Project Associate (Governance Action Plan) - REMIT Programme

Background
The Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade (REMIT) is a multi-year (2021–2027) programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and implemented by Adam Smith International (ASI). REMIT provides technical assistance to the Government of Pakistan to strengthen macroeconomic stability, improve growth conditions, and enhance poverty reduction efforts.

The IMF carries out Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA) which is a country-requested assessment designed to identify economic and governance vulnerabilities with macro-critical implications and to support the design of prioritised time-bound reforms. It operationalises the IMF’s 2018 framework for systematic engagement on governance and corruption by examining institutional arrangements that materially affect fiscal stability, growth, and inclusion. This is a crucial pre-condition for Pakistan’s economic growth and development.

A GCDA has been carried out by the IMF for Pakistan in 2025. The GCDA is a tool to identify critical vulnerabilities to economic growth, while the GAP is to fix critical economic vulnerabilities hindering economic growth.

The IMF mission conducted preliminary assessments across six core state functions: (i) fiscal governance (public financial management, tax, SOEs, and procurement), (ii) central bank governance and operations, (iii) financial-sector oversight, (iv) market regulation, (v) the rule of law (including conflict-of-interest and asset-declaration regimes), and (vi) money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) where corruption proceeds interface with the financial system.

Activity Context
At the request of the Ministry of Finance, REMIT is supporting the development of a Three-Year Governance Action Plan (GAP) to implement the recommendations from the IMF’s Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA). The GAP will translate around the GCDA recommendations across six governance areas into actionable and time-bound reforms to fix critical vulnerabilities to economic growth. The six areas are fiscal governance, central bank, financial oversight, market regulation, rule of law and AML/CFT.

Job Summary

Responsible for reviewing and improving Pakistan’s asset declaration systems and legal frameworks for transparency and accountability under the Governance Action Plan.

Duties and Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities of the Associate include but are not limited to:

• Support data extraction, documentation review, and classification of GCDA recommendations across six state functions.
• Assist in preparing analytical matrices, charts, and progress trackers.
• Coordinate meetings, record minutes, and compile stakeholder feedback.
• Provide drafting, editing, and formatting support for deliverables.
• Ensure document version control and alignment with REMIT templates.

Deliverables

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 3–5 years of experience in public policy, governance, development, or institutional reform projects.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in public policy, economics, finance, development studies, or a related field.
• Good understanding of public financial management, budgeting processes, and provincial governance structures in Pakistan.
• Familiarity with climate change policy, disaster risk reduction, or public expenditure tracking (preferred).
• Excellent record keeping, report writing, communications, and presentation skills.
• Excellent oral and written English.

Reporting
The consultant will report to the REMIT Team Lead and REMIT Macroeconomic Governance Component Lead.

LOE: 50 Days

Application and Deadline
Interested applicants should email their resume of not more than 2 pages under the position mentioned in the subject line to recruitment.remit@adamsmithinternational.com. The deadline to apply is 20 Nov, 2025.