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Post:Public Finance Management Expert
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from Belgian Development Agency
Career categories: Finance/Accounting/Auditing
Country: Uganda
City: Kampala
Organisation: Belgian Development Agency
Theme: Education
Job years of experience: 3-5 years
Job type: Job
Closing date: 22 May 2013
In view of the the further development of its activities the BTC is currently looking for a (m/f):
Public Finance Management Expert - Uganda
Ref.: UGA/12/025-B
Location: Kampala - Uganda Duration of the contract: 36 months Probable starting date: as soon as possible Monthly salary package: between 5.624,06 euro and 7.959,57 euro (this includes the gross monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant experience.
Project:
Belgium provides budget support to the health and education sector in Uganda. Through this budget support, Belgium contributes to the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP), the Universal Post-primary Education and Training (UPPET) strategy and the Health Sector Strategy and Investment Plan (HSSIP). Along with the financial contribution, Belgium participates actively in the policy dialogue. These ToR are for a public finance management (PFM) expert who will follow both budget support operations and provide valuable expertise on PFM issues to the Belgian Cooperation, the Development Partners and the Government of Uganda. Additionally, an education and a health expert are assigned for each budget support operation. The PFM expert will work in collaboration with these two experts.
Objectives:
To strengthen harmonised support and monitoring of the health and education sector in Uganda, with the overall aim of ensuring that joint development assistance is used effectively and efficiently in reaching the MDGs within the health and education SWAps.
Work modalities:
Work under the leadership of the BTC Resident Representative (ResRep) and in collaboration with the Public Health expert, the Education expert, other Technical Assistants and the Attaché in order to ensure the overall coherence of the Belgian health and education portfolio. The BTC ResRep represents the BTC in the field and is therefore the hierarchical superior of the experts.
Regulatory framework: The follow-up of the Belgian contribution to the BS programme will be done according to the principles and tasks set out in following official documents:
• The Management contract between the Belgian State and BTC;
• Vademecum for Budget Support;
• Specific Agreement on the contribution between Belgium and the partner country (one for SBS health and one for SBS education);
• Implementation Agreement (CMO) between DGD and BTC;
• MoU signed by the Development Partners (DPs) and partner country for each sector;
• The health policy note of the Belgian Cooperation.
Function:
The expert will contribute to the disbursement reports that advise on the release of health and education sector budget support installments, in collaboration with the two BTC sector advisors.
Support to the Belgian Cooperation:
• Provide technical and policy advice to the Attaché with regard to his/her positioning on policy in PFM-related issues.
• Provide the Attaché with an analysis of the budget planning and execution in the education and health sector. Particularly, prior to Joint Sector Reviews and the Budget Framework conferences, making sure budgetary concerns are addressed appropriately.
• If and when required, provide the Attaché with information and advice on PFM matters arising within the Joint Budget Support Framework (JBSF).
• Make sure the new policies and/or critical issues raised regarding PFM in technical working group (TWG) meetings are brought up, in due time, to the attention of the Attaché.
• Contribute actively to the existing technical coordination mechanisms of the Belgian support to the Health and Education sector by exchanging information on health and education PFM issues, so as to promote a shared vision and a coherent approach.
• Provide PFM advice, reporting, and briefings under the lead of the Belgian BTC resident representative, in line with the Belgian Budget Support Vade-mecum.
Support to the SWAp coordination mechanism in the health and education sectors:
• Contribute to the achievement of more effective aid to the health and education sector through improved harmonisation, coordination of DPs and their alignment to the Sector Strategic Plan and policies, according to the principles of the Paris Declaration, the MoU for the health SWAp (Compact) and the MoU of the education SWAp.
• Actively participate in and contribute to TWG meetings related to PFM in the education and health sectors (ie. Health Financing TWG, M&E TWG and Budget TWG). In addition, participate in high-level fora of the policy dialogue of the health and education sector: the monthly Health Development Partners (HDP) meetings, the bi-monthly Health Policy Advisory Committee (HPAC) meetings, the Education Sector Consultative Committee (ESCC) meetings, and the Joint Budget Support Framework meetings.
