Deputy Director (Organization Development)

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

Key Responsibilities

- Lead organizational development initiatives, including job architecture, role clarity, organizational design reviews, and change management efforts aligned with NAFSA’s mandate and implementation roadmap.
- Develop, update, and implement HR and organizational development policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and governance frameworks to improve organizational effectiveness, clarify decision rights, and enhance accountability.
- Support enterprise-wide workforce planning, competency framework development, succession planning, and job evaluation or grading initiatives, ensuring consistent application and documented governance. Collaborate with various Wings and Directorates to assess organizational needs, identify structural or process gaps, and recommend improvements to workflows and operating models.
- Drive performance culture initiatives, change enablement programs, and communication and engagement interventions to facilitate the adoption of new structures, policies, and ways of working.
- Prepare organizational development dashboards, analytical reports, and management briefs covering headcount structures, span of control, capability gaps, workforce risks, and implementation progress for senior leadership and governance forums.
- Undertake any additional duties assigned by the Director of Human Resources and Administration that align with NAFSA’s objectives.

Required Qualifications

- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree (minimum sixteen years of education) in Human Resource Development, Human Resource Management, Organizational Psychology, Management, Public Administration, or a related discipline.
- A minimum of 8 years of overall professional experience, with at least 5 years in organizational development, organizational design, HR policy, or change management roles.
- Strong analytical skills, facilitation capabilities, and experience in policy drafting.
- Experience with job evaluation and competency frameworks is preferred.

This role offers the chance to contribute to a pioneering national initiative aimed at transforming Pakistan’s agri-trade and food safety regulatory landscape. The successful candidate will work closely with multiple technical wings and stakeholders to embed specialized regulatory and sanitary/phytosanitary (SPS) capacity development within NAFSA’s institutional framework, helping to build a competent, inspection-ready, and future-ready workforce.