The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has announced 54 contract vacancies in Islamabad across 35 job titles, opening applications for engineers, managers, procurement specialists and finance professionals. The advertisement, published on 9 November 2026 under reference PID(I)4301/26, covers posts under the authority's Capital Rescue programme, and applications must be submitted online within 20 days of publication, which the listings put at 29 November 2026.

The CDA is the civic body that plans, builds and runs the federal capital, so the recruitment spans the professional roles behind its development and service work rather than a single department. All 54 posts are offered on a contract basis, and candidates apply through the authority's own jobs portal rather than by post or through an agent.

What roles are on offer

The 35 job titles sit on Project Pay Scales from PPS-7 to PPS-11 and include senior leadership, engineering, planning and support roles. Among the posts listed in the advertisement are:

• Chief Digital Officer and Director One Window Operations
• Principal Staff Officer and General Manager, Infrastructure Project Management Unit
• Delivery leads and site delivery engineers
• Civil engineers, architects and urban planners
• Procurement specialists, finance officers and IT specialists
• Accounts and documentation analysts

Each post carries its own qualification and post-qualification experience requirements, so applicants should check the full advertisement for the role they want before applying. The CDA has said it reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of vacancies, or to cancel the advertisement.

Contract terms and fee

Appointments will initially be for two years, with the possibility of extension if required. The posts are contract appointments with no vested right to regularisation, which is the standard term the CDA states for this kind of recruitment. A processing fee of Rs 5,000 applies for each post applied for, paid through the payment option generated when the online application is submitted.

How to apply

Applications are accepted online only through the official CDA jobs portal, and incomplete applications will not be considered. Candidates should open the CDA jobs portal, complete the online form for the relevant post with scanned attested copies of their educational documents, experience certificates, photograph, CNIC and domicile, and submit it before the closing date. As with all government recruitment, applicants should pay the fee only through the portal's own payment channel and never to a personal account or an agent promising selection. Further details are in the CDA jobs listing summarising the advertisement.