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Title: Governance Adviser in the Democracy and Accountability team, DFID Pakistan (A2)
Total Position: 1
Industry: Government
Department: Planning & Development
Type: Full Time/Parmanent
Location: Islamabad
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Degree Title: Relevant Degree
Career Level: Manager
Minimum Experience: 4 Years(Experience of Public Sector Financial Management)
Salary Range: PKR. 200000 to 400000/month
Apply By: Jun 3, 2011
Posted On: May 21, 2011
Apply Online:
http://bhc.employer.pk/job
Job Description:
Background
A stable, prosperous and democratic Pakistan is a top priority for the UKs development and wider national interests. To help deliver that, DFID Pakistan has set itself four objectives: (i) building peace and stability across the region, (ii) strengthening democracy; (iii) supporting economic growth and (iv) helping the state to deliver better services to the poor. These four objectives were agreed by the National Security Council in July 2010.
But Pakistan faces enormous challenges: a fragile economy, precarious governance, infrastructure constraints, off-track MDGs and deep conflict/humanitarian challenges. This years disastrous floods have exacerbated this and threaten to undermine progress.
Following the Bilateral Aid Review it is likely that Pakistan will become one of DFIDs largest offices, with the resources and manpower to have a real impact on these challenges. That will place a premium on effective planning, strong and disciplined programme management systems and robust monitoring of results. Within this framework, staff in the new DFID Pakistan Governance Group have taken responsibility for an expanding portfolio covering democracy, local governance, community empowerment, social inclusion and gender, voice and accountability, conflict reduction, peace-building, and sub national governance. This post will be at the centre of ensuring that Governance group activities are robustly planned, relevant, inclusive, and results driven.
Key Objectives
The post-holder will play a leading role in the Democracy and Accountability (D&A) team in the Governance Group, and will offer governance advice to the team and to the British High Commission (BHC) when requested. The post holder will proactively work on the design, implementation and monitoring of programmes, as well as reporting and analysis of results. S/he will occasionally have a representational role, working with Government counterparts at all levels, other donors and citizens organisations.
The post-holder will support governance aspects of the Democracy and Accountability team programmes, principally but not exclusively focused on the DFID focal provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. S/he will also be asked to contribute advice to other DFID programmes on occasions. Experience of statistics and results would be preferable.
Job Description/duties
Following DFID corporate policy, the post holder will:
1. D&A Governance Adviser: leadership and management
Articulate, review and communicate strategic directions of D&A programmes in line with the team business plan.
Participate in and contribute to regular team meetings against team business plan.
Support compliance with corporate requirements around portfolio quality, programme management, reporting and the results agenda.
Contribute to DFIDP communications effort, including meeting significant briefing demands on occasions
Commission and oversee governance and political economy analysis to support programmes.
Support development of governance and political economy analyses to support programmes.
2. D&A Governance Adviser programme delivery
Support the design and implementation of new and ongoing programmes in the D&A team around thematic areas of democracy, decentralisation, local governance, elections and local level voice and accountability.
Ensure effective DFID contribution to policy dialogue on the above themes and decentralisation (in close liaison with the Political Adviser)
Ensure that programmes are clearly located within the ongoing decentralisation agenda at provincial and district levels
Draft clear and concise project documentation (submissions, project reviews etc) and other written work; and quality assure these before submission to senior management.
Contribute to ensuring compliance with the D&A team results agenda, including the definition of key outcomes for the teams programmes for each financial year and contributions to their achievement.
Support maximisation of synergies between DFID governance programmes and those of key partners, notably Asia Development Bank, World Bank, EU and USAID.
3. D&A Governance Adviser - productive working relationships
Sit on and actively participate in the Donor Governance Group (one of the key co-ordination mechanisms on governance issues).
Work closely with and ensure that the British High Commission team remains supportive, contributes actively to DFID-P work on governance and that relevant BHC projects and programmes are coherent.
Collaborate with the DFID-P Senior Governance Adviser, the Political Adviser and other Governance Group teams on underpinning analysis and management of key governance issues.
