Senior Expert in PSR-Team Leader

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

Reference: For the provision of 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

Location: Botswana

Duration: 63 working days

BiRD is looking for an Expert in PSR Team Leader for a ST mission in Botswana under the Lot7 SWC.

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).

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.

HOW TO APPLY:

All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on.

Applications and updated CVs are accepted on a rolling basis and should be submitted before 4 May, 2015 to: jobs@birdmunich.de.

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Please note that only excellent experts meeting most or all of the above criteria and having an excellent and verifiable track record will be considered.**