Code for Pakistan is looking for an exceptional and organized DOER – a brilliant, fearless, multi-faceted, and passionate leader who is uncompromising in the pursuit of creating an organization that positively impacts the lives of Pakistanis every day.

The role entails hands-on contribution as well as management, leadership, and oversight of our programs, operations, and growth. You will collaborate closely with and report directly to the Board, and be responsible for a young and upcoming organization of full-time employees as well as a potentially large volunteer base. We like to think of ourselves as a family, oriented around our mission. 

This is a full-time, permanent position based in Pakistan. 

Responsibilities

• Deep understanding and execution of the vision and mission, defining organizational strategy, and creating prioritized work plans to achieve quarterly goals
• Organizational leadership, staff management, coaching and developing high-performance teams, setting and achieving strategic objectives
• Financial planning, budgeting, and resource management
• Developing a long-term sustainability and fundraising plan, and executing that plan by raising resources and support
• Extending the reach of our current programs, supporting and enhancing existing programming and strategy, and operating as a thought partner for emerging opportunities
• Creating new, innovative, and measurable programs that seek to inspire participation in civic innovation in public services
• Driving our brand, storytelling, and thought leadership both nationally and internationally
• Business development with government, private sector partners, and civil society partners
• Building and maintaining relationships, engaging with key project partners and donors
• Representing the vision, strategy, and values of Code for Pakistan with stakeholders through a good pitch, and coaching and preparing team members to do the same
• Boosting organizational capacity by analyzing and improving existing systems, workflows, and practices
• Creating a proactive, driven, motivated team culture of learning from global civic tech work
• Driving high-level tracking, evaluation, and proactive reporting of program impact
• Conducting regular project and program retrospectives for continual learning and improvement
• Recruiting, hiring, retaining, and developing top talent and outstanding team members who are engaged, high performing, proactive, and doing their best work
• Creating new ways to expand and engage our volunteer base
• Solving problems proactively and positively to move things forward quickly

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional work & leadership experience in business development, technology, product development, international development, social enterprise, public sector, community engagement, or other fields related to civic tech.
• 7+ years of people management experience, including managers and volunteers.
• Experience in operational planning, development, and management.
• Experience working with large and high-level stakeholders. 
• Organizational development experience — including growing and managing teams, managing budgets and financial administration, creating, running and scaling programs, culture transformation, and/or leading organizations.
• Experience in corporate sponsorship, grant proposals, and donor relations.
• Experience in impact measurement, with a metric-driven approach to growth. 
• Exceptional communication (Urdu and English), presentation and analytical skills; both written and verbal. Ability to clearly articulate vision and inspire others.
• Strong relationship building and networking skills, with an ease at building and leveraging networks via multiple channels.
• Interest — though not necessarily deep experience — in curating meaningful events and gatherings.
• Experience with coalition-building and driving movements.
• Highly professional work ethic.
• Ability to stay calm and work well under pressure and exhibit good judgment, and ideally, a sense of humor.
• Experience in and/or familiarity with the nonprofit sector is a plus!

Desirable Traits

• Execution skills. Excellent problem solving, budgeting, strategic planning, prioritization, and implementation skills.
• Leadership. Collaborative, inclusive, transparent, and can-do leadership style. Willingness to “make the road by walking.”
• People management. Excellent people manager with a good balance of empathy, empowerment, and accountability; strong leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills. 
• Mission focused. Strong desire and passion to make an impact in Pakistani society.
• Quality. Unwavering commitment to quality of programs and projects and data-driven evaluation.
• Inspiring. Knack for storytelling and passionate engagement with the power of civic tech to make a difference.
• Bias for action. An entrepreneurial startup kind of person who gets things done, consistently. Demonstrated self-management skills and resourcefulness. 
• Solutions orientation. Solution-focused and medium-agnostic, willing to step outside core skillset or discipline to find the best solution to a challenge.
• Proactivity. Self-motivated and self-directed in setting targets and in following up with others to ensure their targets are met. 
• Design Thinking. Exposure to and understanding of design thinking, needs finding discovery research, approaches to innovation, lean product development, creative cultures, and workshop facilitation.
• Organization. Solid on process and operations management and highly organized.
• Multi-tasking. Ability to handle multiple, concurrent, high priority projects.
• Responsiveness. Swift response and ability to overcome bottlenecks to ensure tasks are completed on time - without the need for follow-up reminders.
• Keen on tech. Demonstrated interest in the application of technology for addressing real-world needs.
• Network. Natural proactivity in building and leveraging relationships. 
• Positive. Ability to set the tone and dynamic for the team — one of a positive can-do attitude and a lens of gratitude.
• Flexibility & adaptability. Comfort with morning, night-time, and weekend calls, as well as working remotely as and when needed.
• Values. Strong north star values of inclusion, openness, humility, equity, non-partisanship, emotional intelligence, collaboration, integrity, helpfulness, accountability, generosity, reliability, learning, and growth mindset. 
• Openness to feedback. Desire to truly seek feedback for guidance and improvement.
• Purpose. A belief that this is not a job, but a calling of purpose and mission, driven by desires to serve the public and create real impact for others.