| GENDER |
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Male / Female |
| Position Reports To |
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Liaison Officer |
| QUALIFICATION REQUIRED |
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Bachelor’s
Degree in Civil Engineering from accredited University. Masters Degree
or higher educational credentials is preferred. |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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Minimum
of 7 years of experience in infrastructure planning, design of
programs, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation is
required. Previous experience in GoP and/ or any donor organizations.
Experienced in analyzing and interpreting engineering data and
presentation of findings in written form. |
| Description of Duties |
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The
Project Management Specialist (Engineering) serves as the principal
engineering resource in the USAID/Lahore Office, and as the sole
representative of the Office of Infrastructure in Islamabad on matters
pertaining to infrastructure, engineering, and construction projects in
the Punjab province, and may take on other responsibilities as directed
by the Liaison Officer. The Specialist also coordinates and monitors
infrastructure, engineering, and other assistance programs in the
province and the region. The Specialist serves as a full Contracting
Office Technical Representative/Agreement Office Technical
Representative for assigned programs/projects/activities. The
Specialist provides expert advice to the USAID/Lahore Office and to
USAID/Pakistan in Islamabad on engineering issues in the Punjab, and
serves as a resource, along with other Specialists, to all USAID
Offices in Pakistan in making recommendations for sectoral activities
in the region and the country. The Specialist liaises with Government
of Pakistan officials, implementing partners (IPs), other USAID
Specialists, and other donors and organizations, ensuring that USAID is
collecting and tracking relevant indicators, planning and designing new
programs as new needs arise, and reporting on infrastructure and
engineering efforts to USAID/Pakistan in Islamabad and to Washington,
D.C. |
| Language |
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Level IV (fluent) English and Urdu language proficiency, speaking and writing, as well as spoken Punjabi (level IV) is required. |
| Knowledge |
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The
work requires in-depth professional knowledge of general engineering
and construction principles, theories, concepts, and practices, as well
as the ability to apply standard engineering practices, methods, and
techniques in difficult environments in order to foster general
engineering program s/projects of broad scope, with substantial
latitude for independent action. |
| CORE SKILLS & ESSENTIALS TO MEET JOB EXPECTATIONS |
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- Work
requires a high order of skill in communicating with others, clarity,
and conciseness of verbal expression and persuasiveness in obtaining
the cooperation of those whose efforts must be integrated and
coordinated into successful completion of program/project
implementation.
- The Specialist must have the
ability to organize, analyze, interpret, and evaluate general
engineering activities, and to identify problems in construction
- Ability to adopt and apply professional engineering principles, methods, and techniques to resolve problems encountered;
- Ability
to keep abreast of changes in engineering and scientific knowledge, and
general engineering and construction technology; and, to utilize
information gained thereby in the solution of theoretical and practical
engineering and construction problems.
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| REMUNERATION PACKAGE & OTHER DETAILS |
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Rs 1,940,194 Per Annum to Rs. 3,590,053 Per Annum |
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Selection Process
When
equally qualified, US Veterans will be given preference. Therefore it
is essential that the candidates address the required qualification
above in the application.
Location
The
applicants should identify their preferred location of service in their
application. Currently the locations are (a) Islamabad, (b) Karachi,
(c) Peshawar, and (d) Lahore.
Additional Selection Criteria
- Post Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and residency status in determining successful candidacy.
- Current employees serving a probationary period are not eligible to apply.
- Current
employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement or
Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not
eligible to apply.
- Applications for the position
must meet the required qualifications as advertised in the vacancy
announcement. Trainee level(s) may be established below the full
performance grade level listed if not fully qualified.
- Current
Employees who have been voluntarily been re-assigned/promoted from one
position to another are not eligible to apply within six months from
the effective date of the reassignment /promotion.
- Current
employees who have received any job related training are not eligible
to apply in another section/agency within one year from the effective
date of training.
- Candidates need to indicate on
the application for Employment if any family member is employed by the
US Mission, Pakistan and, if so, in which section they are employed.
To Apply
- Applications submitted on usaidjobs@hrsglobal.com will be acceptable.
- Only Shortlisted candidates would be contacted.
Definitions
- Ordinarily
Resident (OR): A citizen of the host country or a citizen of another
country who has shifted the main residence permit for employment in
country.
- Not-Ordinarily Resident (NOR):
Typically NORs are US Citizen EFMs (Eligible Family Members) and Family
members of FS, GS, and military personnel who are on the travel orders
and under chief of Mission Authority, or other personnel having
diplomatic privileges and immunities.
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