Pakistan: Team Leader – Karachi, Pakistan

Technical assistance to a Sindh policy and budget framework for community-driven local development

• Exciting opportunity to join a new EU-funded project in Sindh


• 4 years


• Islamabad, Pakistan

The Programme

The aim of this 4-year project is to support the Government of Sindh to develop and monitor a poverty-reduction strategy. Through it, the European Commission (EC) will assist provincial institutions to develop, institutionalise and monitor a dedicated policy and budget framework for a poverty-reduction strategy for urban and rural Sindh, with a focus on a community-driven local development (CDLD) policy.

The expected results are:

1. A dedicated poverty-reduction strategy for urban and rural Sind, through the relevant institutional structures, legal and budgetary frameworks;


2. A dedicated provincial community-driven local development policy, as part of the above-mentioned poverty-reduction strategy, through the relevant institutional structures, legal and budgetary frameworks;


3. Monitoring an assessment of the impact of the GoS’ policies and actions on poverty reduction, with a specific focus on the community-driven local development framework;


4. Involvement local elected bodies, local authorities and community-based organisations as proactive stakeholders in the development and implementation of the CDLD policy;

The Position

As the Team Leader your key focus will be to lead effective programme implementation, including financial and team management, stakeholder engagement, monitoring and evaluation, and delivery of timely and quality outputs. You will have the ability to build rapport with key government institutions and non-state actors driving delivery and influencing decision making and efforts.

You will possess the ability to control and manage the programme to a successful completion for the EC whilst adding real value to the Government of Sindh. You will oversee all technical aspects of the programme, aiding and troubleshooting when necessary, and devise a strategy that will bring sustainable results.

You will be based in Karachi, with travels within Sindh and to Islamabad.

The Position

Qualifications and skills

• A University degree, or equivalent, in Public Policy and Administration, Economics, Development Studies, Political Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Law, or relevant.


• Post graduate studies and/or specific trainings in sub-national governance or in Development studies.


• Full working knowledge of English and excellent report writing skills.

General professional experience

• At least 10 years professional experience.


• At least 8 years’ professional experience in developing countries.


• At least 5 years’ experience as Team Leader implementing projects with Government authorities, while coordinating with other donors and Civil Society Organisations.


• Professional experience in Pakistan.

Specific professional experience

• At least 8 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas: decentralisation processes (fiscal, political, administrative) and support to local authorities, Public Sector Reform, Institutional development, legislation / regulation / local development within the framework of decentralisation, capacity building, designing and implementing Government Monitoring & Evaluation schemes, planning & budgeting for sub-national governments or equivalent.


• At least 5 years’ experience in programs of capacity building of government counterparts.


• Experience in one or more of the following areas: area-based / local development strategies, community development, participatory needs diagnostics.


• Experience with some of the technical and thematic work areas of the non-key experts to be deployed under the service contract.


• Experience in policy drafting, preferably in a field related to poverty reduction.


• Experience in the Monitoring and Evaluation of the impact of projects and policies on poverty reduction.


• Experience in drafting ToR for assignments of non-key experts and oversight of their work.


• Experience in public financial management, government financial processes and budget allocations, MTEF, etc.

Applications close: 11 December 2015

Coffey has a 40 year history in successfully delivering international development projects on behalf of donors right around the world, including Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, USAID and the UK’s Department for International Development. Our people work side by side with local partners to support stability, economic growth and good governance, positively changing people’s lives.

Advertised: 24 Nov 2015 West Asia Standard Time
Applications close: 11 Dec 2015 (11:55 PM) West Asia Standard Time