Most job ads you’ll see in this space are filling an existing seat. This one’s different: Daanish University is a brand-new national institution still taking shape in Islamabad, built around a STEAM curriculum — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics — combined with what the ad calls civilizational values. The five roles here aren’t backfilling anyone; they’re founding-team hires for an institution that doesn’t fully exist yet. The ad even says it outright: they want people who “experiment rather than merely optimize,” not caretakers of an existing system.
That framing matters practically too, because the experience bar on each role is set relative to building something from scratch, not maintaining it. Here’s what’s open — this ad ran in Jang on September 1, 2026:
Director, Outreach
- Essential: Bachelor’s in Engineering, Sciences, Education, Business, Social Sciences, or related field
- Preferred: Master’s in the same fields
- Experience: 12+ years post-qualification, ideally 5+ in senior leadership managing large-scale, national campaigns; higher-ed outreach or admissions experience strongly preferred
- Age limit: 55 (max) | Location: Islamabad
Manager, Marketing
- Essential: Bachelor’s in Marketing, Communications, Business, or related field
- Preferred: Master’s in the same
- Experience: 6+ years progressive marketing/comms, 2+ managing campaigns at scale; fluency in both English and Urdu is required, not just preferred
- Age limit: 55 (max) | Location: Islamabad
Manager, IT
- Essential: Bachelor’s in Computer Science, IT, or related field
- Preferred: Master’s in same, plus certifications like Cisco, Microsoft, or AWS
- Experience: 3+ years IT infrastructure, with expectations around setting up systems from scratch, LMS platforms (Moodle, Canvas), SIS, and data privacy compliance under Pakistani law
- Age limit: 55 (max) | Location: Islamabad
Analyst — 2 positions
- Essential: Bachelor’s in Economics, Public Policy, Business, Sciences, Humanities, or related field
- Preferred: Master’s in same
- Experience: 1–3 years; MS Office and ERP proficiency required, SPSS/R/Stata a bonus
- Age limit: 55 (max) | Location: Islamabad
Teaching Associates (Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, English)
- Essential: Bachelor’s in the respective subject
- Preferred: Master’s in the respective subject
- Experience: demonstrated ability to teach using active, project-based methods; prior bridge-year or foundation-year teaching experience is a plus
- Age limit: 55 (max) | Location: Islamabad
One thing that stands out across every single role: the age limit is capped at 55 for all five positions, including the Director role that wants 12+ years of senior leadership experience — which is a wider band than most fresh-graduate-heavy ads on this site tend to carry. And every position requires the degree to come from a HEC-recognized national or international institution, no exceptions noted.
On the deadline — and this is worth reading carefully — the ad doesn’t give one. It says positions stay open until suitable candidates are found. That’s a rolling hire, not a cutoff date, so there’s no reason to wait if you’re qualified; earlier applications presumably get looked at sooner rather than sitting in a queue until a fixed date.
How to apply: Email your CV/résumé directly to careerpakistan.apply@gmail.com, with the position name in the subject line. Full job descriptions for each role are available at www.careerpakistan.pk/dutjobs.pdf if you want the complete breakdown before applying. Only shortlisted candidates get called for interview, and no TA/DA is paid for that.
If founding-stage academic administration interests you but none of these five roles fit, it’s worth keeping an eye on University Jobs generally — new institutions like this tend to post a second wave of hires (faculty, admin support) once the initial leadership layer is in place.
Daanish University describes itself as an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
More current openings in the capital are under Islamabad Jobs.
