Associate, Center of Excellence in Woman & Child Health

Associate, Center of Excellence in Women & Child Health

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKU provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programmes and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

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.

This is a grant-funded contractual position

Role / Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• Manage the transport requirements on the field sites and outreach offices;
• coordinate with different project supervisor regarding concerns related to transportation;
• make vehicle contract agreements for all research field sites in Karachi and outside Karachi in coordination with the transport department;
• raise payments (RoPs) for all vehicles with proper documentation;
• verify documents received before raising the payments;
• provide support in the planning, organizing and executing various events of the department;
• arrange hotel accommodation for the research related delegations;
• coordinate with travel dept for issuance of tickets for domestic and international traveling and accommodation of guests and research staff;
• any other responsibility assigned by the Supervisor;
• conduct audit of field offices within and outside Karachi

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:

• Bachelors;
• relevant experience of 1 to 2 years would be preferred;
• strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• proficiency in computers especially MS Office;
• willing to travel and work in the communities / rural field sites;
• excellent report writing skills;
• excellent Organization skills and analytical skills
• good speaking and written English is a must;
• may require some extra working hours;

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.