British High Commission Pakistan Hiring “Deputy Team Leader and M&E Adviser” || August-2025
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The British High Commission Islamabad is currently inviting applications for the role of Deputy Team Leader and M&E Adviser – Operational Excellence Team based in Islamabad.
Details are as follows:
Position: Deputy Team Leader and M&E Adviser – Operational Excellence Team
Number of Vacancies: 01
Pay Package: PKR 668,575 per month
Type of Position: Full-time, Permanent
Location (City): Islamabad
Start Date: 13 October, 2025
Working Hours / Week : 41
Core Job Purpose:
The work of the British High Commission (BHC) in Pakistan is focused on six main workstreams – which are underpinned by enabler functions.
BHC Islamabad is looking to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Adviser. This position is open externally and internally to Country-Based Staff on promotion and level transfer.
The role sits within the Operational Excellence (OpEx) team, which oversees the effective delivery of the portfolio of programmes at the mission.
The post holder will be the dedicated technical expert on the evidence and evaluation agenda. This will involve providing technical M&E support to programmes, supporting cross mission strategy, including on driving our shift towards outcomes delivery, building skills and capabilities on data and use of evidence for policy and diplomacy. The postholder will also be the Deputy Team Leader of the Portfolio Delivery Unit, providing cover as required.
The successful applicant will be supported to accredit to the Evaluation cadre. They will also be supported to maintain their professional development
Essential Qualifications and Experience:
- Hold an undergraduate degree at a minimum of 2:2 (or local equivalent), with sufficient social research methods training (comprising around one third of modules taken in the course) including quantitative research methods and three of the following: systematic/literature reviews; qualitative methods; interpretation of data and presentation of results; study design, hypothesis testing and application of ethics to research.
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Economics, Statistics, Psychology, Geography, Political Science or similar relevant discipline.
- At least 7 years of full-time relevant professional experience in conducting programme evaluations or advising on evaluations, preferably in the development sector
- Experience designing and managing programmes in the development sector
- Line Management and team leadership experience
Skills Requirements:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Language: English (Level – Expert)
Roles and responsibilities that a jobholder will be expected to achieve:
- Lead the Analytical Support Function, setting clear direction and providing active and inclusive management of and HEO M&E Manager
- Design and implement a new Portfolio Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) programme
- Act as Deputy Team lead for the Portfolio Delivery Unit
- Improve programme design and delivery through strengthening monitoring and evaluation at every stage of programming
- Provide cross-mission technical expertise, enabling data-driven decision making
- Lead on the governance of the cross-mission Portfolio Board
- Maintain the existing platform for sharing data and evidence across the mission
- Coordinate with external partners, including the World Bank and Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
- Build a strong network across FCDO, particularly within the statistics and evaluation cadres
- We reserve the right to review, revise or amend the roles and responsibilities from time to time reflecting the changing needs of business.
Resources managed (staff and expenditure):
Line Management: This role involves line management of one HEO Monitoring and Evaluation Manager.
Budget: The job holder will likely be managing expenditure. They will be SRO for a new Portfolio MEL programme (Up to £24 million) and will be in charge of designing and working with Commercial to onboard a delivery partner and implement the programme. The expenditure management will be added to the role eventually (after 12 months)
Salary and Benefits:
- The basic salary will be PKR 668,575 per month. This salary is non-negotiable.
- Please note that the current salaries are being dollarized and processed in USD (using a fixed corporate exchange rate from November 2022) to provide cushion against the current external market conditions. This is a temporary measure and is subject to review at regular intervals. The payroll will revert to local currency processing once the external market conditions are normalised.
- BHC offers a great benefits package that comprises of Annual Domiciliary cover and Medical Insurance Scheme which includes PKR 1,500,000 floater coverage per family for self, one spouse/long term partner and children under the age of 19 or under 23, if in full-time education and not gainfully employed. The Annual Domiciliary cover for day-to-day medical payments is upto PKR 200,000 per family (basis actual bills submission).
- Additionally, The British High Commission contributes to a retirement provision in the form of a mandatory provident fund.
- FCDO operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require. The BHC is recognised as a good employer, with a robust, fair and transparent performance management & appraisal system linked to increments and staff bonuses. We have a 5-day working week, plus annual leave, public holidays, maternity leave provision, special leave, paid sick leave provision; ample development opportunities, travel opportunities, a good organisational culture, and excellent work/life balance.
- No relocation or any other related costs or assistance will be provided. FCDO does not pay for any travelling, accommodation & relocation expenses incurred and/or accept any financial risk, including cancellation or reschedule costs.
- Around half of our work forces are women. We treat people with respect and equality and have a policy of zero tolerance for any form of discrimination, bullying, or harassment.
- This is a good opportunity to be part of a strong, diverse team, working in the biggest network that FCDO has anywhere across the globe. We are aiming to make it the best.
Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment and educational details, motivational segment and the behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only for all the required details. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.
Last Date To Apply: 21 August, 2025
To Apply:
Please note applications without (a) and (b) will not be considered.
a) Complete the Online Application Form
b) Complete the Experience, Professional Skills and Behaviour based Segments in the Online Application Form
Additional information:
- Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification
- To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate behaviours and technical / professional skills, basis your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles – Civil Service Frameworks, which provides a detailed guidance on how these behaviours are defined for each position.
- Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) technique to prepare specific examples of when and how you have demonstrated these behaviours in your application, by evidencing a structured response, including your skills and experiences. You briefly describe the situation in which you demonstrated the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.
- Applicants who do not have the required qualification & experience should kindly abstain from applying, as their applications will not be considered.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and no telephone enquires will be dealt with. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.
- The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative & the appointment of successful candidate will be subject to clearance of police and other checks including references, educational and professional.
We welcome all applications irrespective of age, race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or creed. We are also open to applications from people who want to work flexibly.
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