Role Overview:
The Director, Learning Hub, will lead the strategic vision, design, and execution of a dynamic knowledge and capacity-building platform focused on strengthening evidence-informed decision-making in Pakistan. This role involves establishing and expanding partnerships across academia, government, development partners, and the private sector. The Director will oversee the design and delivery of a diverse portfolio of innovative training & learning programs that translate research into actionable policy.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership & Management
- Lead the strategic direction, planning, and operations of the Learning Hub, including financial planning, fundraising, budgeting, and growth both nationally and internationally.
- Represent the Learning Hub at senior management forums and contribute to organisation-wide strategic initiatives.
- Identify emerging opportunities and develop new program streams to address gaps in evidence uptake, policy design, and public sector innovation.
Program Design & Delivery
- Oversee the design and implementation of large-scale capacity-building programs focused on M&E, use of data for policy making, etc., for workshops and learning events for a diverse audience of policymakers, civil servants, young professionals and academics, and youth.
- Develop thematic learning series for key policy challenges in Pakistan, such as climate change, energy transition, gender-sensitive M&E, etc.
Knowledge Translation & Research Use
- Lead the development of case studies and learning materials to bridge the gap between rigorous research and policy application.
- Oversee experimental evaluation frameworks to assess the long-term impact of learning interventions on behaviour, knowledge, and evidence uptake.
- Design and conduct effective evidence dialogues to create high-impact, meaningful platforms to bridge the gap between researchers and policy actors to drive the design and implementation of data-driven policies in Pakistan.
Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and sustain strategic partnerships with national and international academic institutions, government agencies, and donor organisations.
- Manage high-level engagements with ministries, regulatory bodies, think tanks, and donor agencies to co-create relevant and contextual learning programs.
