Senior Specialist (Budget Systems) - REMIT Programme

Background
The Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade (REMIT) is a multi-year (2021–2028) 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.

A central part of this work is the development and institutionalisation of Climate Budget Tagging (CBT), which systematically classifies, tracks, and reports climate-relevant public expenditures at the federal and provincial levels. CBT aims to strengthen transparency, accountability, and alignment of public spending with Pakistan’s commitments under frameworks such as the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework by promoting transparent, data-driven budgeting that supports resilient development outcomes.

Activity Context
CBT implementation involves two major components:

Federal Component: Development of analytic reports from the climate budget tagged data and methodologies for tagging federal budgets, focusing on subsidies, SOEs, and climate-negative expenditures; pilot applications; and integration into fiscal reporting.

Provincial and Regional Component: Conducting structured scoping exercises across the four provinces and two regions (GB and AJK) to assess feasibility, costs, institutional readiness, and alternative implementation strategies. The scoping exercise is critical to ensuring CBT roll-out is context-sensitive, operationally feasible, and politically acceptable across Pakistan’s diverse subnational governments.

Job Summary
The Senior Specialist Budget Systems will support the design, refinement, and quality assurance of CBT methodologies of provincial budgets. The role will ensure that methodologies are conceptually sound, operationally feasible, and aligned with international best practices. The specialist will work with the team of provincial and regional specialists and provide quality assurance for data outputs, coordinate stakeholder validation processes, and support capacity building on tagging tools and formats.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop provincial climate budget reporting formats and support testing with data

• Contribute to the training and capacity-building of provincial and regional staff on application of CBT tools.

• Ensure methodological alignment with international standards (e.g., UNFCCC, OECD Rio Markers) and Pakistan’s institutional frameworks.

• Conduct review and quality assurance of tagging classifications, data outputs, and reporting templates.

• Collaborate with technical teams to develop guidance materials and tools for implementing CBT methodologies.

• Support structured consultations and validation workshops with key stakeholders.

  Advise on the integration of CBT into budget call circulars and fiscal reporting formats.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in public financial management, budget analysis, or fiscal reform.

• Demonstrated expertise in designing or implementing budget tagging systems (climate or sectoral).

• Experience working with classification systems such as COFOG, GFS, or OECD Rio Markers.

• Strong knowledge of Pakistan’s PFM architecture and budgeting processes.

• Experience coordinating with government and development partners on methodology development.

• Advanced degree in Public Financial Management, Public Policy, Economics, or a related field.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and writing skills.
  

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

Level of Effort
The total level of effort across this assignment is 35 days.

Application deadline
The deadline to apply is Thursday 9th October 2025 at 5pm PKT.