The Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade (REMIT) is a programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The programme provides technical assistance (TA) to Pakistan to implement reforms aimed at strengthening macroeconomic stability, improving conditions for sustained growth, mutual prosperity, job creation, and poverty reduction. The Programme supports the Government of Pakistan (GoPK), relevant ministries, institutions, and departments in strengthening revenue mobilisation reforms, addressing investment environment challenges, facilitating trade, driving competitiveness, and improving macroeconomic policy management.

The central objective of this activity is to develop an analytic software for domestic debt management. This software will enable DMO to record and manage domestic debt, capture its various features according to the varying nature of the debt instruments. monitor debt service payments and obligations, analyze sustainability and assess financial risks, generate reports and statistics for debt management and analysis, and enhance debt management capacity and efficiency. DMO has approved the inception report along with the MOF and has requested an on-time development of the analytic tool as a priority. The development of the analytic tool will require fielding and working with the technical experts of debt management and software development team; at the same time, DMO has requested for a close coordination during the development phase to ensure that the data linkages between various government entities are brought into the device, its identified functionalities are built in the design, the reports and outputs are incorporated with the required levels of detail, international expertise provides a quality assurance, and work is completed in time. The work requires high intensity coordination and implementation management to ensure a quality product is developed and installed to meet the requirements of a key government function. For this purpose, within the approved scope of the activity, a Senior Specialist [Systems Reform & Implementation Management] will be tasked to ensure high quality and on-time implementation along with technical level coordination with the various government agencies including DMO, MOF, State Bank of Pakistan, and CDNS. 

• Maintain close liaison with the DMO and keep the REMIT team abreast of the progress made on the assignment on a regular basis.
• Develop a implementation plan for analytic tool development in accordance with the Inception Report and finalize an implementation matrix with roles and responsibilities of the technical team, development team, DMO, MOF, SBP, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate software development team’s work with the DMO team to ensure development on track with the timeline
• Consult thoroughly with the DMO staff and document the consultations of the technical/software development team and ensure that DMO requirements are integrated into the analytical tool for automatic generation of the unit’s reports.
• Manage ongoing consultations with relevant stakeholders to finalize the necessary functionalities for the analytical tool intended for analyzing and streamlining domestic debt management by the DMO.
• Consult with DMO staff and document the decision scenarios and simulation performed or intended for the domestic debt management. 
• Act as a liaison between the DMO and project teams, ensuring alignment at every project stage.
• Design and conduct consultative workshops with relevant stakeholders to secure buy-in for the functionality needed for the DMO analytical tool.
• Ensure timely inputs and technical review of the work on analytic tool development from the REMIT’s international experts 
• Act as a liaison between the REMIT team, MOF senior leadership and DMO during the development of the analytical tool for DMO.
• Work with other team members to prepare the training manual and train DMO staff to use the software for analytical purposes.
• Organize support after tool deployment to the DMO staff along with the other team members.
• Present strategies, findings, and recommendations to senior officials and project sponsors.
• Any other task assigned by the Macroeconomic Governance workstream Team Lead or the Team Leader REMIT.

Note: The timelines can vary depending on the Project stages and priorities at the DMO’s end. However, the effort required to complete the assignment will remain the same.  

70 days intermittent input spread from June to December 2025

The contract will be input-based. The deliverables, along with their MOVs and input days, are defined. The Macroeconomic Governance Lead and REMIT core team will quality-assure the deliverables before processing payments.

• Master’s in economics, social sciences, environment sciences, public finance, or a related discipline.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative review and analysis skills, with the ability to review technical policy documents. 
• Data collection management and knowledge creation process management skills 
• Extensive relevant experience of working on government systems, multi-agency coordination, reforms implementation, development or governance reforms 
• Experience in managing and coordinating reform implementation in Pakistan or elsewhere.
• Experience of contributing to policy and institutional development
• Good understanding of economic policies, government systems, political economy of reform implementation and intergovernmental relations and systems. 
• Work experience and familiarity within the government systems preferred. 
• Experience of engaging with senior-level government officials, and to facilitate the process of getting things done vis-à-vis timelines, responsibilities, and resources required to deliver individual actions. 
• Excellent record keeping, report writing, communications, and presentation skills.
• Excellent oral and written English.

The Senior Specialist will report to the Team Lead, REMIT, and the Macroeconomic Governance Lead, REMIT.