Deputy Director (SRD Provincial Coordination)

This position is being recruited by Pakistan Single Window (PSW) on behalf of the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA). NAFSA is being established as a strategic national initiative to strengthen Pakistan’s agri-trade ecosystem through enhanced regulatory oversight, facilitation, and modernization of food safety and trade processes. The selected candidate will be part of NAFSA’s foundational team, contributing to the development of systems, processes, and institutional capabilities.

Main Responsibilities

• Serve as the liaison between NAFSA SRD and provincial departments/regulators to ensure coherent national implementation of SPS standards and regulations.

• Coordinate dissemination of SRD instruments (rules, standards, SOPs, technical instructions) to provincial counterparts and track acknowledgements and adoption progress.

• Monitor implementation of notified SRD measures by provinces and identify gaps, capacity needs, and compliance issues.

• Support harmonised interpretation of SPS requirements across provinces through guidance notes and coordination meetings.

• Compile provincial feedback and operational issues and support SRD in continuous improvement of regulatory instruments.

• Maintain a coordination log of provincial communications, implementation status, and corrective actions.

• Support development and delivery of training or awareness sessions fo