Call for Experts – National Governance Programme (NGP), Pakistan

Overview

The Public Sector Governance team at Oxford Policy Management is seeking a pool of high-experienced local experts, who can be rapidly mobilised to support government reform priorities in Pakistan. Appointments will be made on a fixed-term basis and are contingent upon the successful outcome of a bid for an upcoming project.

The programme is expected to provide technical assistance to ministries implementing reform roadmaps and institutional transformation initiatives.

We are particularly interested in experts with experience in one or more of the following sectors:

• Tax and Revenue Reform
• Public Finance Management and Fiscal Policy
• Trade, Exports and Economic Competitiveness
• Privatisation and State-Owned Enterprise Reform
• Investment and Private Sector Development
• Energy (Power and Petroleum)
• Transport (Railways, Maritime and Aviation)
• Information Technology and Digital Governance
  
  

Successful candidates will join a pool of experts who may be called upon to provide strategic advice, technical leadership, policy support, reform implementation assistance, capacity strengthening, and political economy analysis across a range of government institutions.

We are an international development consultancy working to improve lives through sustainable policy change in low- and middle-income countries. Our vision is for fair public policy that benefits both people and the planet.

Through our global network of offices, we work in partnership with national stakeholders and decision makers to research, design, implement, and evaluate impactful public policy. We draw on our local and international sector experts to provide the very best evidence-based support. We deliver projects with expert knowledge and experience and can be relied upon for excellence in all aspects of project delivery. We work collaboratively, with ambition, to help deliver impactful public policy that will bring about lasting change.

Position Summary

Depending on the assignment, responsibilities may include:

• Providing high-quality technical advice to government ministries and agencies.
• Supporting the design, implementation, and course correction of sector reform plans and roadmaps.
• Advising ministries on concomitant institutional strengthening, governance reforms, and performance improvement.
• Contributing to policy development, implementation planning, and change management processes.
• Conducting diagnostics, assessments, and political economy analyses often within tight timeframes .
• Supporting stakeholder engagement and consensus-building across government and development partners.
• Collaborating effectively with other local and international experts within multidisciplinary teams.
  
  

Qualifications

Key Qualifications / Experience / Skills / Behaviours

We are seeking internationally recognised experts with the following qualifications and experience:

Essential Requirements

Relevant advanced qualifications

• Postgraduate degree (Master's level or above) in the relevant sector, public policy, economics, governance, public administration, or a related discipline.
  
  

Strong domain expertise

• Demonstrated technical experience (typically 15+ years) in the relevant sector esp working with large scale public sector organisations and ministries.
• Demonstrated experience of working with senior government counterparts at federal level in Pakistan on sector reforms.
• Deep understanding of sector-specific policy challenges, service delivery issues, and institutional reform priorities.
  
  

Proven Reform Experience

• Strong track record of contributing to policy development, sector strategies, reform programmes, or institutional transformation initiatives.
• Experience supporting governments at highest levels on the design and implementation of reforms.
  
  

Understanding of Pakistan's governance context

• Expert level knowledge of Pakistan's federal and provincial governance systems.
• Expert level understanding of political economy dynamics, stakeholder environments, and implementation challenges within Pakistan.
• Experience working outside Pakistan in comparable contexts is strongly preferred.
  
  

Collaboration and mobilisation

• Experience working in multidisciplinary international and local teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to mobilise rapidly and work flexibly in response to programme needs.
  
  

Desirable Requirements

• Internationally recognised subject-matter expertise.
• Experience advising senior government officials, ministers, or executive-level decision-makers.
• Publications, research, or policy contributions in the relevant sector.
• Experience working with FCDO, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UN agencies, or other major development partners.
  
  

Our Offer

Whether you join us in a corporate position, as a project delivery colleague, or as an independent contractor driving programme management - at OPM you will find a company that places equal value on excellence and integrity. As a leading international development consulting firm, we strive to enable and empower everyone who works with us to do their best work in an environment that welcomes ambition, creativity and passion for positive change.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We strongly believe in a fairer distribution of power between all stakeholders, and we commit to reflecting this in our organisational structures and in the design and delivery of our projects. We proactively work to evolve ourselves and our stakeholders to shape inclusive and fair programming, implementation, and policies. Our recruitment and procurement processes reflect our ambition to make the international development sector more diverse and inclusive.

Application

If you share our vision for fair public policy that benefits both people and planet, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application through our careers’ site by the closing date. We review and interview applicants on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply by way of CV via our careers site at the earliest.