Project: Access to Climate Security and Environmental Justice in Gwadar, Balochistan
Reporting To: Project Manager
Project Duration: 7 Months

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead coordination and engagement with relevant district and provincial government departments.
• Support citizen-centric governance, strengthened state–society linkages, and grievance redressal activities.
• Coordinate government engagement for the Gwadar Environmental Protection Forum and facilitate follow-up on community environmental grievances.
• Support formation and functioning of the Gwadar Informal Working Group, including coordination with government representatives and follow-up on agreed actions.
• Facilitate government coordination for community awareness activities on grievance redressal mechanisms.
• Conduct relevant desk reviews, consultations, KIIs, meetings, official correspondence, and follow-up with government stakeholders.
• Support identification and documentation of governance and grievance redressal gaps and facilitate appropriate institutional referrals.
• Contribute to the project monitoring and evaluation strategy, progress tracking, documentation, and reporting.
• Maintain records of government engagement, actions agreed, referrals, responses, and institutional follow-up.
• Support the Project Manager in ensuring timely delivery of project outputs and provide inputs to technical and progress reports.

 Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Humanities, Governance, Public Administration, Political Science, Sociology, Development Studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience working with government departments on citizen-centric governance, state–society linkages, grievance redressal, or related initiatives.
• At least 4 years of the relevant experience must be in Balochistan.
• Prior professional working experience in Balochistan, preferably Gwadar and/or Quetta.
• Experience in government coordination, community governance, grievance redressal, climate/environmental issues, or human rights will be an advantage.
• Good understanding of district and provincial government structures and stakeholder coordination.
• Strong communication, facilitation, documentation, analytical, and report-writing skills.
• Willingness and ability to undertake regular field travel in Gwadar and Quetta.

Note:

We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All selected candidates will undergo comprehensive background checks and stringent controls. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage female candidates to apply. This role needs to be filled as soon as possible, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.