climate Change and DRR/DRM governance structures in Pakistan
• Project management experience at senior level as “Deputy Chief of Party / Deputy Team Leader or Director” with reputable international NGOs, preferably on FCDO-funded large consortia programmes.
• Experience of working with major international donors, particularly FCDO is desirable.
• Strong coordination skills specifically with the ability to effectively coordinate, influence and negotiate with government, donors and consortium members.
• Thorough understanding of gender/equality, protection and conflict mitigation issues.
• Previous experience of leading and managing diverse team of senior staff.

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