Gender Budget Tagging Associate - REMIT Programme

ToRs Gender Budget Tagging Associate

Background
The Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade (REMIT) is a multi-year (2021–2027) programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and implemented by Adam Smith International (ASI). REMIT provides technical assistance to the Government of Pakistan to strengthen macroeconomic stability, improve growth conditions, and enhance poverty reduction efforts.

Activity Context

The Government of Pakistan has prioritised transparent, accountable, and climate-resilient public financial management. As part of this agenda, REMIT is supporting the institutionalisation of Climate Budget Tagging (CBT) and Gender Budget Tagging (GDT) – systems for identifying, classifying, and reporting on climate- and gender-related public expenditures across all levels of government.

Following successful implementation at the federal level across three budget cycles (FY 2022–23 to FY 2024–25), and in line with the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) benchmarks, REMIT has expanded the initiative to all four provinces and two regions. The Ministry of Finance has requested REMIT to work with the provincial and regional governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan to carry out climate and gender budget tagging of their budgets. As part of this REMIT-supported activity, both regional Finance Departments have nominated focal persons, integrated CBT and GDT provisions into the Budget Call Circulars, and conducted training for line agencies. Tagging of the non-development budget has been completed for both regions.

Job Summary

The Gender Budget Tagging Associate will support the implementation and institutionalisation of Gender Budget Tagging (GBT) across federal, provincial, and regional governments, with a primary focus on development budgets and project-level (PC-I) tagging. The role will involve applying gender tagging methodologies to development projects, coordinating with Planning & Development and Finance Departments, and ensuring accurate classification, validation, and reporting of gender-responsive expenditures. The Associate will also contribute to integrating gender considerations into public financial management systems and strengthening gender-responsive budgeting practices.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support application of gender tagging methodology to development budgets and PC-I projects

• Assist in classification of projects based on gender responsiveness criteria

• Coordinate with Planning & Development Departments, Finance Departments, and line agencies to collect and verify project-level data

• Review PC-I documents to assess gender relevance and ensure accurate tagging

• Conduct data validation and consistency checks across sectors and jurisdictions

• Support alignment of gender tagging with climate tagging frameworks for integrated reporting

• Support organisation of trainings and workshops on gender tagging of development budgets

• Support development of guidelines, tools, and training materials