2 New Job Opportunities United Nations at UNICEF Tanzania – Individual Consultant

💥Individual Consultant (2) – PFM Specialist (National or International), Mtwara & Mbeya, Tanzania ( For 6 Months)
Job no: 557769
Contract type: Consultant
Level: Consultancy
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Social Policy
UNICEF
works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most
disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To
help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
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The
UNICEF Social Policy programme works to strengthen national
statistical, public financial management, and social protection systems
and coverage, in addition to building national capacity in child-focused
research and evaluation to promote evidence-based policy engagement.

In
addition to limited data availability, low budget credibility and
execution rates, and poor alignment between regional and sub-regional
plans and budgets, regional public financial management systems remain
vulnerable to a wide array of structural challenges linked to low
analytical capacity. These challenges have significant implications for
the effective delivery of national programmes affecting children, in
terms of both the availability and accessibility of essential social
services.

With a view to strengthen the budget monitoring and
analysis chain along the institutional spectrum from LGAs to central
ministries, regional authorities play a central role to track
implementation of selected government initiatives, assess value for
money, and ultimately monitor actual performance in the face of
commitments as outlined in sector and LGA plans and budgets. Key means
of verification include quarterly performance, as well as financial and
physical performance reports. This information is released in
semi-annual budget monitoring reports and policy briefs which are
distributed to MOFP and other government officials, Members of
Parliament, development partners and civil society organizations.

How can you make a difference?
Strengthened
PFM systems rest on high quality engagement across multiple layers of
government’s institutional architecture. Strong systems, in turn, result
in the effective delivery of basic services affecting children and
other vulnerable groups. By strengthening the technical skills of the
officers responsible for budget planning, execution, monitoring and
accountably, this effort aims to institutionalize data use and evidence
generation at the heart of strategic policy implementation at both
central and local government level.

Building on on-going efforts
to strengthen national public financial management systems, the PFM
specialist will work under the direct supervision of regional planning
authorities and the UNICEF economist.
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Summary of key tasks:
1. Establish and coordinate regional budget monitoring and analysis activities
Support
establishment of regional budget monitoring and analysis activities and
develop institutional mechanisms, i.e. budget monitoring and analysis
unit(s), for improved collaboration with councils and MDAs.
Build the
capacity of the budget monitoring and analysis unit(s) to monitor the
implementation of selected government initiatives, assess value for
money, and ultimately assess actual performance in the face of
commitments as outlined in sector and LGA plans and budgets. Key means
of verification include quarterly performance, as well as financial and
physical performance reports, amongst others.

2. Strengthen and
develop systematic workflows and monitoring processes harnessed on
flagship publications for policy advocacy and high-level engagement
Establish
clear processes / cycles (e.g. budget monitoring and analysis calendar)
to undertake budget analysis with a view to monitor the implementation
of national programmes at LGA level;
Oversee local capacity building
efforts aimed at developing and institutionalizing data collection and
aggregation for council and region-specific semi-annual performance
assessments to enhance budget implementation and execution;
In close
collaboration with MOFP and PORALG, lead regional budget analysis and
research to identify and address sector specific budget implementation
bottlenecks;
Facilitate meaningful policy engagement between regional
authorities, councils, MOFP, PORALG and relevant MDAs and LGAs, on the
basis of data and evidence generation.

3. Support regional
efforts to institutionalize financial and outcome level data aggregation
and utilization for budget monitoring and analysis
Establish data
collection processes and workflows in support of regional and
sub-regional budget monitoring and analytical efforts;
Develop data
governance protocols to guide data management and utilization in support
of regional and subregional budget monitoring and analysis;
Develop
and institutionalize flagship publications documenting budget
implementation successes and failures, and guiding meaningful upstream
and downstream policy engagement.

KEY TASKS, DELIVERABLES AND TIME FRAME

SN	Main Task	Time frame	Payments (%)
1	Support the establishment the budget monitoring and analysis team in each region	15 – Jan-2022	16.6
2	Identify institutional relationships between the regions, the LGAs and the MDAs relevant for budget monitoring and accountability processes	14-Feb-2022	16.6
3	Identify data sources relevant to budget monitoring and accountability activities. These will include both financial and outcome level data.	15-March-2023	16.6
4	Create region-specific databases bringing together relevant financial and outcome level indicators to support budget monitoring and accountability efforts	14-April-2023	16.6
5	Create workflows and workplans to institutionalize budget monitoring and accountability to improve the strengthen and streamline the budget cycle	15-May-2023	16.6
6	Support the budget monitoring and accountability unit to produce three flagship publications (e.g. semiannual performance assessments, quarterly reports, budget	14-June-2023	16.6
		6 months

PAYMENT SCHEDULE.
Payments will be made upon
submission and acceptance of the specified deliverables in the table
above under section TASKS, DELIVERABLE AND TIME FRAME. UNICEF reserves
the right to withhold all or portion of payment if performance is
unsatisfactory, if work/output is incomplete, not delivered or for
failure to meet deadlines.

ASSESSMENT / SELECTION PROCESS AND METHODS
Evaluations:
The applicant should submit both technical and financial proposal which
clearly stipulate how the work will be conducted. The Financial
Proposal should include all costs of this assignment including fee,
travel costs, accommodation as UNICEF will not pay any DSA.

Proposals
will be both technically and financially evaluated. The technical part
will carry a weight of 75%, in which the consultant will put clear
his/her technical approach to ensure quality attainment of each
deliverable and the consultancy in totality. The financial part will
carry 25% showing the proposed budget breakdown of consultancy cost for
each deliverable (fees, travels and accommodation) and eventual total
consultancy cost.

Technical proposal will be evaluated on the following the criteria:

• Years of expertise experience
• Academic qualifications
• Specialized expertise
• Relevant Experience

REPORTING
This consultancy is reporting to Economist.

LOCATION, DURATION & LOGISTIC
The consultancy is based in Mbeya & Mtwara and will cover a period of 6 months from 15 January to 15 July 2022.

A
consultant is expected to travel a maximum of 26 days per the
assignment. Transport costs incurred during field travel will be
reimbursed to the consultant.

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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional work experience at national and international level in policy analysis and advocacy.
• Knowledge
  of public finance and PFM, excellent analytical, communication,
  advocacy and research skills, computer literacy (especially MS Office
  programme),
• Proficiency in at least one of the UNICEF working
  languages: English, French or Spanish, as well as fluency in the working
  language of the office (English) required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s
Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and
Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get
acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
Demonstrates
Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1), Works Collaboratively with
others (1), Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1), Innovates and
Embraces Change (1), Thinks and Acts Strategically (1), Drive to achieve
impactful results (1), Manages ambiguity and complexity (1).
During
the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency
framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its
different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce,
and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality,
religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with
disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff
, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable
accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages
the use of flexible working arrangements.
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UNICEF
has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the
aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual
exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and
discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding
principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these
standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference
and background checks. Background checks will include the verification
of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates
may be required to provide additional information to conduct a
background check.

Remarks:
UNICEF’s active commitment
towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results
for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidate from
all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living
with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF
appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by
the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by
UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to
inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with
UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before
taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to
withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or
medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements
are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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UNICEF
only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an
institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database
(WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities
(IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net

Priority will be given to all the eligible candidates participating in 2022 Mobility Exercise and Staff on Abolished post.
Advertised: 09 Dec 2022 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 13 Jan 2023 E. Africa Standard Time