Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training Jobs: Hiring Director General – Pakistan Institute of Education at Islamabad || Oct-2026
Latest Job Opportunity at Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Government of Pakistan
Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training is looking for the services of qualified and self-motivated professional for the position of “Director General (MP-I), Pakistan Institute of Education” at Islamabad.
Details are as follows:
Position Title: Director General (MP-I)
No. of Positions: 01
Pay Scale: MP-I
Age Limit: Maximum 62 Years
Location: Islamabad
Domicile Quota: Merit
Gender: Male / Female
Employment Status: Contract basis for an initial period of three (03) years, extendable subject to satisfactory performance.
Qualification & Experience:
- Ph.D in Social Sciences/Management/Public Policy/ Administrative Sciences or Numerical / Mathematical Sciences with Data Science from a recognized national/international university
OR - Master’s degree in Social Sciences/Management/Public Policy/ Administrative Sciences or Numerical / Mathematical Sciences with Data Science from a recognized national/international university.
Minimum Experience:
- 07 years professional experience for candidates with a Ph.D or 09 years professional experience for candidates with a Master’s degree.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide visionary leadership and strategic direction for the Institute in alignment with national education priorities and emerging global trends.
- Lead the development and implementation of the Institute’s strategic plans, policies, systems, and institutional reforms.
- Oversee education research, policy analysis, national assessments, data systems, and knowledge products to support evidence-based decision-making.
- Advise the Government on education policy, sector planning, learning outcomes, and reform initiatives.
- Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, accountability, and high performance across the Institute.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with federal and provincial governments, academia, development partners, civil society, and the private sector.
- Ensure effective governance, resource management, performance monitoring, and compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Represent the Institute at national and international forums and promote collaboration for strengthening Pakistan’s education sector.
- Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Federal Government or the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training.
Performance Targets and Indicators:
- Effective implementation of PIE’s strategic plan, institutional reforms and performance-management framework, resulting in improved institutional effectiveness.
- High-quality and policy-relevant research, policy analysis and collaborative studies produced on priority education-sector issues and utilized for evidence-based decision-making.
- Strengthened education data systems and national assessments, providing reliable and timely evidence on education performance, learning outcomes and sector trends.
- Timely and credible evidence-based advice provided to the Federal Government/Ministry for education policy, sector planning and reform initiatives.
- Effective collaboration established with federal, provincial and regional governments, academia, development partners, civil society and private sector to strengthen education research, policy and planning.
- Pakistan’s participation in relevant international benchmarking strengthened, with findings translated into identified areas for improvement; education data, research and analytical products regularly disseminated to stakeholders.
- Effective governance, financial and human-resource management, monitoring, accountability and compliance mechanisms maintained to ensure transparent and high-performing institutional operations.
Last Date to Apply: 27 October, 2026
