The Contract Administration Specialist will support OSU in contract administration process by establishing and maintaining an efficient financial contract management, governance and administration system of activities under the Governance and Policy Program. The scope of Consultant’s responsibilities would generally be the following:
Facilitate a technical dialogue between Government of Balochistan, Consultant/s; with a view to achieve closure on divergent interpretation of contractual clauses.
Act as a focal person on behalf of GPP Balochistan for contract administration issues that may accrue liabilities for the project.
-Monitor progress of contracts implementation to ensure that it abides by the stipulated standards, procedures and planned timetable.
Provide technical leadership for a first stage resolution in case of any dispute that GPP Balochistan may have with Consultant/s on any certification, determination, instruction, opinion or valuation related to the contract(s).
Represent / support GPP Balochistan during statutory and internal audits including audits and reviews by Donors.
Lead coordination with all other individual consultants.
Prepare end of proceedings report for GPP Balochistan after every claim incident. Such report(s) shall be drafted professionally and would facilitate any audit or other reviews.
Provide support in litigations

Designed and updated procurement work plan, strategy and procurement and vendor management processes in accordance with World Bank procurement guidelines to achieve all procurement related targets.
Function in close collaboration with sub projects to administer project procurement and retain outlined guidelines governing the procurement process for project. Prepare and maintain proper record of all procurement activities and minutes of meeting and contract negotiations. Deliver excellent first rate support to Procurement Specialist in suggesting measures to overcome critical delays for completing project in compliance with agreed procedures. Expertly identify and resolve project start-up procurement issues to create procurement packages.
Key Accomplishments:
• Created and executed purchase orders and requisitions to complete tasks in compliance with procurement laws, regulations, and procedures of the World Bank and Government of Pakistan.
• Generated and revised request for proposals and technical specifications from procurement stand point of view, and examined bidding documents to evaluate reports for the project while using standard World Bank documents.

Implemented contracts and assured adherence of contractors, suppliers, and consultants to the relevant conditions of contract.
Prepared specific procurement notices and invitations for bids/requests to express interest/solicitation letters and standard bidding documents and request for proposals/ quotations for inviting and obtaining bids/proposals/ quotations in accordance with the BSDSB/ Concern Worldwide Procurement Guidelines. Issued and approved contracts, values, and variation orders to follow the overall allocated budget instructions. Developed lists and procedures of pre-qualified contractors and service providers for receiving, opening, and evaluating bids, proposals, and quotations. Presented first rate assistance to the implementation partner in designing procurement plans, filing, and documentation systems, and revising procurement documents by the NGOs.
Key Accomplishments:
• Built synergies with Project Managers to comprehend contract specifications with suppliers and design a profile of delivery capability which resulted in effective market engagement.
• Coordinated efforts for recognizing, negotiating, and implementing contract and framework agreements to improve efficiency in accordance with financial and forecasting requirements.
• Produced, retained, and communicated auditable records, bids, proposals, quotations, and evaluation reports of all procurement process to the line managers which resulted in high process compliance.

Established and examined capacity development indicators as well as directed implementation of capacity development plan, based on CDP milestones in accordance with good governance minimum requirements.
Headed the responsibility for handling training activities for P&D department, such as Foreign Aid section, Bureau of Statics, M&E Directorate, and concerned line departments. Advised ACS (Dev.), Chief Foreign Aid on identifying and strategies and technical issues concerning capacity development and institutional strengthening of P&D and rest of government line departments. Offered authoritative policy advice and technical guidance on CDP implementation and delivery and supported further sensitization, ownership, and implementation of capacity development process.
Key Accomplishments:
• Introduced strategic engagement discussions and understood approach to capacity development for Government Line Departments in Balochistan for the P&DD.
• Offered advice to the management in preparing ToRs and evaluating candidates and institutes for the implementation of capacity development activities.
• Implemented capacity assessment process to steer implementation of the P&D Department’s Capacity Development Plan (CDP) and achieve the milestones while addressing the identified capacity gaps.
• Expertly coordinated with development partners and other stakeholders to organize a mid-term review of the Government of Balochistan CDP and evaluate the CDP based on the findings for enabling a harmonized approach.

Identified disaster occurred in province and obtained information that described impact and losses. Led training workshop at an agreed location to acquire knowledge for collecting necessary data.
Led an initial review of data sources suggested by NDMA and corresponded PDMA to organize the work and submit a final report stating the new status of the database.
Key Accomplishments:
• Accepted inventory of databases at provincial level for building a picture of exposure to national hazard risk.
• Collected data on dataset description, agency, and institution that holds dataset and any identified issue associated with sharing the data.

Facilitated management in restructuring, organizing and capacity building of vocation training system in accordance with market needs to assure utilization of resources and maximize benefits leading to labor opportunities.
Conducted periodical evaluation of the existing programs of TEVT in all trades and development of improvement plans. Delivered support to management in managing process of course books development for instructors and trainees of TTCs and VTCs. Developed vocational Institutions curriculum, assessed proposals and tenders, and arranged seminars and workshops through close interaction with different stakeholders.
Key Accomplishments:
• Conducted a labor market survey to identify nature and status of skilled/unskilled labor, as well as explored potential areas requiring enhancement of labor through TEVT in Balochistan.
• Established capacity building package comprising of staff development plans and programs to improve competencies, performance, and effectiveness of instructors and staff of the institutions.