Various Positions

SCOPE OF WORK

USAID Public Financial Management (PFM) Project

Deloitte Consulting and WSP, together with Georgia State University and the Niti Foundation are implementing a five-year USAID funded Public Financial Management Program (USAID PFM) whose purpose is to provide technical assistance and strengthen Public Financial Management (PFM) functions, performance, and accountability of targeted agencies at the federal, provincial, and local levels of government, and to provide targeted assistance to the Government of Nepal (GoN) aimed at strengthening national PFM institutions and systems to sustainably advance PFM. The project consists of two main objectives.

1. Objective 1 - Strengthen PFM functions, performance, and accountability at provincial and local levels of government,  
2. Objective 2 - Strengthen targeted national PFM institutions and systems to sustainably advance PFM functions.

The USAID PFM is currently seeking qualified candidates to fill the following positions: 

1. Capacity Building Specialist
2. Planning and Budgeting Specialist
3. Procurement Specialist
4. GRB / GESI Specialist 
5. Revenue Specialist

Please see the detailed position description for each of the positions is as follows:

The Capacity Building Specialist will be responsible for carrying out training-related activities to be provided to the elected representatives and government officials of the Provincial Governments (PGs) and Local Governments (LGs). 

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist Provincial Leads of USAID PFM in finalizing capacity development activities to prepare Annual Workplans (AWP) with an aim to achieve the Project's Result 3: providing training on financial management systems. 
• Carry out managerial tasks relating to organizing training programs under the Program as mentioned in the AWP in close coordination and collaboration with training providing institutions such as Provincial Regional Training Centers, Provincial Training Academy (PRTC/PTA), Public Financial Management Training Center (PFMTC), Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC), Local Development Training Academy (LDTA) among others including but not limited to:
  • Finalization of training topics, venue, date, and time
  • Finalization of participant list and resource persons
  • Preparation and dissemination of agenda/training schedules, and invitation letters
  • Overseeing the operational matters for training conduction including training logistics, 
  • Preparation of training reports including participants' feedbacks  
• Assist Provincial Leads in taking inventory of the existing training modules/materials/resources, and in preparing list of available resource persons in various PFM topics.
• Coordinate with concerned stakeholders with respect to capacity building work
• Provide support to PGs and LGs in developing capacity development improvement plans.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master’s degree in a relevant or related fields such as Psychology, Humanities, Management, Rural Development
• Understanding of Federal, Provincial and Local Government’s financial management systems
• Three years of working experience with development partners such as USAID, the British Embassy (FCDO), World Bank, ADB, UN or other development partner’s project or private sectors project as a manager, facilitator, or officer of capacity development
• Fluency in spoken and written Nepali and English languages
• Skills in MSOffice (Word, Excel, Power Point etc.,)
• High professional with personal integrity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse groups of stakeholders and implementing agencies.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Organizational skills and the ability to concurrently handle multiple assignments.
• Willing to travel to project implementation sites.

The Planning and Budgeting Specialist will be responsible for providing the necessary support in formulating and implementing plan and budget including for the Mid Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to build robust and sequential linkages between long-term strategic plans, medium-term periodic plans, MTEF and annual budget and programs.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide support in developing strategic and periodic plans.
• Provide support in the preparation of the MTEF and item-wise annual budget and programs including, but not limited to:
  • Drafting concept note for preparing MTEF and budget projection.
  • Projection of revenue and ceiling of Expenditure of 3 years for preparing MTEF.
  • Forecasting of annual and medium-term macro-economic Indicators
  • Preparing budget formulation guidelines and formats.
  • Annual budget and program prepared in the prescribed formats.
  • Principles and Priorities of Budget and Program 
  • Budget and program implementation guidelines
  • Preparing economic survey
• Provide support for building robust and sequential linkages between long-term strategic plans, medium-term periodic plans, MTEF and annual budget and program.
• Provide support in managing annual budget and programs alterations.
• Provide support in establishing and managing Project Bank for prioritizing and selecting projects.
• Provide support in practicing and strengthening GRB/GESI and citizen engagement in the planning and budgeting process.
• Assist in developing planning and budgeting training modules and materials.
• Assist in conducting planning and budgeting related training programs.
• Provide support in assessing PG and LG compliance with the planning and budgeting legal conditions and best practices.
• Provide support in resolving across all aspects of operational planning and budgeting functions to enable them to work effectively.
• Prepare Monthly Performance Report (MPR) and submit it to the Provincial Lead within 3 days after the completion of each month.
• Visit PG entities and LGs on a call basis to resolve their planning and budgeting related issues.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master’s degree in management/Economics / Public Policy or related fields 
• 5 years of experience in a related field having knowledge of principles in planning, budgeting, MTEF, and budget execution in public organization.
• Fluency in spoken and written Nepali and English Languages
• Skills in MSOffice applications (Word, Excel, Power Point etc.,)
• High professional with personal integrity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders and Implementing agencies.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Organizational skills and the ability to concurrently handle multiple assignments.
• Willing to travel to project implementation sites.