On occasions, provide cross-cutting governance inputs to Basic Services and Economic Growth teams particularly on issues of service delivery and accountability.
4. Contribution to central DFID departments and the Governance cadre.
Provide substantive contributions to governance cadre events and processes when requested.
Provide constructive and timely inputs in response to requests from West Asia Division, Asia Regional team, Policy Division, Governance Head of Profession and Top Management Group.
Additional generic tasks will include but not be restricted to:
Programme Management:
Contribute to DFID corporate policy
Contribute to effective programme design, working closely with advisers across the office.
Bring experience, best practice and lessons learnt from other DFID and other donors programmes.
Play a role in quality assuring documentation before submission to senior management.
Ensure documentation is saved on the electronic system at the appropriate time.
Ensure compliance with the DFID Results agenda.
Play a crucial role in planning for and participating in Annual Reviews, Mid-term Evaluations and End of Project Reviews to ensure the achievement of Value for Money in the teams programmes.
Communications
Work proactively with the Communications team to promote examples of achievements and lessons learnt from programmes, and draft good and concise website articles and other communications materials.
Cross DFID Pakistan Initiatives
Take an active part in cross DFID Pakistan initiatives e.g. Portfolio Review, Gender Equality Action Plan, Programme Board meetings.
Governance Skills Required (Person Specification)
Essential
Broad and deep knowledge and experience across Pakistans governance and decentralisation agendas at federal and local levels, and strong technical competencies around (competences in italics are prioritised):
Strengthening and reform of democratic systems and the functioning of local government and decentralised systems in rapidly changing environments.
Understanding of issues that contribute to state fragility, such as political, economic and social exclusion, inequality between groups, disputes over natural resources, and human rights failures
Realisation and protection of human rights and freedoms, particularly in relation to gender and other forms of social exclusion in Pakistan.
State building and human security in Pakistan, including citizens involvement in peace-building at national and local levels.
Demand side governance, the roles of citizens (men and women) and citizens groups, networks and organisations in holding leaders, governments, elites and public organisations to account.
Building responsiveness of leaders in relation to the needs and rights of citizens over use of revenues, expenditure priorities and the delivery of essential services, especially at local level.
Building the ability and authority of leaders, governments and public organisations to implement policies and programmes
Promotion of pro-poor and gender equitable growth, in areas such as employment, and access to assets and services.
Conflict and the drivers of conflict, and building conflict sensitivity into programmes.
Institutional appraisal and development
You will need to be comfortable and experienced working on governance issues with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, DFID senior management and with senior partners in the Pakistan government and in other diplomatic missions and development agencies. You will also need to be able to work with community groups, civil society organisations and local officials. Fluent written and spoken Urdu and English are essential.
Desirable
Knowledge of South Asia governance issues outside of Pakistan
Knowledge of local languages other than Urdu
Experience of Public Sector Financial Management
Reporting
The post holder will report to the Team Leader of the Democracy and Accountability team.
Articulate, review and communicate strategic directions of D&A programmes in line with the team business plan.
Participate in and contribute to regular team meetings against team business plan.
Support compliance with corporate requirements around portfolio quality, programme management, reporting and the results agenda.
Contribute to DFIDP communications effort, including meeting significant briefing demands on occasions
Commission and oversee governance and political economy analysis to support programmes.
Support development of governance and political economy analyses to support programmes.
2. D&A Governance Adviser programme delivery
Support the design and implementation of new and ongoing programmes in the D&A team around thematic areas of democracy, decentralisation, local governance, elections and local level voice and accountability.
Ensure effective DFID contribution to policy dialogue on the above themes and decentralisation (in close liaison with the Political Adviser)
Ensure that programmes are clearly located within the ongoing decentralisation agenda at provincial and district levels
Draft clear and concise project documentation (submissions, project reviews etc) and other written work; and quality assure these before submission to senior management.
