Public Sector - Capacity Building Leader - Pakistan

Job Description

McKinsey is looking for a Capacity Building Leader for an anticipated programme on Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan. The broad objective of the programme is to prepare communities and households in up to 9000 villages to be better prepared for emergencies. This will be done through introducing practical community-based disaster risk management measures in the most at-risk districts of Pakistan. The programme is also designed to host a Fund that will support disaster preparedness interventions in the communities. The programme is anticipated to run for five years.
The Capability Building Leader oversee all the development and delivery of the capacity development and learning programmes. This will include capacity development of internal staff members as well as that of community members in villages the programme will target. The Capacity Building Leader will report directly to the Team Leader. The positions are based in Pakistan.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work directly with the project team and guide specific areas of the programme as they relate to capacity building based on expertise (e.g., governance, community institutions, emergency response, etc.)
• Design and develop training modules related to those specific areas
• Establish repositories and of information, and establish knowledge management tools – establish channels of knowledge dissemination
• Oversee the delivery of the training, ensure quality training is delivered across the different areas of the programme
• Evaluate the impact of the training delivered and demonstrate the programme objectives are met

Desired skills:

• Master’s Degree in Economics, International Development, International Business Administration, Education, Psychology or other relevant fields
• Minimum 6 years of similar experience in programme-based capacity building
• Demonstrated capabilities in institutional capacity development, and experience in working effectively with NGOs and government institutions
• Demonstrated capabilities in methodologies appropriate to complex change processes and capacity development
• Proven ability to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication skills in English and Urdu​

About the Organization

McKinsey is a global management consulting firm that helps leading organizations and governments make distinctive, lasting and substantial improvements in their performance. Over the last eight decades, the Firm's primary objective has remained constant: to serve senior leaders as their most trusted external advisor on critical issues facing their organizations.