Decentralization Policy Expert and Deputy Team Leader national (12 person-months)

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Job Title: Decentralization Policy Expert and Deputy Team Leader national (12 person-months)
Organization: Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise (P) Ltd
Job Location: Indonesia
Last Date: 25th April 2011

Send your applications to email: pacharya@ipeglobal.com , atchokshi@ipeglobal.com

Programme Description- Support for Local Government Finance and Governance Reform II Program

Strengthening decentralization policy and enhancing regional governments’ ability to deliver services are core elements of the Government of Indonesia’s five-year development plan. These objectives also represent a key pillar of the country operations business plan, 2009–2011, of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This policy and advisory technical assistance (TA) falls under the long-standing Local Government Finance and Governance Reform Program and provides support to actions in the policy matrix for subprogram 2, which was approved by the Board in December 2008. The TA builds on several earlier TA projects under the Local Government Finance and Governance Reform Program and was anticipated in the report and recommendation of the President. The impact of the TA will be more efficient, effective, and equitable spending by regional governments. The expected outcome is strengthened capacity to attain all agreed actions under the subprogram 2 policy matrix as well as to adopt new policies.

Impact and Output
The TA focuses at more efficient, effective, and equitable spending by regional governments. The expected outcome is strengthened capacity to attain all agreed actions under the subprogram 2 policy matrix as well as to adopt new policies. The project looks forward to achieve the core outputs namely Strengthened approach to coordinate fiscal decentralization policies, reduce inconsistencies between sector and decentralization laws and related inconsistencies in budgets, refinement and development of the regional government performance measurement system and improved efficiency in the transmission, collation, and analysis of financial information from regional governments.

About the organization
Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise (IPE) offers consultancy services in the field of development and financial management in India, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Palestine, Vietnam and United Kingdom for International support agencies like DFID, USAID, ADB, JBIC, JICA, World Bank, DANIDA, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Zimbabwe, UNDP, GTZ as well as governments (centre, state and local). IPE has offices in India (six) and UK. IPE is dedicated to Building the institutions in developing economies through use of the tenets of good governance and policy development that enables managers to effectively and efficiently manage development. IPE focuses on preparation of policy and legislative reforms to manage public finances, improve governance by predictability, participation, transparency and accountability in the pro-poor spending.

To know more about us please visit at - http://www.ipeglobal.com /

Job Description:
This consultant will have appropriate postgraduate qualifications in economics, finance or public administration and be experienced in participating in and supporting the management of medium to large TA teams. Significant experience is required in policy aspects of fiscal and administrative decentralization. This consultant will work closely with and under the supervision of the team leader. His or her main tasks and outputs to be delivered include:
• Support the leadership, management, and coordination of all aspects of the TA, including acting as team leader when the team leader is absent;
• Support preparation and approval of an inception report, which focuses on management arrangements for achieving required outputs;
• Support other consultants in producing selected outputs and milestones, contributing to timeliness and quality;
• Support provision of quality control over selected outputs and milestones;
• Ensure all activities are consistent with activities of the related ADB TA and all other development partner activities
• Assist as directed in finalizing the monitoring and reporting system and providing regular progress reports to ADB, the Directorate General of Fiscal Balance, MOF and IAs;
• Assist in regular discussions with the General of Fiscal Balance, MOF and IAs on progress and issues, including recommending resolutions to bottlenecks; and
• Assist as directed in finalizing all relevant papers and workshops as set out as outputs and milestones for all outputs.

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