Contribute to ensuring compliance with the D&A team results agenda, including the definition of key outcomes for the teams programmes for each financial year and contributions to their achievement.
Support maximisation of synergies between DFID governance programmes and those of key partners, notably Asia Development Bank, World Bank, EU and USAID.
3. D&A Governance Adviser - productive working relationships
Sit on and actively participate in the Donor Governance Group (one of the key co-ordination mechanisms on governance issues).
Work closely with and ensure that the British High Commission team remains supportive, contributes actively to DFID-P work on governance and that relevant BHC projects and programmes are coherent.
Collaborate with the DFID-P Senior Governance Adviser, the Political Adviser and other Governance Group teams on underpinning analysis and management of key governance issues.
On occasions, provide cross-cutting governance inputs to Basic Services and Economic Growth teams particularly on issues of service delivery and accountability.
4. Contribution to central DFID departments and the Governance cadre.
Provide substantive contributions to governance cadre events and processes when requested.
Provide constructive and timely inputs in response to requests from West Asia Division, Asia Regional team, Policy Division, Governance Head of Profession and Top Management Group.
Additional generic tasks will include but not be restricted to:
Programme Management:
Contribute to DFID corporate policy
Contribute to effective programme design, working closely with advisers across the office.
Bring experience, best practice and lessons learnt from other DFID and other donors programmes.
Play a role in quality assuring documentation before submission to senior management.
Ensure documentation is saved on the electronic system at the appropriate time.
Ensure compliance with the DFID Results agenda.
Play a crucial role in planning for and participating in Annual Reviews, Mid-term Evaluations and End of Project Reviews to ensure the achievement of Value for Money in the teams programmes.
Communications
Work proactively with the Communications team to promote examples of achievements and lessons learnt from programmes, and draft good and concise website articles and other communications materials.
Cross DFID Pakistan Initiatives
Take an active part in cross DFID Pakistan initiatives e.g. Portfolio Review, Gender Equality Action Plan, Programme Board meetings.
Governance Skills Required (Person Specification)
Essential
Broad and deep knowledge and experience across Pakistans governance and decentralisation agendas at federal and local levels, and strong technical competencies around (competences in italics are prioritised):
Strengthening and reform of democratic systems and the functioning of local government and decentralised systems in rapidly changing environments.
Understanding of issues that contribute to state fragility, such as political, economic and social exclusion, inequality between groups, disputes over natural resources, and human rights failures
Realisation and protection of human rights and freedoms, particularly in relation to gender and other forms of social exclusion in Pakistan.
State building and human security in Pakistan, including citizens involvement in peace-building at national and local levels.
Demand side governance, the roles of citizens (men and women) and citizens groups, networks and organisations in holding leaders, governments, elites and public organisations to account.
Building responsiveness of leaders in relation to the needs and rights of citizens over use of revenues, expenditure priorities and the delivery of essential services, especially at local level.
Building the ability and authority of leaders, governments and public organisations to implement policies and programmes
Promotion of pro-poor and gender equitable growth, in areas such as employment, and access to assets and services.
Conflict and the drivers of conflict, and building conflict sensitivity into programmes.
Institutional appraisal and development
You will need to be comfortable and experienced working on governance issues with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, DFID senior management and with senior partners in the Pakistan government and in other diplomatic missions and development agencies. You will also need to be able to work with community groups, civil society organisations and local officials. Fluent written and spoken Urdu and English are essential.
Desirable
Knowledge of South Asia governance issues outside of Pakistan
Knowledge of local languages other than Urdu
Experience of Public Sector Financial Management
Reporting
The post holder will report to the Team Leader of the Democracy and Accountability team.
Note: Please fill the competency form to the best of your ability and knowledge, it has major role in your selection
Required Skills:
The full range of DFID competencies is required, and in particular
Planning and Delivery of Work
Level Core Competency 1
Influencing
Level Core Competency 2
Analysis and Use of Information
Level Core Competency 3
Working with Others
Level Core Competency 4
Communication with Others
Level Core Competency 5
Title: Governance Adviser in the Democracy and Accountability team, DFID Pakistan (A2)
Total Position: 1
Industry: Government
Department: Planning & Development
Type: Full Time/Parmanent
Location: Islamabad
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Degree Title: Relevant Degree
Career Level: Manager
Minimum Experience: 4 Years(Experience of Public Sector Financial Management)
Salary Range: PKR. 200000 to 400000/month
Apply By: Jun 3, 2011
Posted On: May 21, 2011
Apply Online:
http://bhc.employer.pk/job
Job Description:
Background
A stable, prosperous and democratic Pakistan is a top priority for the UKs development and wider national interests. To help deliver that, DFID Pakistan has set itself four objectives: (i) building peace and stability across the region, (ii) strengthening democracy; (iii) supporting economic growth and (iv) helping the state to deliver better services to the poor. These four objectives were agreed by the National Security Council in July 2010.
But Pakistan faces enormous challenges: a fragile economy, precarious governance, infrastructure constraints, off-track MDGs and deep conflict/humanitarian challenges. This years disastrous floods have exacerbated this and threaten to undermine progress.
Following the Bilateral Aid Review it is likely that Pakistan will become one of DFIDs largest offices, with the resources and manpower to have a real impact on these challenges. That will place a premium on effective planning, strong and disciplined programme management systems and robust monitoring of results. Within this framework, staff in the new DFID Pakistan Governance Group have taken responsibility for an expanding portfolio covering democracy, local governance, community empowerment, social inclusion and gender, voice and accountability, conflict reduction, peace-building, and sub national governance. This post will be at the centre of ensuring that Governance group activities are robustly planned, relevant, inclusive, and results driven.
Key Objectives
The post-holder will play a leading role in the Democracy and Accountability (D&A) team in the Governance Group, and will offer governance advice to the team and to the British High Commission (BHC) when requested. The post holder will proactively work on the design, implementation and monitoring of programmes, as well as reporting and analysis of results. S/he will occasionally have a representational role, working with Government counterparts at all levels, other donors and citizens organisations.
The post-holder will support governance aspects of the Democracy and Accountability team programmes, principally but not exclusively focused on the DFID focal provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. S/he will also be asked to contribute advice to other DFID programmes on occasions. Experience of statistics and results would be preferable.
Job Description/duties
Following DFID corporate policy, the post holder will:
1. D&A Governance Adviser: leadership and management
Articulate, review and communicate strategic directions of D&A programmes in line with the team business plan.
Participate in and contribute to regular team meetings against team business plan.
Support compliance with corporate requirements around portfolio quality, programme management, reporting and the results agenda.
Contribute to DFIDP communications effort, including meeting significant briefing demands on occasions
Commission and oversee governance and political economy analysis to support programmes.
Support development of governance and political economy analyses to support programmes.
2. D&A Governance Adviser programme delivery
Support the design and implementation of new and ongoing programmes in the D&A team around thematic areas of democracy, decentralisation, local governance, elections and local level voice and accountability.
Ensure effective DFID contribution to policy dialogue on the above themes and decentralisation (in close liaison with the Political Adviser)
Ensure that programmes are clearly located within the ongoing decentralisation agenda at provincial and district levels
Draft clear and concise project documentation (submissions, project reviews etc) and other written work; and quality assure these before submission to senior management.
Contribute to ensuring compliance with the D&A team results agenda, including the definition of key outcomes for the teams programmes for each financial year and contributions to their achievement.
Support maximisation of synergies between DFID governance programmes and those of key partners, notably Asia Development Bank, World Bank, EU and USAID.
3. D&A Governance Adviser - productive working relationships
Sit on and actively participate in the Donor Governance Group (one of the key co-ordination mechanisms on governance issues).
Work closely with and ensure that the British High Commission team remains supportive, contributes actively to DFID-P work on governance and that relevant BHC projects and programmes are coherent.
Collaborate with the DFID-P Senior Governance Adviser, the Political Adviser and other Governance Group teams on underpinning analysis and management of key governance issues.
On occasions, provide cross-cutting governance inputs to Basic Services and Economic Growth teams particularly on issues of service delivery and accountability.
4. Contribution to central DFID departments and the Governance cadre.
Provide substantive contributions to governance cadre events and processes when requested.
Provide constructive and timely inputs in response to requests from West Asia Division, Asia Regional team, Policy Division, Governance Head of Profession and Top Management Group.
Additional generic tasks will include but not be restricted to:
Programme Management:
Contribute to DFID corporate policy
Contribute to effective programme design, working closely with advisers across the office.
Bring experience, best practice and lessons learnt from other DFID and other donors programmes.
Play a role in quality assuring documentation before submission to senior management.
Ensure documentation is saved on the electronic system at the appropriate time.
Ensure compliance with the DFID Results agenda.
Play a crucial role in planning for and participating in Annual Reviews, Mid-term Evaluations and End of Project Reviews to ensure the achievement of Value for Money in the teams programmes.
Communications
Work proactively with the Communications team to promote examples of achievements and lessons learnt from programmes, and draft good and concise website articles and other communications materials.
Cross DFID Pakistan Initiatives
Take an active part in cross DFID Pakistan initiatives e.g. Portfolio Review, Gender Equality Action Plan, Programme Board meetings.
Governance Skills Required (Person Specification)
Essential
Broad and deep knowledge and experience across Pakistans governance and decentralisation agendas at federal and local levels, and strong technical competencies around (competences in italics are prioritised):
Strengthening and reform of democratic systems and the functioning of local government and decentralised systems in rapidly changing environments.
Understanding of issues that contribute to state fragility, such as political, economic and social exclusion, inequality between groups, disputes over natural resources, and human rights failures
Realisation and protection of human rights and freedoms, particularly in relation to gender and other forms of social exclusion in Pakistan.
State building and human security in Pakistan, including citizens involvement in peace-building at national and local levels.
Demand side governance, the roles of citizens (men and women) and citizens groups, networks and organisations in holding leaders, governments, elites and public organisations to account.
Building responsiveness of leaders in relation to the needs and rights of citizens over use of revenues, expenditure priorities and the delivery of essential services, especially at local level.
Building the ability and authority of leaders, governments and public organisations to implement policies and programmes
Promotion of pro-poor and gender equitable growth, in areas such as employment, and access to assets and services.
Conflict and the drivers of conflict, and building conflict sensitivity into programmes.
Institutional appraisal and development
You will need to be comfortable and experienced working on governance issues with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, DFID senior management and with senior partners in the Pakistan government and in other diplomatic missions and development agencies. You will also need to be able to work with community groups, civil society organisations and local officials. Fluent written and spoken Urdu and English are essential.
Desirable
Knowledge of South Asia governance issues outside of Pakistan
Knowledge of local languages other than Urdu
Experience of Public Sector Financial Management
Reporting
The post holder will report to the Team Leader of the Democracy and Accountability team.
Articulate, review and communicate strategic directions of D&A programmes in line with the team business plan.
Participate in and contribute to regular team meetings against team business plan.
Support compliance with corporate requirements around portfolio quality, programme management, reporting and the results agenda.
Contribute to DFIDP communications effort, including meeting significant briefing demands on occasions
Commission and oversee governance and political economy analysis to support programmes.
Support development of governance and political economy analyses to support programmes.
2. D&A Governance Adviser programme delivery
Support the design and implementation of new and ongoing programmes in the D&A team around thematic areas of democracy, decentralisation, local governance, elections and local level voice and accountability.
Ensure effective DFID contribution to policy dialogue on the above themes and decentralisation (in close liaison with the Political Adviser)
Ensure that programmes are clearly located within the ongoing decentralisation agenda at provincial and district levels
Draft clear and concise project documentation (submissions, project reviews etc) and other written work; and quality assure these before submission to senior management.
Contribute to ensuring compliance with the D&A team results agenda, including the definition of key outcomes for the teams programmes for each financial year and contributions to their achievement.
Support maximisation of synergies between DFID governance programmes and those of key partners, notably Asia Development Bank, World Bank, EU and USAID.
3. D&A Governance Adviser - productive working relationships
Sit on and actively participate in the Donor Governance Group (one of the key co-ordination mechanisms on governance issues).
Work closely with and ensure that the British High Commission team remains supportive, contributes actively to DFID-P work on governance and that relevant BHC projects and programmes are coherent.
Collaborate with the DFID-P Senior Governance Adviser, the Political Adviser and other Governance Group teams on underpinning analysis and management of key governance issues.
On occasions, provide cross-cutting governance inputs to Basic Services and Economic Growth teams particularly on issues of service delivery and accountability.
4. Contribution to central DFID departments and the Governance cadre.
Provide substantive contributions to governance cadre events and processes when requested.
Provide constructive and timely inputs in response to requests from West Asia Division, Asia Regional team, Policy Division, Governance Head of Profession and Top Management Group.
Additional generic tasks will include but not be restricted to:
Programme Management:
Contribute to DFID corporate policy
Contribute to effective programme design, working closely with advisers across the office.
Bring experience, best practice and lessons learnt from other DFID and other donors programmes.
Play a role in quality assuring documentation before submission to senior management.
Ensure documentation is saved on the electronic system at the appropriate time.
Ensure compliance with the DFID Results agenda.
Play a crucial role in planning for and participating in Annual Reviews, Mid-term Evaluations and End of Project Reviews to ensure the achievement of Value for Money in the teams programmes.
Communications
Work proactively with the Communications team to promote examples of achievements and lessons learnt from programmes, and draft good and concise website articles and other communications materials.
Cross DFID Pakistan Initiatives
Take an active part in cross DFID Pakistan initiatives e.g. Portfolio Review, Gender Equality Action Plan, Programme Board meetings.
Governance Skills Required (Person Specification)
Essential
Broad and deep knowledge and experience across Pakistans governance and decentralisation agendas at federal and local levels, and strong technical competencies around (competences in italics are prioritised):
Strengthening and reform of democratic systems and the functioning of local government and decentralised systems in rapidly changing environments.
Understanding of issues that contribute to state fragility, such as political, economic and social exclusion, inequality between groups, disputes over natural resources, and human rights failures
Realisation and protection of human rights and freedoms, particularly in relation to gender and other forms of social exclusion in Pakistan.
State building and human security in Pakistan, including citizens involvement in peace-building at national and local levels.
Demand side governance, the roles of citizens (men and women) and citizens groups, networks and organisations in holding leaders, governments, elites and public organisations to account.
Building responsiveness of leaders in relation to the needs and rights of citizens over use of revenues, expenditure priorities and the delivery of essential services, especially at local level.
Building the ability and authority of leaders, governments and public organisations to implement policies and programmes
Promotion of pro-poor and gender equitable growth, in areas such as employment, and access to assets and services.
Conflict and the drivers of conflict, and building conflict sensitivity into programmes.
Institutional appraisal and development
You will need to be comfortable and experienced working on governance issues with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, DFID senior management and with senior partners in the Pakistan government and in other diplomatic missions and development agencies. You will also need to be able to work with community groups, civil society organisations and local officials. Fluent written and spoken Urdu and English are essential.
Desirable
Knowledge of South Asia governance issues outside of Pakistan
Knowledge of local languages other than Urdu
Experience of Public Sector Financial Management
Reporting
The post holder will report to the Team Leader of the Democracy and Accountability team.
Note: Please fill the competency form to the best of your ability and knowledge, it has major role in your selection
Required Skills:
The full range of DFID competencies is required, and in particular
Planning and Delivery of Work
Level Core Competency 1
Influencing
Level Core Competency 2
Analysis and Use of Information
Level Core Competency 3
Working with Others
Level Core Competency 4
Communication with Others
Level Core Competency 5
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