Advisor Provincial Planning & Budgeting

Reference No. SAR 2021/001

A.     Responsibilities

The Advisor Planning and Budgeting at the provincial level provides the following support to the ‘Strengthening climate Adaptation & Resilience’ project team in implementing related activities which include:

• Supporting the mainstreaming of climate risk considerations into public planning and budgeting processes and tools at the provincial level while working with P&D departments and select sectoral department
• Supporting the integration of gender-sensitive climate risk data into planning and (potentially) budget allocation processes and public investment projects while working on at least one pilot sector
• Supporting the provincial partners to improve their processes related to the inter-institutional coordination of climate risk management
• Providing all relevant content-oriented inputs to the project team regarding the topics of planning and budgeting of (climate) projects in Pakistan
• Following-up the implementation of planning and budgeting related activities with a special focus on adaptation, climate resilience, vulnerable communities, climate information and services, and with a strong focus on the agriculture sector
• Developing new activities and new project ideas in the fields of (climate change) planning and financing and how to channel them into national, sub-national and local institutional structures, as well as in relation with the current systems of governance, including public financial management

B.     Tasks

The Advisor performs the following tasks:

• Providing all project counterparts (provincial P&D departments of KPK and Punjab but also Ministry of Climate Change) with capacity development measures and advising on the matter of planning and budgeting in climate adaptation and resilience
• Conduct capacity building workshops with pilot sector department for improved understanding of the climate inclusive planning and development processes
• Tendering, contracting and carrying out the contracts of consultants and partners to ensure good implementation of projects
• Developing necessary documents for the follow-up of outsourced activities and their management from initiation to execution and closing, including the preparation of documentation on above mentioned activities and assist with GIZ internal and external reporting
• Ensuring cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners, relevant organisations, consultants and individuals in the project/programme environment and with other projects to improve and maintain good working relationships
• Supporting the Head of project with general project planning and implementation (i.e. preparation, organization and moderation of planning exercises and their implementation, management, quality management, monitoring, reporting, communication and documentation)
• Supervising the achievement of indicators for all components of the project and compiling programme relevant information and drawing up reports and presentation documents
• Formulating appropriate input for various programme reports including annual reports, and contribute to other reports required by the management and GIZ Head Office
• Project planning for the measures and development of project concepts and strategies, ensuring their implementation

C.     Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualification

• University degree (Masters’ or Bachelors’ degree) in environmental studies, political science, governance, climate change, policy management, public finance, public administration or related fields from a recognized institution

Professional experience

• At least 5 years of professional experience in a comparable position in the development sector and/ or research related position and/ or international or national Non-Governmental Organisation
• Long-lasting experience of working with planning and development departments especially in KP and Punjab while having full understanding of how planning and budgeting processes work at provincial level
• Good understanding of provincial governance structures and coordination between federal and provincial governments.
• Long lasting experience of establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with the government representatives and private sector officials in different functions
• Experience with gender inclusive planning and budgeting processes and development of related training and capacity building on planning and development processes
• Work experience within the German Development Cooperation would be an asset

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Strong network within the areas of planning, public budgeting and finance. Network to climate change relevant institutions and stakeholders in Pakistan is beneficial
• Teamwork with strong communication skills and capacity to work under pressure and short deadlines
• Cross cultural awareness and ability to work amongst a diverse group of staff, and partners
• Self-starter with the ability to pro-actively drive and maintain communications with various stakeholders, including government, private sector, academia and civil society
• Very good knowledge of local structures and context in Pakistan and its challenges (especially related to planning and development processes)
• Very good access to data, information, intelligence in the public sector on public policy and planning
• Strong client and results orientation
• Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of English and Urdu. A working knowledge of German would be an asset