Project

Support to Good Financial Governance in Tanzania - Consulting services for supporting Public Financial Management Reform in Tanzania

Key Expert 3: Public Procurement Expert

Position

Public Procurement Expert

Project description

The Good Financial Governance (GFG) project in Tanzania is a technical assistance programme. It is funded by the Federal Government of Germany, as well as Switzerland and the EU. The project has a term of three years and three months (May 2024 to July 2027). The programme will operate in three key locations: in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and on Zanzibar with varying degree of presence.

Significant challenges in the mobilisation of domestic revenue remain, comprising both tax policy and tax administration. Moreover, the public finance system shows weaknesses in the fields of budgeting, access to information, public procurement, and audit. These challenges can be summarised in the core problem: domestic revenue mobilisation and public expenditure are not sufficiently effective, accountable and transparent to finance Tanzania’s development objectives given the framework conditions for tax policy making, administration, and public financial management.

The module objective of the GFG Project is: Revenues are raised and spent in a more effective, accountable and transparent manner. Effective revenue mobilisation is key to ensuring sufficient available public funding for development objectives in the long-term. At the same time, effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of public expenditure are crucial for reducing financial leakages, developmentoriented and inclusive planning and spending of funds. 

The GFG Project aims to achieve the following outputs: 
1) Strengthened capacities for mobilising domestic revenues at national and local level,
2) Strengthened capacities for public expenditure control,
3) Improved strategic framework conditions for evidence-based, fiscal policy making,
4) Strengthened competences for implementing the Public Finance Management Reform Program (PFMRP) in Zanzibar.

Job description

Tasks of Key Expert 3:

  • Lead on implementation of all public-procurement related activities
  • Individual capacity building for public officials in the area of public procurement
  • Provision of trainings with the ultimate objective to facilitate CPSP certification of individual technical staff of partner organisations
  • Technical and process advice to PPRA, PSPTB, IAGD and other relevant organisations to strengthen institutional capacity in the areas of audit and public procurement.
  • Support to establish virtual training courses with PPRA/PSPTB.
  • Targeted support for the implementation of specific audit recommendations, including capacity development in public procurement and contract management for identified stakeholders
  • Facilitation of operational planning
  • Coordination of short-term experts delivering services in line with agreements with team leader and partner organisations
  • Supporting Team Leader on ad-hoc basis

Requirements

Education/training

  • University degree (Bachelor’s) in Economics, Finance, Political Science, Law, or similar relevant fields
  • Knowledge of Swahili, C1-level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
  • Knowledge of English, B2-level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
General professional experience
7 years of professional experience in the sector of Public Financial Management

Specific professional experience
5 years of professional experience in Public Procurement

Professional experience in the country/ region of assignment
7 years of professional experience in Africa, in accordance with UN DESA Statistics Division, of which 2 years in Tanzania

Experience in the field of development cooperation
3 years of experience in development cooperation projects

 Africa (Eastern)

 Tanzania

Attachments

Duration of assignment

01/02/2025 - 08/02/2027

Deadline for applications

29/11/2024

Job type

long term

Job status

prequalification

Project reference

23-0159-000-TZA-GIZ-GFGIII

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