Woolmer died before his contract officially ended

Woolmer, who was set to quit at the end of his contract, was murdered in his hotel room on 18 March, a day after Pakistan exited the World Cup.

The new coach will initially be appointed for two years and is expected to start his employment from June.

The Pakistan Cricket Board said the ideal candidate should have played at least first class cricket.

And they should possess an England and Wales Cricket Board Level III coach qualification, or equivalent from another country.

Key responsibilities include working with the selection committees and director of game development, who was named as Mudassar Nazar on Monday.

He will co-ordinate that role with his job as head of the cricket academy.

Applications should be sent to the PCB by 15 May.

Former India coach John Wright and Leicestershire's Tim Boon are among the favourites for the job.

The Pakistan job is widely regarded as one of the toughest in World Cricket, due to the high expectations of 160 million cricket-obsessed people, language difficulties and a series of recent controversies.

Any coach will also have to virtually rebuild the team from scratch after the 1992 World Cup champions' humiliating exit from the 2007 edition in the Caribbean.

In a bid to usher in a new era, Pakistan last week appointed the relatively young Shoaib Malik as captain to replace Inzamam-ul-Haq.

The PCB also confirmed that 80 staff had lost their jobs in a restructuring move.