About Us

Karandaaz Pakistan is a not-for-profit organization, based out of Islamabad, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan under Section 42 of the Companies Act 2017. The entity has been seeded by Enterprise and Asset Growth Programme of UK’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and our digital finance initiatives are being funded by the Gates Foundation.

Karandaaz is guided by the vision of Investing for Shared Prosperity, and driven by the mission to enhance capabilities of the financial and digital ecosystem through investments, innovations, and strategic partnerships for inclusive, green and sustainable growth.

Karandaaz Digital is catalyzing the financial services industry towards greater inclusion by employing cutting-edge innovations and digital solutions for social impact. Collaborating with players across the financial services ecosystem, Karandaaz aims to improve access to digital finance for low-income, rural, and otherwise excluded population segments, especially women. Karandaaz Digital aims to work with stakeholders to facilitate the digitization of government and other payment streams and to support innovative digital financial service startups with a special focus on 4 areas of engagement.

Job Description

 Position Summary:

The Short-Term Technical Assistant (STTA) will be part of the Digital Financial Services (DFS) team and will support specifically the DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure) team in executing and coordinating the team’s work on the Prime Minister’s Cashless Pakistan Agenda.

The role will contribute to the delivery and implementation of the Prime Minister’s Cashless Pakistan agenda, by maintaining and enhancing the Data Collection Portal developed to capture and track government payments across federal and provincial entities. The STTA will be responsible for the technical upkeep and continued development of the portal, ensuring accurate ingestion, validation and reporting of P2G and G2P payment data as the program scale towards its digitization targets. The role combines hands-on software development and data management with close coordination across program and government stakeholders and spans the following areas:

• Portal Maintenance and Enhancement: In close coordination with the vendor, maintain, troubleshoot and extend the Cashless Pakistan Data Collection Portal; build out new modules and reporting layers as the data model evolves; support deployment on the hosted server and coordinate with technical teams on hosting, access and uptime matters.
• Data Management, Validation and Reporting: Ingest and quality-check entity submitted payment data; implement validation and reconciliation logic; support baseline locking and period-over-period tracking; update dashboards and reports on the portal on a need-by-need basis. Also support in build analytics reports/presentations for the team for onward submission to relevant stakeholders.
• Stakeholder and Technical Coordination: Support entity onboarding onto the portal; coordinate with counterparts (e.g SBP, CGA, RPPL, MoF) on data field structure and verification; maintain technical documentation; and provide user support/training to all reporting entities.
• Entity Digitization and Progress Tracking: Support and track the digitization progress of selected high-impact entities; monitor the shift in digital transaction share (by value and volume) over time; produce analysis; and reporting outputs that showcase measurable progress for stakeholder use.
• Digitization Roadmap Development and Implementation Tracking: Contribute to the development of entity-level digitization roadmaps for selected entities in close coordination with the wider DPI team, the entity itself and, key institutional stakeholders (SBP, RPPL, and MoF); support the mapping of existing payment flows; identification of gaps and priority use cases, and definition of phased steps towards full digitization. Also facilitate in the progress of the development plans submitted through development of required reports/dashboard etc.
• Supporting Implementation of Aggregators/Payment Standardization: Support the team in the design and implementation of a platform to standardize government-managed payment flows by facilitating stakeholder workshops, developing concept notes, and supporting engagement with relevant entities for the establishment of a central aggregator, aligned with the broader vision of advancing the Cashless Pakistan agenda.

Education

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum experience: 1–2 years of relevant experience in the development and management of data analytics tools, software applications, dashboards, or similar data-driven solutions will be preferred.
• Domain Knowledge: Understanding of business/project management and/or data analytics, with the ability to translate business requirements into data-driven solutions.
• Analytical & Reporting Skills: Strong analytical and reporting capabilities, with the ability to transform raw data into meaningful tracking mechanisms, trend analysis, performance insights, and progress narratives through dashboards, reports, and presentation decks.
• Technical Skills: Technical background in software development, including:
• Backend development using Python and frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask.
• Relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite.
• Modern frontend development using React or Angular, with strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Communication & Presentation: Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, stakeholder management, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical and analytical insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Tenure:

• 12 Months

Culture and Values at Karandaaz

Karandaaz Culture is guided by our values of Integrity, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Appreciation, and Learning Acumen (IDEAL). These values shape our choices on what we do and how we do it, both with colleagues internally and partners externally. We also believe that we are all responsible for creating a great place to work and are constantly looking to hire individuals who bring the same level of passion and commitment to the purpose of the organization.

Karandaaz is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications by all populations.