USAID DAI- PFMA STTA – Risk Management Advisor
SCOPE OF WORK
Public Financial Management and Administration Activity (PFMA)
Proposed Personnel |
TBD |
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Position |
STTA – Risk Management Advisor |
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Period of Performance On/About (From – To) |
From Sept. 3, 2023 |
To: dec. 31, 2023 |
Maximum Level of Effort |
Up to 43 LOE days |
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Base of Operations |
Amman, Jordan |
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position reports to |
ROB Lead |
Project Background:
The Jordan Public Financial Management Activity (PFMA) aims to work in partnership with USAID/Jordan and the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to improve Jordan’s revenue system and enhance their budget management process. PFMA will build the capacity of the Jordanian Ministry of Finance and other government institutions to modernize the revenue collection system, encourage compliance—including making it easier for taxpayers to comply with tax obligations—upgrade public procurement management, and improve budget planning, preparation, and execution. Key objectives include: 1) improving the revenue raising system; 2) streamlining the budget management process; 3) optimizing public expenditure management; and 4) implementing crosscutting Public Financial Management reforms such as interventions to address COVID-19. Through a combination of technical assistance, capacity building, and facilitation, tangible and measurable results are expected during the anticipated five-year duration of the activity.
To these ends, PFMA works closely with the relevant Government of Jordan entities, USAID and other donor programs to identify opportunities to improve revenues and enhance the budgeting process through building the capacity of the Ministry of Finance and other government institutions and provide on-hand support upgrading of different internal and external systems. Additionally, USAID have managed an MOU with the Ministry of Finance under which both entities will collaborate to support the newly created Macro-Fiscal Unit (MFU) at the Ministry of Finance, to advance MOF-led commitments under the IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Agreement and the implementation of the Five Years Reform Matrix. PFMA is mandated to support two positions under the MFU.
Objective:
PFMA is seeking to engage the services of a Short-Term Consultant / Risk Management Advisor to assist in performing Risk Register for MOF: The consultant will work closely with the PFMA management team to:
- Definition of Risks and Risk types
- Identifying Risk approaches and tool to build risk register
- Defining of risk register scope
- Define roles and responsibilities of Quality Unit and other operating units.
- Coach Quality Unit team and focal persons in other operating units in initiating and maintaining Risk Register
- 2024 Final Risk Register for MOF
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant will perform the following tasks:
- Prepare above mentioned definitions identifications
- Submit Weekly update reports
- Coach Quality Unit team in finalizing 2024 Risk Register for MOF
Schedule of Deliverables
Deliverable |
Details |
Expected Delivery Date |
Inception Report |
Data Gathering and analyzing the current Risk Register and recent efforts to update it, identify the methodology and final work plan |
Three LOE, From Sept 3- To Sept 5, 2023 |
Risk Register Preparation Manual |
Prepare working procedures to transfer knowledge |
Five LOE, From Sept. 6 – To Sept. 12, 2023 |
Initial Risk Register |
Field Work and data collection |
Thirty LOE, From Sept. 13 – To Oct. 23, 2023 |
Weekly report | Update the project status | On going Sep 23 – Oct 23 |
Final Report |
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Five LOE, From Oct. 24 – To Oct. 30, 2023 |
REPORTING:
The Consultant will report to the PFMA ROB Lead.
Qualifications:
- Higher education degree in a relevant field (such as Accounting, public/business administration, economics, or Industrial Engineering,)
- Minimum of 10 years of experience working in risk management and governance (on the ground) with high level clients and donor agencies.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to transfer knowledge and capacities
- Fluency in both English and Arabic.