Senior Gender Expert - 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.

Activity Context

The Government of Pakistan has prioritised transparent, accountable, and climate-resilient public financial management. As part of this agenda, REMIT is supporting the institutionalisation of Climate Budget Tagging (CBT) and Gender Budget Tagging (GDT) – systems for identifying, classifying, and reporting on climate- and gender-related public expenditures across all levels of government.

Following successful implementation at the federal level across three budget cycles (FY 2022–23 to FY 2024–25), and in line with the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) benchmarks, REMIT has expanded the initiative to all four provinces and two regions. The Ministry of Finance has requested REMIT to work with the provincial and regional governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan to carry out climate and gender budget tagging of their budgets. As part of this REMIT-supported activity, both regional Finance Departments have nominated focal persons, integrated CBT and GDT provisions into the Budget Call Circulars, andconducted training for line agencies. Tagging of the non-development budget has been completed for both regions.

Job Summary

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop or refine Gender Budget Tagging methodologies, including tagging criteria, weightage frameworks and reporting templates tailored for development projects (PSDP).
• Review development project proposals, budget lines, and PC-1 forms to identify direct/indirect gender impacts, applying appropriate tagging codes.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of tagged data outputs and reporting templates to ensure alignment with national PFM (Public Financial Management) architectures.
• Organize nationwide workshops and training sessions for provincial and regional governments counterparts to integrate gender perspectives into budget formulation and execution.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (Planning & Development Boards, Finance Depts) to institutionalize tagging in their Annual Budget Books.
• Analyze gender budget data, prepare technical reports (including gender budget statements), and highlight trends to facilitate evidence-based decision-making

Qualifications and Experience

• Master’s degree in in Economics, Public Policy, Finance, Gender Studies, or Development Studies.
• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in gender-responsive budgeting, public financial management (PFM), or economic governance.
• Proven experience working with Pakistan’s federal or provincial government.
• Experience with international donor-funded projects is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of Pakistan’s PFM architecture, budgeting processes, and gender policies.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing budget tagging systems.
• Excellent communication skills.

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

Application and Deadline

Interested applicants should submit CVs by Sunday 19th April 2026