Description:
Karandaaz Digital Financial Services (DFS) department has initiated and completed many engagements in both public and private sectors that include infrastructure development, policy creation, experiments, and pilots to catalyze financial inclusion of individuals in Pakistan. The incumbent of this position will be responsible to manage grant-based projects with the private sector partners.
Job Responsibilities
The candidate will be expected to perform the following responsibilities:
- Work closely with the team to solicit new industry projects and create a pipeline of promising opportunities
- Maintain a list of potential partners and evaluate opportunities for partnerships
- Assist in identifying project scope, timelines, cost, and budget.
- Manage and operationalize projects, ensuring control on timeline, objectives, and impact tracking.
- Manage project budgets, reporting, and documentation updates for stakeholders including senior management, partners, and donors.
- Ensure effective coordination with the Grantees in order to deliver the committed impact in time and to report any scope changes or time delays
- Ensure compliance with approved business processes in the DFS Operational Manual
- Support various audit activities and provide timely information for reviews
- Undertake additional tasks to optimize the performance of the Karandaaz DFS stream
Education & Experience
- A minimum of 2 to 4 years of work experience
- Bachelor’s degree from a reputable institution in a relevant discipline such as, but not limited to, project management, business, economics, information technology etc.
- Experience of creating high quality resources such as concept papers, business models, funding narratives etc.
- Prior experience of project management will be a plus