The Procurement Specialist will be responsible for providing support for carrying out Procurement and Contract Management functions to Provincial Governments (PGs) and Local Governments (LGs) for enhancing openness, fairness, competitiveness and transparency.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide support in developing procurement packaging and slicing.
• Provide support in preparing master and annual procurement plans.
• Provide support in preparing Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) and Request for Proposal (RFP) including bid notice, qualification, and evaluation criteria, bid data sheet, technical specifications, terms of reference, special conditions of contract.
• Provide support in evaluating quotations, bids and proposals and preparing the evaluation report.
• Provide support in awarding the contracts and preparing the contract documents.
• Assist in developing procurement related training modules and materials.
• Assist in conducting procurement and contract management related training programs.
• Provide support in assessing PG and LG compliance with the procurement legal conditions and best practices.
• Assist in using e-GP portal of PPMO for carrying out bidding process.
• Provide support in resolving across all aspects of operational procurement activities to enable Procurement to work effectively.
• Prepare Monthly Workplan in coordination with the Provincial Lead and in consultation with PG entities and LGs.
• Visit PG entities and LGs on on-call basis to resolve procurement related issues.
• Prepare Monthly Performance Report (MPR) and submit it to the Provincial Lead 3 days after the completion of each month.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master’s degree in civil engineering / Management/Law or a Law degree 
• At least 5 years of experience in relevant professions.
• Highly professional with personal integrity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders and Implementing agencies.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Organizational skills and the ability to concurrently handle multiple assignments.
• Willing to travel to project implementation sites.

The Revenue Specialist will be responsible for providing support to the PGs and LGs in strengthening revenue administration related functions to enhance their own source revenue, reducing tax arrears, and exploring potentialities of resource generation.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in developing standard (template) and specific Revenue Enhancement Action Plan (REAP) for selected LGs.
• Provide support to PGs in conducting analyses of taxes and fees and in exploring and pursuing other sustainable non-tax/fee sources of revenue.
• Provide support to LGs in rolling out the specific REAPs by setting and achieving revenue forecasting/projection, exploring revenue potentialities, enhancing tax base, strengthening revenue recording and accounting, enhancing taxpayers’ awareness, minimizing tax arrears among others.
• Provide support in setting up revenue related legal and procedural arrangements.
• Assist in conducting revenue management related training programs.
• Provide support in resolving revenue related issues to enable revenue management to work effectively.
• Prepare Monthly Workplan in coordination with Provincial Lead in consultation with Provincial Government (PG) entities and Local Governments (LG) 
• Visit PG entities and LGs on a call basis to resolve their revenue-related issues.
• Prepare Monthly Performance Report (MPR) and submit it to the Provincial Lead within 3 days after the completion of each month.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master’s degree in management/ Economics or other related stream or a Law degree or a recognized accounting designation (CA/ACCA)
• At least 5 years of experience in the public sector revenue administration or in the private sector on tax compliance issues and strong knowledge of the provincial as well as LG tax Policy.
• Highly professional and with personal integrity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders and Implementing agencies.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Organizational skills and the ability to concurrently handle multiple assignments.
• Willing to travel to project implementation sites.

The GRB/GESI Specialist will be responsible for providing support to the PGs and LGs in strengthening GRB/GESI related functions in plan and budget formulation and implementation process.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support in reviewing existing policies, guidelines, and opportunities to identify existing GRB requirements and current shortcomings in PG and LG targets.
• Work closely with Province Lead and Province Team to ensure full integration of GESI consideration into project activities.  
• Assist to identify appropriate standards, develop improvement opportunities to move beyond budget classification.  
• Identify positive deviants related to robust gender programing and decision-making and highlight successful lessons learned that can be scaled up from PG & LG
• Support in developing a multi-year approach that promotes effective gender-responsive budgeting mechanisms that incorporate women/gender issues as key decision criteria in determining resource allocation.
• Support to promote more robust formal mechanisms to incorporate perspectives of women and underrepresented groups early and often in the budgeting process at PG & LG
• Assist to build frameworks that strengthen the decision-making power of women and underrepresented groups in the allocation process through intentional committee selections, and citizen engagement.
• Coordinate with local government PFM institute to establish GRB sustainable methods for ensuring accountability and measuring success within communities.
• Integrate minority and socially marginalized groups inclusion into provincial activities plan/ or project design and budget systems. 
• Coordinate with the team for conducting field visits to the program locations with the municipal representatives, officials, committee members, and other stakeholders.
• Provide the monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting inputs related to GESI and GRB
• Perform other duties as required and as directed by Province Lead. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master’s degree in development studies, Social Work, Gender Studies, or any of the social sciences
• At least 3 years of experience in relevant professions
• High professional and personal integrity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders and Implementing agencies.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Organizational skills and the ability to concurrently handle multiple assignments.
• Willing to travel to project implementation sites.

Application Instruction

Application link: https://forms.gle/mXnHDMf9ioKF6B4R6

Please click on the link above, select the position you are applying for, fill in the required information and upload your CV.

In addition, applicants may also submit a cover letter along with their latest CV with salary expectation at recruitment@pfm-nepal.com before April 28, 2023. The full position title should be mentioned in the subject line.

Note: 

• The initial duration of the service will for 12 months with a probationary period of 3 months.
• The contract will be extendable on an annual basis subject to satisfactory performance.
• Female, marginalized, differently abled and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply for the position. 
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 
• No telephone calls will be entertained, and any other direct or indirect solicitation may lead to disqualification of the candidacy.
• The organization reserves the right to reject any/all applications without assigning any reason.