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Adam Smith International are an award-winning professional services
business that delivers real impact, value and lasting change through
projects supporting economic growth and government reform
internationally. Our reputation as a global leader has been built on the
positive results our
projects have achieved in many of the world’s
most challenging environments. Adam Smith International has a strong
corporate presence globally, with 146 current projects across 49
countries and over 1,000 staff and associates. Headquartered in London,
our regional headquarters are based in Africa (Nairobi, Abuja, and
Pretoria), Asia Pacific (Sydney) and South Asia (Delhi), with numerous
registered offices across Africa and Asia.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Public Financial Management Expert: Budget, Expenditure Management and Transparency
Tracking Code: 753-112
Locations: Abuja, Sokoto, Bauchi
Department: Revenue Reform
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Job Summary
- We are actively seeking international and regional/Nigerian
experts on a long-term basis to work within one of the targeted Federal
States of Nigeria.
Job Descriptions
In brief, the experts working in this area will be expected to undertake activities and tasks related to the following:
- Budget Planning, Administration and Execution: Budget planning
and preparation are at the heart of good public expenditure management.
- The contractor shall assist states to develop budgets that are
comprehensive, realistic, credible, and clearly link policies with
proposed expenditures.
- The expert shall support states to implement multi-year planning
frameworks such as the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF). States
will be assisted to monitor, adjust, and report on the achievement of
the purposes for which the budget was approved.
- Budget Transparency: One of the main weaknesses in governance in
Nigeria at all levels of the political system is the lack of
transparency regarding funding flows and budgets, on both the revenue
and the expenditure sides.
- The expert shall assist the federal and the selected state
governments, as well as the selected LGAs within those states, to
release to the public the complete detailed budget and expenditure
reports for that government in a timely manner and in a format conducive
to public understanding and analysis. In this reform area, the
contractor shall undertake limited targeted high-impact efforts at the
federal level to reinforce the bulk of its efforts that shall focus on
budget transparency at the state and LGA levels.
The Project
- The purpose of the State-to-State (State2State) contract is to
increase the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of selected
state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria. This will be achieved by
strengthening systems to improve the delivery of services in key sectors
(basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation and
hygiene - WASH); increasing the efficiency of key governance operations
(with a focus on public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as
well as monitoring and evaluation); increasing government’s
responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and improving government
and civil society capacity to manage conflict. State2State will work
together with partner state governments to reform these sectors, and
will learn and replicate best practice examples from other states.
State2State will support, scale-up, accelerate and institutionalize new
and existing initiatives.
- State2State is a governance programme. Better governance is a
means towards the ultimate end of poverty reduction by measurably
improving primary health care, basic education and WASH services.
Conflict mitigation is a core theme of the USAID/Nigeria Country
Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). The Mission expects that
improved governance and public services coupled with a Do No Harm
approach, conflict mitigation strategies and tools will contribute to
reducing violent conflict in the targeted areas.
Background:
- Nigeria’s federal constitutional structure consists of three
tiers of government: federal, state and local. The majority of basic
services, including education, health care and WASH, are the
responsibility of state and local governments. A host of challenges in
carrying out their mandate, which are of three fundamental types,
confronts subnational units: governance capacity constraints, financial
resource constraints, and sectoral technical capacity constraints.
State2State will primarily address the first group of constraint, with
supporting interventions on the second type. Other
USAID/Nigeria-supported health, education and WASH activities will
address the third type of constraints.
- Governance capacity constraints are especially problematic in
the realm of public financial management. The capacity of state
governments to plan their annual budgets, linking them to medium-term
expenditure frameworks and sectoral strategic plans, remains weak. As a
result, state governments routinely spend only a fraction of their total
budgets. Despite the passage by many states of Fiscal Responsibility
Acts to parallel the federal Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007, these
planned and expended state budgets remain highly opaque.
- A 2015 study found the overall condition of state budget
transparency in Nigeria to be “deplorable,” with an average state score
of 26 on a scale of zero (complete lack of transparency) to 100
(complete transparency). Despite the passage by many states of Public
Procurement Acts to parallel the federal Public Procurement Act of 2007,
state procurement processes also lack transparency, are highly
susceptible to manipulation, and are a significant source of corruption.
