Assistant Director (Social Safeguard)

Assistant Director (Social Safeguard) to support social safeguard compliance, land acquisition and resettlement planning and grievance redress for the Improving Workforce Readiness in Punjab Project.

• Update safeguard documents including addenda to social safeguard documents
• Provide training to staff and consultants involved in preparation and implementation of Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plans
• Provide guidance and hands-on capacity development on land acquisition and resettlement to the PIU and implementing agencies and provide on-the-job training
• Facilitate establishment and functioning of a context-specific grievance redress mechanism at project and field level and prepare an outreach program for displaced persons
• Document progress on the grievance redress mechanism in periodic reports including complaints resolved or outstanding
• Prepare internal monitoring reports periodically and share with stakeholders including disclosure of LARPs on the executing agency website
• Facilitate the External Monitoring Consultant in preparing the External Monitoring Report and Corrective Action Plans in case of non-compliance
• Perform any other task assigned by the Project Director, PIU or ADB

• Bachelors (16 Years) or Master's - Masters in Social Sciences, recognised by HEC
• Preferably Masters degree in Social Sciences or equivalent qualification in a relevant field
• Preferably 8 years relevant experience in resettlement planning and implementation, preferably in multilateral finance institution funded projects
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Working experience in the Punjab region preferred

• Required experience: At least 8 years
• Preferably 8 years of relevant experience in resettlement planning and implementation, preferably in projects financed by multilateral finance institutions; well conversant with preparation and implementation of Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plans
• Experience accepted from: Foreign Funded Projects, International Organizations, Government Institutions, Asian Development Bank Projects

• All candidates: 35 – 50 years
• Age is counted on the closing date, 4 Sept 2026.

An upper limit of 50 years means you must not have reached that age on the date age is counted. A relaxation applies only to the candidates the advertisement names, with the proof it asks for.

1. Interview

• Paper type: Mcqs

• Domicile

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2. Apply Online
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Improving Workforce Readiness in Punjab Project (IWRPP), Punjab

Application link

jobs.punjab.gov.pk

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29 Aug 2026

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