Project Engineer Specialist: Rule of Law Programme

UNDP Rule of Law Programme in Pakistan is working to strengthen the rule of law and to ensure equal access to justice, particularly for women and marginalized groups across Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) including the Merged Districts, Balochistan, Gilgit Baltistan, and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). Going forward the Programme also intends to possibly expand geographical coverage to Sindh, Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Working in close collaboration with a range of government, rule of law, and justice sector institutions, the overall Programme of work aims to enhance security and justice sector governance to sustain peace and stability for the longer- term in Pakistan. 

The overall Programme activities and interventions therefore directly correspond with the government of Pakistan’s strategies and commitments to rule of law and justice reforms as well as improving the efficiency and effectiveness of institutions to deliver accountable and affordable security and justice services to the public. 

As such the Programme implementation is guided by the following three strategic objectives: 

• Support reform processes to ensure delivery of people-centered justice. 
• Enhance access to justice for all, particularly women and less privileged groups. 
• Improve service delivery of the security sector in line with constitutional safeguards and international standards. 

Against this backdrop, the provision of infrastructure development support to the law enforcement agencies such as the police, anti-narcotics force (ANF) and the judiciary is an important cross-cutting work strand of the programme’s main strategic objectives. Furthermore, the Programme is potentially expected to assist the rehabilitation of judiciary and prosecution infrastructure destroyed by the recent devastating floods in Pakistan. To date the Programme has established a regional training center for police in Swat, rehabilitated a total of 62 police stations into model police stations in KP province, upgraded the police training college in Hangu to increase its capacity to accommodate and train more police officers and more recently completed a project to construct multipurpose hall and student barracks for police trainees in Police Training Centre in Quetta. Similarly, at present the Programme is also supporting the construction of a joint police training college (Nowshera), hostel for ANF women officers (Islamabad), multiple buildings for the Balochistan police training college (Quetta) and building extensions to the ANF Academy (Islamabad).

UNDP Rule of Law Programme is implemented with generous funding from the European Union, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (US -INL), and the Government of Japan. 

The ‘Project Engineer Specialist’ will be responsible for the following functions under the overall guidance and supervision of the Manager Operations & Finance, Rule of Law Programme:

• Assist in managing a small team of team of approximately four national engineering professionals and two UN Volunteers (UNVs), and ensure sound project planning and  timely business  continuity in all construction work related activities implemented under the Rule of Law Programme across multiple provinces in Pakistan including through  project management and constructive technical advice to the Rule of Law Programme engineering team to implement activities in line with annual work plans and project budgets. 
• Partnership building and coordination with Rule of Law Programme’s infrastructure development project partners i.e. police, ANF, the judiciary, and donors to ensure timely and efficient project delivery and also proactively engage in improving coordination and collaboration with implementing partners. 
• Develop and implement effective processes and procedures to regularly oversee and ensure timely implementation within budget and trouble shooting of  infrastructure development service providers i.e. design consultants and construction companies hired by the UNDP Role of Law Programme and  amongst others the tasks will include regular budget and activity monitoring, quality assurance and oversight of direct and third party service providers, regular tracking of cost and resource variations, regular site supervisions involving both in- person and remote modalities, risk management and timely trouble shooting.
• Assist in managing daily oversight and quality assurance of all construction projects of the Programme in close coordination with UNDP Rule Law Programme Engineering and Programme Teams including sitting on technical advisory panels to evaluate and assess infrastructure bid proposal, conducting regular progress meetings with service providers, project partners, and undertaking site / field visits. 
• Assist and support in the development and overall quality assurance of Rule of Law Programme infrastructure development projects related documents and reports including BoQs, quantity surveys, third party structural evaluations, infrastructure development progress reports and related documents in close collaboration with the Rule of Law Engineering, Programme and M&E teams as well as project partners. 
• Provide technical advice and guidance to further develop UNDP engagement, and its impact on Rule of Law and Justice infrastructure development/ rehabilitation support initiatives in furtherance of security and justice sector institutional building in Pakistan, identify new/ innovative and context specific areas of engagement, and assist in the development of new concept notes/ proposals for future programming to advance UNDP Pakistan CO work in this sphere.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity

People Management competencies: 

• UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness; Effectiveness: Project Quality Assurance.

2030 Agenda: Peace: 

• Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights: Development of Institutions in Justice Sector. 
• Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions conflict Prevention 

Business Direction & Strategy: System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Management: 

• Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
• Partnerships Management: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.
   

Travel:

• The Project Engineer will be based in the UNDP Pakistan Sub- Office in Peshawar, and he/she is expected to travel to all Rule of Law Programme civil work projects implementation locations in Pakistan.