Finally, systems of internal financial controls remain weak; audits
frequently are not conducted, are of poor quality, or are manipulated to
cover up malfeasance.
Timing:
- This project is a five-year programme expected to run from 2017-2022.
- The experts will be expected to travel to and undertake long-term assignments in the targeted Federal State.
Requirements
The Position Requires the Following Skills and Experience:
- A post-graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics (or related degree) and/or 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Hands-on budget experience at a sub-national government level,
including in the design and implementation of multi-year budget
frameworks.
- Hands on experience contributing to the development of and
working with integrated financial management information systems (IFMIS)
at a federal and sub-national government level.
- Experience working on budget transparency initiatives in developing countries, particularly in Africa.
- Knowledge and understanding of fiscal decentralisation and revenue sharing arrangements.
- Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts in a political aware manner.
- Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to counterparts, as well as mentoring.
- Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client-orientated.
- Excellent communication, inter-personal, and team-working skills.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders both within government, and the wider environment.
Key Competencies and Experience:
- Experts should have the ability to deliver Technical Assistance
of an international standard to Nigeria’s Federal States, and to work
effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environment. You
should relish working in a team, should be innovative, energetic,
positive, and genuinely committed to achieving lasting change in your
work.
Job Title: Team Leader and Transport Expert - ECOWAS
Tracking Code: 732-112
Location: Abuja
Department: European Union
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Job Description
- This assignment comes in the framework of the Technical
Assistance to ECOWAS for the Implementation of the 10th EDF Transport
Facilitation Project II.
- This project will support the ECOWAS Commission, based in Abuja,
Nigeria, to manage the implementation of the Transport Facilitation
Programme II.
- The general objective of the programme is to contribute to the
growth of intra an extra community trade and exchanges through the
installation of a transport facilitation system. The implementation
period will be of 28 months.
The specific objectives of the project are:
- The operationalization of the Joint Border Post of Noepe (Ghana/Togo) and Seme (Nigeria/Benin)
- Establishment of the Road Information System in order to
strengthen the management and planning of improved road infrastructures
in regional corridors.
- A more efficient transport system in the regional corridors.
Especially by reducing abnormal practices and having more efficient
border control systems and a more modern road transportation sector.
Required Skills
The ideal candidate will have:
- Above 15 years experience in transport facilitation
- Extensive knowledge of EU procurement and financing procedures
- Previous experience as a Team Leader, ideally on EU-funded projects and in the transport sector
- Previous experience working in West Africa, preferably on ECOWAS integration issues
- Extensive knowledge of ECOWAS integration issues, particularly linked to transport, trade and infrastructure
- Master's degree in Transport, Engineering, Infrastructure, Development, Economics, or any related field.
Job Title: Public Financial Management Expert, Audit
Tracking Code: 787-112
Locations: Abuja, Sokoto, Bauchi
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022
Job Description
- We are actively seeking international and regional/Nigerian
experts on a long-term basis to work within one of the targeted Federal
States of Nigeria.
- In brief, the experts working in this area will be expected to undertake activities and tasks related to the following:
- Public Sector Audit: The consultant shall work with the Office
of the Auditor General to improve audit quality, coverage and findings.
The Office of the Auditor General in each state is mandated to conduct
financial and performance audits of state government and LGA spending.
Nonetheless, often these audits are never carried out, and even when
they are their findings are not used effectively. The consultants shall
assist this Office in the selected states to improve the quality and
quantity of their performance and financial audits with a focus on
health, education and WASH spending/programs.
The Project
- The purpose of the State-to-State (State2State) contract is to
increase the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of selected
state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria.
- This will be achieved by strengthening systems to improve the
delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health
care, and water, sanitation and hygiene - WASH); increasing the
efficiency of key governance operations (with a focus on public
financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and
evaluation); increasing government’s responsiveness to citizen needs and
priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to
manage conflict.
- State2State will work together with partner state governments to
reform these sectors, and will learn and replicate best practice
examples from other states. State2State will support, scale-up,
accelerate and institutionalize new and existing initiatives.
- State2State is a governance programme. Better governance is a
means towards the ultimate end of poverty reduction by measurably
improving primary health care, basic education and WASH services.
Conflict mitigation is a core theme of the USAID/Nigeria Country
Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). The Mission expects that
improved governance and public services coupled with a Do No Harm
approach, conflict mitigation strategies and tools will contribute to
reducing violent conflict in the targeted areas.
Background
- Nigeria’s federal constitutional structure consists of three
tiers of government: federal, state and local. The majority of basic
services, including education, health care and WASH, are the
responsibility of state and local governments.
- A host of challenges in carrying out their mandate, which are of
three fundamental types, confronts subnational units: governance
capacity constraints, financial resource constraints, and sectoral
technical capacity constraints. State2State will primarily address the
first group of constraint, with supporting interventions on the second
type.
- Other USAID/Nigeria-supported health, education and WASH activities will address the third type of constraints.
- Governance capacity constraints are especially problematic in the realm of public financial management.
- The capacity of state governments to plan their annual budgets,
linking them to medium-term expenditure frameworks and sectoral
strategic plans, remains weak. As a result, state governments routinely
spend only a fraction of their total budgets.
- Despite the passage by many states of Fiscal Responsibility Acts
to parallel the federal Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007, these
planned and expended state budgets remain highly opaque. A 2015 study
found the overall condition of state budget transparency in Nigeria to
be “deplorable,” with an average state score of 26 on a scale of zero
(complete lack of transparency) to 100 (complete transparency).
- Despite the passage by many states of Public Procurement Acts to
parallel the federal Public Procurement Act of 2007, state procurement
processes also lack transparency, are highly susceptible to
manipulation, and are a significant source of corruption. Finally,
systems of internal financial controls remain weak; audits frequently
are not conducted, are of poor quality, or are manipulated to cover up
malfeasance.
Duty station:
- The experts will be expected to travel to and undertake long-term assignments in the targeted Federal States.
Required Skills
Key competencies and experience:
- Experts should have the ability to deliver Technical Assistance
of an international standard to Nigeria’s Federal States, and to work
effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environment. You
should relish working in a team, should be innovative, energetic,
positive, and genuinely committed to achieving lasting change in your
work.
The position requires the following skills and experience:
- A post-graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics (or related degree) and/or 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Hands-on experience in public sector audit.
- Strong background in audit policy and implementation at subnational level.
- Prior experience in developing policies and procedures to ensure
the effective and efficient administration of audit at a sub-national
level.
- Knowledge and understanding of fiscal decentralisation and revenue sharing arrangements.
- Competent in identifying legislative gaps and recommending relevant amendments/new pieces of legislation.
- Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts in a politically aware manner.
- Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to counterparts, as well as mentoring.
- Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client-orientated.
- Excellent communication, inter-personal, and team-working skills.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders both within government and the wider environment.
Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Knowledge and Adaptation Expert (Research, Monitoring and Evaluation)
Tracking Code: 767-112
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in anti-corruption research for an upcoming anti-corruption project.
- Successful candidates will have demonstrable experience in
producing recommendations-oriented research outputs for programming, and
are expected to help the programme adapt quickly to local contexts, by
thinking and working politically.
- Candidates will have significant experience of the design, adaptation, and operation of M&E systems.
Required Competencies and Experience
- A post-graduate degree in a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred).
- Must be a thought leader on anti-corruption and/or thinking and working politically.
- Experience of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), including the
design and implementation of M&E systems. Experience of adjusting
systems to donor requirements.
- Demonstrable experience of producing recommendations-oriented research outputs.
- Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice.
- Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules.
- Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes.
- Effective communicator (written and oral).
- Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred.
Job Title: Team Leader: Anti-Corruption/Public Sector Governance
Tracking Code: 760-112
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022.
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit a Team Leader and
Deputy Leader with the necessary experience and skill-set to manage a
long-term, multi-million pound anti-corruption programme in Nigeria.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provides effective leadership and management of the programme
ensuring that implementation is in line with international best
practice,
- Development and agreement of work plans with the Project Management Unit, including setting strategic goals.
- Day to day leadership of the programme’s advisers to ensure
adherence to technical objectives. Management of component managers,
drafting and reviewing work plans in conjunction with the Project
Management Unit.
- Primary day to day point of contact for national counterparts
- Planning and coordination of the consultant visit schedule in agreement with the Project Management Unit
- Design of technical activities and prioritisation, developing activities to scope and responding to ad-hoc client requirements
- Quality assurance and process monitoring
- Performance Management
- Risk Management
- Primary point of contact with donor on all technical issues
- Primary responsibility for management of programme budget as well as integrity, accuracy and timeliness of all financial systems
Required Competencies and Experience
- 10+ years of relevant experience designing and managing complex
governance or public sector reform programmes in politically sensitive
environments
- Previous experience as a Team Leader or Deputy Team Leader is strongly desired
- A track record of success delivering complex governance or
public sector reform programmes and contributing to sustainable change
- Familiarity with reporting and risk management tools for donors, preferably DFID
- Experience managing and coordinating donor/client/counterpart relationships in a politically savvy way
- Proven ability to think politically and adapt programme strategy on the basis of political economy considerations
- Effective communicator (written and oral)
- Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred
Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Prosecutions Expert
Tracking Code: 763-112
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit a Prosecutions
Expert for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Successful candidates
will need to have demonstrated experience in supporting the national
government to select the relevant charges.
Required Competencies and Experience
- Senior professional and managerial experience in Financial Intelligence
- Experience in supporting or facilitating organisational change, ideally in government institutions.
- Excellent skills in managing teams, mentoring staff, providing supervision, guidance, and feedback to staff.
- Experience of working in multicultural teams in politically and operationally challenging environments.
- Excellent communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong strategy skills, including the ability to analyse trends and problems, and to anticipate them.
- Strong report-writing skills in English.
- Commitment to personal reflection, learning, and to the use of adaptive approaches.
- Familiarity with DFID planning tools and results frameworks will be an advantage.
- Previous experience working on anti-corruption programmes will be an advantage.
- Previous experience working on adaptive and flexible programming will be an advantage.
- Willingness to be based full-time (or major-time) in Abuja
Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Financial Intelligence Expert
Tracking Code: 761-112
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit a Financial
Intelligence Lead for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Demonstrated
experience in supporting a country’s FIU to prevent, detect and combat
financial crimes.
Required Competencies and Experience
- Senior professional and managerial experience in Financial Intelligence
- Experience in supporting or facilitating organisational change, ideally in government institutions.
- Excellent skills in managing teams, mentoring staff, providing supervision, guidance, and feedback to staff.
- Experience of working in multicultural teams in politically and operationally challenging environments.
- Excellent communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong strategy skills, including the ability to analyse trends and problems, and to anticipate them.
- Strong report-writing skills in English.
- Commitment to personal reflection, learning, and to the use of adaptive approaches.
- Familiarity with DFID planning tools and results frameworks will be an advantage.
- Previous experience working on anti-corruption programmes will be an advantage.
- Previous experience working on adaptive and flexible programming will be an advantage.
- Willingness to be based full-time (or major-time) in Abuja
Timing:
- This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022.
Duty Station:
- The expert will be expected be based in Abuja, Nigeria. Travel to states may be required.
Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Asset Recovery Expert
Tracking Code: 766-112
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in
asset recovery for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Candidates with
demonstrable experience in the working with Asset Forfeiture Units or
equivalent institutions are preferred.
- The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of
addressing barriers to asset identification, tracing, and asset recovery
in criminal and/or civil capacities.
Required Competencies and Experience
- A post-graduate degree in a related field
- 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred)
- Technical expertise gained from working as an Asset Recovery
Expert, (e.g. work with an Asset Forfeiture Unit). UK-trained advocates
or equivalent are encouraged to apply.
- Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice
- Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules
- Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes
- Effective communicator (written and oral)
- Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred
Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Investigations Expert
Tracking Code: 762-112
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022.
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an Investigations Lead for an upcoming anti-corruption project.
- Successful candidates will need to have demonstrated experience
in supporting governments to identify criminally derived assets and
profits, specifically in supporting investigators in acquiring relevant
and focused evidence.
Required Competencies and Experience
- Senior professional and managerial experience in Financial Intelligence
- Experience in supporting or facilitating organisational change, ideally in government institutions.
- Excellent skills in managing teams, mentoring staff, providing supervision, guidance, and feedback to staff.
- Experience of working in multicultural teams in politically and operationally challenging environments.
- Excellent communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong strategy skills, including the ability to analyse trends and problems, and to anticipate them.
- Strong report-writing skills in English.
- Commitment to personal reflection, learning, and to the use of adaptive approaches.
- Familiarity with DFID planning tools and results frameworks will be an advantage.
- Previous experience working on anti-corruption programmes will be an advantage.
- Previous experience working on adaptive and flexible programming will be an advantage.
- Willingness to be based full-time (or major-time) in Abuja
Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Criminal Sanctions Expert
Tracking Code: 764-112
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in
criminal sanctions for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Candidates
with demonstrable experience in working with courts and justice
oversight functions are preferred.
- The candidate will be experienced in providing innovative and
practical solutions to operational problems, and will have a detailed
knowledge of justice system mechanics (e.g. sentencing guidelines and
plea bargaining arrangements).
Required Competencies and Experience
- A post-graduate degree in a related field
- 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred)
- Technical expertise gained from working as with courts and/or
within the legal system (prosecutor or judge), UK-trained advocates or
equivalent are preferred
- Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice
- Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules
- Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes
- Effective communicator (written and oral)
- Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred
Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Administrative Sanctions Expert
Tracking Code: 765-112
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022.
The Project
- The upcoming project will support and strengthen the
anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of
government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and
sanctioning against corruption.
The Position
- Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in
administrative sanctions for an upcoming anti-corruption project.
Candidates with demonstrable experience in the governance of
disciplinary action against public officials in MDAs are preferred.
- The successful candidate will be experienced in working with
MDAs or regulatory oversight bodies to support the internal detection
and sanctioning of misconduct.
Required Competencies and Experience
- A post-graduate degree in a related field
- 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred)
- Technical expertise gained from working with MDAs and/or
oversight bodies in the detection and sanctioning of misconduct by
public officials.
- Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice
- Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules
- Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes
- Effective communicator (written and oral)
- Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred
Job Title: Public Financial Management Expert: Accounting and Internal Controls
Tracking Code: 786-112
Locations: Abuja, Sokoto, Bauchi, Nigeria
Department: Revenue Reform
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Job Description
- We are actively seeking international and regional/Nigerian
experts on a long-term basis to work within one of the targeted Federal
States of Nigeria.
- In brief, the experts working in this area will be expected to undertake activities and tasks related to the following:
Accounting:
- The consultant shall work with the selected ministries to
improve accounting practices, and seek increased compliance with
accounting standards.
- Non-compliant accounting practices and poor financial reporting
limits the ability of the public sector to monitor the financial
position, and reduces the transparency of a government’s financial
position.
- The consultant will work to ensure proper accounting and
reporting standards are met, and that government accounts properly
reflect the local government’s financial situation.
Internal Controls:
- The consultant shall work with the selected ministries to
improve internal controls operations. Enforcement of internal controls
in Nigeria at State Level is very weak.
- The consultant shall assist the selected state governments to
improve the quality and functioning of their system of internal
controls.
- As a result, there will be fewer opportunities for fraud, waste
and abuse of public funds, and a reduced chance of negative audit
findings.
- These efforts will reinforce appropriate use of funds leading to
improved allocation and expenditure in key sectors of health, education
and WASH.
The Project
- The purpose of the State-to-State (State2State) contract is to
increase the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of selected
state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria.
- This will be achieved by strengthening systems to improve the
delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health
care, and water, sanitation and hygiene - WASH); increasing the
efficiency of key governance operations (with a focus on public
financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and
evaluation); increasing government’s responsiveness to citizen needs and
priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to
manage conflict.
- State2State will work together with partner state governments to
reform these sectors, and will learn and replicate best practice
examples from other states.
- State2State will support, scale-up, accelerate and institutionalize new and existing initiatives.
- State2State is a governance programme. Better governance is a
means towards the ultimate end of poverty reduction by measurably
improving primary health care, basic education and WASH services.
- Conflict mitigation is a core theme of the USAID/Nigeria Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
- The Mission expects that improved governance and public services
coupled with a Do No Harm approach, conflict mitigation strategies and
tools will contribute to reducing violent conflict in the targeted
areas.
Requirements / Experience
Key competencies and experience:
- Experts should have the ability to deliver Technical Assistance
of an international standard to Nigeria’s Federal States, and to work
effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environment.
- You should relish working in a team, should be innovative,
energetic, positive, and genuinely committed to achieving lasting change
in your work.
The position requires the following Skills and Experience:
- A post-graduate Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics (or related degree) and/or 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Hands-on experience in in public sector accounting and internal control (e.g. cash management)
- Strong background of accounting and implementation of internal controls at State and local government level.
- Prior experience in developing policies and procedures to ensure
the effective and efficient administration of accounting & internal
controls at a sub-national level.
- Experience in the development of consolidated financial statements for government
- Knowledge and understanding of Charts of Accounts
- Understanding of financial management information systems
- Knowledge and understanding of fiscal decentralisation and revenue sharing arrangements.
- Experience working with automated tax administration systems, as
well as their interface with financial management information systems.
- Competent in identifying legislative gaps and recommending relevant amendments/new pieces of legislation.
- Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts in a politically aware manner.
- Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to counterparts, as well as mentoring.
- Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client-orientated.
- Excellent communication, inter-personal, and team-working skills.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders both within government and the wider environment.
Timing:
- This project is a five-year programme expected to run from 2017-2022.
Duty station:
- The experts will be expected to travel to and undertake long-term assignments in the targeted Federal States.
Job Title: Public Financial Management Expert: Revenue Policy and Administration
Tracking Code: 755-112
Locations: Abuja, Sokoto, Bauchi
Department: Revenue Reform
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Job Description
- We are actively seeking international and regional/Nigerian
experts on a long-term basis to work within one of the targeted Federal
States of Nigeria.
- In brief, the experts working in this area will be expected to undertake activities and tasks related to the following:
- Domestic Resource Mobilisation: States and LGAs in Nigeria
are beginning to search for ways to increase their locally-generated
revenues.
- This need has become particularly acute with the collapse in global oil prices since June 2014.
- The contractor shall assist the selected state and local
governments to increase domestic revenue mopbilisation, and particularly
tax revenues.
- An assumption of this reform area is that state governments
and LGAs will spend a significant portion of these increased revenues on
target social service sectors.
The Project
- The purpose of the State-to-State (State2State) contract is to
increase the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of selected
state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria.
- This will be achieved by strengthening systems to improve the
delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health
care, and water, sanitation and hygiene - WASH); increasing the
efficiency of key governance operations (with a focus on public
financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and
evaluation); increasing government’s responsiveness to citizen needs and
priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to
manage conflict.
- State2State is a governance programme. Better governance is a
means towards the ultimate end of poverty reduction by measurably
improving primary health care, basic education and WASH services.
- Conflict mitigation is a core theme of the USAID/Nigeria Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
- State2State will work together with partner state governments to
reform these sectors, and will learn and replicate best practice
examples from other states. State2State will support, scale-up,
accelerate and institutionalize new and existing initiatives.
- The Mission expects that improved governance and public services
coupled with a Do No Harm approach, conflict mitigation strategies and
tools will contribute to reducing violent conflict in the targeted
areas.
Required Skills
Key Competencies and Experience:
- Experts should have the ability to deliver Technical Assistance
of an international standard to Nigeria’s Federal States, and to work
effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environment. You
should relish working in a team, should be innovative, energetic,
positive, and genuinely committed to achieving lasting change in your
work.
The position requires the following skills and experience:
- A post-graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics (or related degree) and/or 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Hands-on experience in undertaking revenue analysis including,
revenue policy and administration gap analyses; subsequently, providing
context-relevant recommendations on revised policies and procedures in
line with in line with existing legislation.
- Strong background in domestic tax and non-tax revenue at a Federal State level.
- Prior experience in developing policies and procedures to ensure
the effective and efficient administration of revenue policy at a
sub-national level.
- Knowledge and understanding of fiscal decentralisation and revenue sharing arrangements.
- Experience working with automated tax administration systems, as
well as their interface with financial management information systems.
- Competent in identifying legislative gaps and recommending relevant amendments/new pieces of legislation.
- Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts in a politically aware manner.
- Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to counterparts, as well as mentoring.
- Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client-orientated.
- Excellent communication, inter-personal, and team-working skills.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders both within government and the wider environment.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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