Technical Assistance for the identification and formulation of EU interventions to support Public Sector Reform and Public Finance Management under the 11th EDF in Botswana





Job Description:


Status: Closed

Location: Botswana

Deadline: 2015-05-04

Position: Team Leader

Description: Technical Assistance for the identification and formulation of EU interventions to support Public Sector Reform and Public Finance Management under the 11th EDF in Botswana



Project:

The overall objective of this assignment is to support the Government of Botswana / National Authorising Officer (NAO) and EU Delegation to Botswana and SADC in the identification and formulation of support actions in Public Sector Reform (PSR), including PSR coordination and Public Finance Management (PFM), to be financed under the 11th EDF (2016– 2020)

The specific objectives are:

- To identify options and formulate potential actions for PSR/PFM to be financed under the 11th EDF in alignment with the Government of Botswana needs and priorities, as outlined in the 'Vision 2016', the 'National Development Plan 10', the emerging Public Sector Reform Coordination Programme (PSRCP), the Public Finance Management Reform Programme (PFMRP), complementary to support provided by other development partners and building on lessons learned under the 10th EDF. The actions also have to be aligned with and feed into the evolving NDP 11.

- To assist the EU Delegation to Botswana and SADC in the development of the corresponding documents (Action Document and TAPs) for the approval of specific actions in PSR/PFM at the identification and formulation stage.

 



Qualification:


Category I Expert in PSR, Team Leader (63 working days)

Minimum requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Political Science or another field relevant to the assignment. In the absence of this, the equivalent professional experience of at least eight (8) years is required in addition to the experience required below;

• At least 12 years’ experience in the sector related to the Lot Governance and Home Affairs.

Specific professional experience:

  • Proven professional experience in various strands of Public Sector Reform:

- sector/ministry restructuring and modernization; and/or

- management of parastatals; and/or

- public administration reforms (decentralization, right-sizing etc).

  • Proven professional experience in public sector strategic planning and budgeting;
  • Proven professional experience in coordination of public sector reforms;
  • Proven experience in the identification and formulation of projects/programs for donor institutions;
  • Proven experience with EU procedures (development of the equivalent of Action Documents and TAPs) and knowledge of EU aid modalities (EDF in particular);
  • Good knowledge of different aid modalities (project and budget support) and their strengths and weaknesses in different program contexts;
  • Experience from doing PSR work in middle income countries is an asset.

Soft skills:

  • Proven experience in organising stakeholder meetings.
  • Demonstrated communication and facilitation skills.

Language skills:

  • Excellent command of English.
  • Excellent report writing skills.

 

Experts’ CVs must include the e-mail addresses to reference persons representing the contracting authority, beneficiary or counterpart for at least the latest ten assignments.



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