PROJECT NAME: Development of a Medium Term Expenditure Framework for the Water Supply and Sanitation (WATSAN) Sector and Refinement of the Sector Performance Monitoring System
POSITION: Senior Medium Term Expenditure Framework Expert
At least a Masters Degree in a relevant field, e.g. public sector finance;
At least ten (10) years of relevant experience in public sector financing and annual planning, budgeting, approval processes of both recurrent and development expenditure, in water supply and sanitation or public health in Southern Africa;
Substantive specific experience with Sector Budget Support, experience of international standards and best practices in the EU-approach to General and Sector Budget Support (appraisal of EU eligibility criteria, including analysis of risks related to sector budget support);
Experience of public sector finance management implementation processes and procedures particularly on the practice of integrating domestic and budget support funding;
Detailed knowledge of different capacity building options and demonstrable experience in developing processes for establishing a Sector MTEF;
Experience in working in similar assignments in Namibia will be considered a desirable asset;
Knowledge of and preferably also expertise in the development of performance monitoring systems as part of performance based budgeting;
Demonstrated cross-cultural sensitivity, interpersonal skills and negotiation skills;
Has computer literacy, excellent report writing skills and has the ability to produce quality documents;
Has excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate fluently in English (written and spoken);
Possesses very good analytical skills;
Valid driving licence.
Staring period: End of January 2012
Duration: 110 w/d
POSITION: Junior Performance Monitoring Expert
At least an Honours Degree ( and with a Masters degree) in a relevant field, e.g. rural development, water management or development economics;
At least three years of relevant professional experience, particularly in water supply and sanitation, or rural development sectors, with emphasis on performance monitoring and evaluation, preferably in the public sector in Southern Africa;
Experience with Sector Budget Support, and with the EU-approach to Sector Budget Support;
Knowledge of and expertise in the development of performance monitoring systems as part of performance based budgeting, in water and sanitation;
Experience in capacity development during an assignment and transferring a performance monitoring system to support the Sector MTEF process;
Strong administrative support skills, as well as conceptual and methodological knowledge of monitoring and evaluation;
Experience in similar assignments in Namibia and preferably other African countries;
Demonstrated cross-cultural sensitivity, interpersonal skills and negotiation skills;
Has computer literacy, excellent report writing skills and has the ability to produce quality documents;
Has good communication skills and the ability to communicate fluently in English;
Possesses very good analytical skills;
Valid driving licence.
Staring period: End of January 2012
Duration: 75 w/d
THE DDL OF SUBMISSION is 7 December, 2011
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