Title: Public Financial Management (PFM) Specialist
Location: Gombe
Start date: July 2022
Background:
The purpose of the five-year (2020-2025) “State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness” (“State2State”) Activity is to increase the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of selected state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria. This will be achieved by: strengthening governance systems (with a focus on public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and evaluation) related to the delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation and hygiene [WASH]); increasing government responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to manage conflict (through work on prevention, mitigation and reconciliation with the same sectoral partners, not stand-alone assistance to the police or judiciary). State2State will achieve this purpose by facilitating the strengthening of subnational governance systems in a sustainable manner, supporting the efforts of local reformers and building on locally derived solutions including, to the extent possible, reforms already working in other parts of Nigeria.
Position Objectives:
The PFM Specialist in Gombe is a technical staff member embedded at the state-level. S/he will provide support and leadership to PFM activities and ensure relevant PFM interventions within the state.
Responsibilities:
The PFM Specialist will provide technical assistance (TA) to all PFM activities within the state for which they are responsible. For example, s/he will facilitate activities such as developing annual procurement plans in key sectors education, health, and WASH to foster greater transparency, reduce risk, and support service delivery efficiency. With guidance from the Technical Director PFM, this role will mentor partners and will provide TA to support realistic annual budget ceilings for the state ministry, department, and agencies. This role will collaborate on Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability assessment and PFM activity design and support implementation, and other activities as needed.
Reporting: The PFM Specialist will report, technically, to the Technical Director PFM [Bauchi main office] and coordinate closely on a daily basis with the State Team Lead-Gombe and Gombe State Team as well as other State2State state teams, among others.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as accounting, business, social sciences, law, development studies, etc. However, four (4) additional years of relevant international development experience can be substituted for the bachelor’s degree. Master’s preferred.
- At least nine (9) years of relevant professional experience. At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of international development activities, with preference given to democracy and governance activities under a USG instrument, or experience related to technical area of the position.
- Experience working in the PFM, democracy, and governance sector in Nigeria.
- Prior experience in overseeing the awarding and managing grants to local organizations to promote democracy and governance goals preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as good knowledge of the local language.
Applications from women, people with disability and young people who meet the above qualifications are encouraged to apply.
Please email all CVs to NigeriaGovernance@dai.com before the close of work on June 30, 2022
IMPORTANT: Please list the title of the position and location you are applying for in the subject line of your email.
How to apply
Please email all CVs to NigeriaGovernance@dai.com before the close of work on June 30, 2022. Or apply here: https://fs23.formsite.com/OLJTgx/nwrag4fpx2/index.html
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