Research Specialist, Institute for Educational Development

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction

Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of the Aga Khan Development Network.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) was established in July 1993 with the overall objective of becoming a leader in educational reform and improvement, especially in developing countries. The aim of AKU-IED is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of schools and other educational institutions in the country through innovation, policy development, practice, training and research.

The project aims to develop a Teacher Career Pathway and Promotion Framework that provides clear, merit-based, and performance-oriented progression routes for teachers. The framework further works in linking teachers career progression with their classroom performance; allowing for dual pathways to excel as a teacher or leader; integrating evidence of teacher’s performance indicators; improving teachers motivation; and introducing teaching licenses. In short that aim of the framework is to establish a system of transparent, competency-based career system for the teachers of Balochistan.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible to:

• visit project schools and collect data using available tools
• conduct literature reviews as required
• coordinate with the project team to support the timely completion of deliverables
• assist the PI and Co-PIs in developing and maintaining the project database
• undertake data entry and data processing to generate content for various reporting purposes
• assist the research team in monitoring project progress
• attend events, including training sessions and workshops, to document training processes, procedures, and outcomes.

Requirements:

You should have:

• a Master’s degree in Education or Social Sciences from a reputable national or international university
• at least three years of experience in a responsible role within large-scale research projects
• strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Urdu
• experience in conducting multiple genres of literature reviews and report writing, including narrative, scoping, and systematic reviews
• proficiency in developing and applying data collection tools
• competence in data management, data entry, and data processing.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

Primary Location

Pakistan

Organisation

Aga Khan University Pakistan

Employee Status

Contractual

Job Type

Standard

Job Posting

15/09/2026, 9:12:26 AM

Closing Date

22/09/2026, 6:59:00 PM