• Actively participate in the (preparatory) meetings of the annual Joint Review Mission for health and education, strengthening the link between PFM at sector level and macro level. Contribute to the drafting of the summary reports together with the Attaché, other DPs and the MoH/MoES representatives.
• Liaise with other DPs engaged in Sector/General Budget Support and participate in the PFM-related joint missions (eg: PEFA, FRA etc) when appropriate.
• Analyse budget planning, budget execution, financial reporting, internal and external control systems in the health and education sector at central and local level and support the actors in both sector in these matters.
• Analyse the annual report of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG), share findings with donors and follow up on the recommendations and corrective measures with MoH/MoES.
• Establish, develop and maintain good working relations with the Government ministries (namely MoH, MoES, MoFPED, Local Governments), institutions and all partners involved in the education and health sector.
Support to the overall functioning of the Ugandan health and education systems:
• Follow up and undertake analysis of the implementation of current Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP) and the Education Sector Strategy Plan (ESSP), the Universal Post-primary Education and Training (UPPET) strategy in collaboration with the BTC health and education experts in the field.
• Monitor identified risk factors and constructively collaborate with the partner authorities within the policy dialogue to implement mitigating actions. In particular:
• Analyse Health budget and expenditure within the sector and within the national budget and share information with relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse Education budget and expenditure within the sector and within the national budget and share information with relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse annual audit reports (Auditor General’s report), share and discuss findings in the education and health sector with DPG, MoH, MoES and MoFPED and follow up on recommendations and issues addressed in the reports.
• Present recommendations on planning, budget allocations and expenditures and PFM issues at sector level to the HPAC, HDP and ESCC.
Reporting:
• Provide quarterly reports (2 progress reports, 1 annual report, 1 disbursement report) to the Attaché, the Resident Representative of BTC, and the Budget Support Working Group (DGD-BTC-Minister in Brussels) with regard to PFM and policy dialogue, as provided in the Vademecum for Budget Support. Quality assurance of the reports will be done first by the Departments of Expertise (for progress reporting) and Finance (for the disbursement reports) in BTC Brussels, then by the ResRep, who officially submits the reports to the Attaché in time. These reports shall be done jointly with the Education and Health experts (ie. One quarterly report per budget support operation).
• In particular, for the disbursement reports, the adviser will systematically check whether the conditions for disbursement as defined in the Specific Agreement are met. She/he will, after internal quality check, formulate a clear advice to the Attaché in this respect. The Attaché will submit the Report to the Inspector of Finance.
• In the Annual Reports the expert will include an updated description of the PFM system and PFM reform processes in place in Uganda, paying particular attention to the health and education sectors.
• Facilitate the release of Belgium’s contribution to sector budget support.
Profile:
• University degree in economics, public management, public administration, law, political science or related; • A minimum of 3 years of experience in public financial management– all or partly in the field in developing countries or transitional countries;
• A high degree of questioning business as usual, drive, self-motivation and ability to work independently with minimum supervision;
• Prepared to undertake frequent field trips;
• Cooperative and networking attitude and experience of working in multi-disciplinary team settings;
• Demonstrated interpersonal, communication, reporting, diplomatic and negotiation skills;
• Analytical skills and critical thinking;
• Negotiation and diplomatic skills;
• Analytical skills and critical attitude;
• Good organizational skills;
• Extensive professional experience in a multicultural context;
• Good communicator;
• English proficiency, both in speaking and writing. Knowledge of Dutch and French is an asset.
How to apply:
Interested?
Please apply no later than May 22nd 2013, through our website www.btcctb.org. Use our Standard CV and a letter of motivation to apply. You can find the model of our Standard CV on the Jobs page of our website. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at +32 (0)2/505 18 65
Job ID: #573608
http://reliefweb.int/job/573608/public-finance-management-expert
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