Financial and Procurement Technical Advisor JOB

Financial and Procurement Technical Advisor

Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

Terms of Reference (ToR)

I. General Information

Post/Title:

Financial and Procurement Technical Advisor – Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

Department

Admin & Finance Department –Federal Ministry of Education, Culture & Higher Education (MOECHE)

Reporting Lines

Permanent Secretary(PS/Director General(DG)

Key Internal Contacts:

Ministry leadership (Permanent Secretary, Director General), Director of Finance, Technical Advisors (Program Director, MoECHE GPE Coordinator, Teacher development), CARE Area Managers, Education Technical Advisor and Senior Grants Officer.

Key External Contacts:

Federal Member states Ministries of Education (Jubaland, South West, Hirshabelle, Galmudug and Banaadir Regional Administration). CARE Area Managers, Education Technical Advisor and Senior Grants Officer and Concern Worldwide

II. Background Information

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) funded Education Sector Program Implementation Grant (ESPIG) is aligned with the priorities of the Federal Government of Somalia’s new ESSP and with GPE strategic objectives. The project focuses on the primary education subsector and seek to expand equitable access to quality primary education opportunities, improving learning outcomes, ensuring the acquisition of foundational skills at the expected level for each grade, and enhance system capacity at the central MOECHE and Member State Ministries. The ESPIG grant aim to address the needs of large numbers of out-of-school children in South Central Somalia, with a focus on children from marginalized groups such as IDPs, pastoralists/nomads, urban poor, minority clans, and children with disabilities, and with a particular emphasis on girls. The grant will be implemented by the Federal Government of Somalia ministry of education, culture and Higher Education (MoECHE) in collaboration with the federal member states ministries of education in Jubaland, South west, Galmudug, Hirshabelle states and Banaadir regional administration with CARE as grant agent and Concern Worldwide as sub-contractor.

III. Position Summary

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE) is seeking to recruit a Technical Advisor – Finance and Procurement to support building the capacity of the department of Admin and Finance. The incumbent will also support the work of the GPE program. He/she will work very closely with the Ministries of Education of the Federal Government of Somalia, Jubaland State of Somalia, Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South West States of Somalia, and with Concern Worldwide as sub-contractor. Reporting to the PS/DG, the TA will be a member of the Project Management Unit that is embedded in the FGS office in Mogadishu. He/she will support the Ministry of Education to assist with, and advice on, the planning, development and implementation of an effective and transparent accounting, budgeting and financial planning system, auditing and procurement within the MoECHE.

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