Data Associate - REMIT Programme

The Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade (REMIT) programme, funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and implemented by Adam Smith International (ASI), supports the Government of Pakistan in strengthening macroeconomic stability, improving growth conditions, and advancing poverty reduction. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is establishing a Governance Reforms Unit (GRU) to enhance policymaking, analytical support, and implementation oversight. The GRU focuses on evidence-based assessments of priority economic issues, using data analytics and policy research to evaluate policy options, economic impacts, and implementation risks across key sectors.

The Data Associate will play a crucial role in supporting the Prime Minister’s Economic Governance Reforms (PM EGR) by contributing to policy and data analytics. This includes gathering, synthesising, and analysing reliable data to inform policy decisions, assess reform options, and track implementation progress. The role involves working closely with REMIT leads and specialists to deliver evidence-based analysis, support technical deliverables, coordinate with stakeholders, and monitor reform implementation across priority economic sectors.

Key Responsibilities

- Gather, organise, validate, and synthesise quantitative and qualitative data from government departments, public sources, and administrative records.
- Conduct desk research on policy issues, historical trends, and reform experiences to support evidence-based analysis.
- Prepare high-quality sectoral policy briefs, cross-sector evidence syntheses, and comparative analyses for senior decision-makers under the guidance of the Head of GRU.
- Identify data and analytical gaps and assist in developing practical solutions, maintaining clear documentation of sources and assumptions.
- Support case-specific analysis of priority policy or implementation questions, including options analysis, impact and risk assessment, and trade-off summaries.
- Track follow-up actions and monitor implementation progress on priority decisions, providing timely updates to team leads.
- Prepare data-driven inputs for review sessions, technical discussions, and meetings with federal and provincial departments, including presentations and evidence summaries.
- Engage with government counterparts, sector specialists, and technical teams to verify information and ensure analytical outputs are contextually relevant.
- Coordinate and follow up with government departments and stakeholders on priority economic governance reforms.
- Assist in collecting, reviewing, and validating data and documentation for policy analysis and reform initiatives.
- Support preparation and validation of analytical deliverables such as institutional assessments, policy reviews, consultation summaries, and reform progress reports.
- Maintain activity logs, milestone trackers, meeting records, stakeholder feedback, and implementation updates.
- Review government policies, reports, budget documents, and publications to inform policy recommendations.
- Support planning and delivery of technical meetings and consultations, including preparation of background materials, minutes, and follow-ups.
- Contribute to scoping reports, operational recommendations, and knowledge products supporting economic governance reforms.
- Ensure policy dialogue processes are evidence-based, outcome-oriented, and aligned with KPI monitoring and reform objectives.
- Oversee development and quality assurance of reform tracking tools, including RAM, TOM, and KPI scorecards.
- Engage with key stakeholders, including government counterparts and development partners, to integrate feedback into reform processes.
- Support reform course correction by translating analytical insights and policy dialogue outcomes into actionable recommendations.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in economics, public policy, social sciences, finance, public administration, development studies, data analytics, environmental management, or a related field.
- Approximately 3–5 years of relevant experience in data analysis, public policy, governance, public financial management, development, or institutional reform projects.
- Strong ability to gather, organise, analyse, and present quantitative and qualitative information in clear, decision-oriented formats.
- Good understanding of governance structures, public budgeting processes, and public financial management in Pakistan.
- Strong research, report-writing, record-keeping, communication, and presentation skills.
- Excellent oral and written English proficiency.

The Data Associate will report to the relevant REMIT Team Lead and/or designated REMIT component lead and work under the technical guidance of data and policy analytics and budget tagging specialists. This assignment is for a duration of two months, until the end of January 2027, with a total level of effort of 36 days.