Infrastructure Director - Pakistan Schools Construction and Rehabilitation - 2015

IMC Worldwide is seeking to identify a highly experienced Infrastructure Director for a DFID funded Schools Construction and Rehabilitation project we are implementing in Pakistan. This is a complex programme, supporting the rehabilitation and upgrading of existing education infrastructure, including those destroyed or at risk from natural disasters or affected by conflict. The primary objective is to provide missing facilities and upgrade schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. This is expected to help improve educational outcomes in both provinces by providing missing facilities and upgrading additional schools through the provision of additional classrooms and improved facilities, including water and sanitation systems, secure boundary/perimeter walls, electricity connection and school furniture and equipment.

The Infrastructure Director will report to the Team Leader and will be responsible for managing the infrastructure department including coordinating, reporting and isolating any important issues for further consideration by senior management. The infrastructure department includes the management of surveying, design, procurement, contract management and construction supervision.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a qualified Civil Engineer.


• Have a minimum of 15 years progressively responsible experience in programme management of large infrastructure projects, procurement, contract management, construction supervision or a related field.


• Have extensive experience in undertaking and managing works procurement including issuing tender invitations, evaluating bids and the development and preparing contracts for the procurement of works.


• Preferably have previous experience working in Pakistan or the region.

This is a 3 year long term position with a start date as soon as possible

IMC is a leading independent consultancy firm working in the aid-funded infrastructure and institutional capacity development sectors. Established for more than 50 years, we have diversified from our founding specialisation in infrastructure and currently provide a broad spectrum of expertise, ranging from economics and financial analysis, to climate change, environmental management and planning, to governance, social development, monitoring and evaluation, engineering, knowledge management and organisational change. IMC has worked in more than eighty countries and territories across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our clients include both private and public sector organisations, and we regularly work with a large contingent of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies.