Assistant Director (Organizational Development)

This opportunity is offered by Pakistan Single Window (PSW) on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA). NAFSA is a strategic national initiative aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s agri-trade ecosystem by enhancing regulatory oversight, facilitating trade, and modernizing food safety and trade processes. The selected candidate will join NAFSA’s foundational team, playing a critical role in developing systems, processes, and institutional capabilities that support the organization’s mission.

Key Responsibilities

- Support the development, updating, and version control of HR and Organizational Development (OD) policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), guidelines, and governance documentation in alignment with approved frameworks and regulatory requirements.

- Maintain well-structured repositories for OD documents such as organograms, job architecture, role mapping outputs, and authority matrices to ensure easy retrieval and audit readiness.

- Assist in preparing drafts, summaries, and briefing notes for management review and approval processes.

- Support job documentation activities including drafting and updating job descriptions, conducting quality checks, clarifying roles, and mapping roles across various grades and directorates.

- Maintain the job description library and tracker, ensuring standardized formatting, completeness (including KPIs and decision rights where applicable), and alignment with approved organizational structures.

- Provide inputs for job evaluation by compiling necessary documentation and role comparison data as directed.

- Support data collection, consolidation, and analysis related to workforce planning and organizational metrics such as headcount structures, vacancies, span of control, grade mix, and capability gaps.

- Maintain OD dashboards and periodic reporting trackers to facilitate informed management decision-making.

- Assist in periodic organizational reviews by compiling evidence on structural or process gaps and tracking implementation progress.

- Support change management initiatives by preparing communication drafts, maintaining stakeholder trackers, coordinating training, and facilitating adoption activities for OD projects.

- Coordinate workshops and consultations with various Wings and Directorates to conduct OD diagnostics, role clarity discussions, and organizational alignment exercises.

- Maintain comprehensive change documentation including meeting records, decisions made, and action trackers.

- Perform any additional duties assigned by the Director of HR & Administration in line with NAFSA’s mandate.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree (minimum sixteen years of education) in Human Resource Management, Management, Public Administration, or a related discipline.

- At least 4 years of relevant experience in HR or Organizational Development support roles.

- Strong documentation and analytical skills with proficiency in MS Office applications.

There are no preferred qualifications or benefits explicitly mentioned for this position.

This role offers the chance to contribute to a pioneering national initiative focused on modernizing Pakistan’s agri-trade and food safety landscape. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team shaping institutional frameworks and processes critical to the country’s trade facilitation and regulatory environment.