Senior Institutional development expert
GDSI Limited has been short-listed for the EU-funded project in Kazakhstan "Programme to support the Kazakhstani Government's Regional Development Policy"
The present project will be implemented under the program "Supporting Kazakhstan's Local Development policies" (KAZLOD) co-funded by the European Union and the Government of Kazakhstan. The present project will closely cooperate with two other components of the program implemented in pilot regions that include a project on enhancing local competitiveness (implemented jointly by the European Union and the OECD), and grant projects on promoting local development initiatives.
The intended commencement date of the project is November 2011 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 48 months from this date.
We welcome applications from Senior experts with the following profile:
Key Expert 2: Institutional development expert (minimum of 440 days over 4 years)
Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
• Provide support to the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade and and oblast authorities in the area of Institutional development, with particular focus on performance management, monitoring and evaluation systems for public policies
• Provide support to the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade and and oblast authorities in the area of Human Resource Management and Development
• Monitor performance of the changes taking place in the legislation on Institutional Development
• Provide support ot the further development of public participation and policy development, implementation and monitoring of results
• Ensure coherence of project approach and strategies of project implementation in pilot regions. This may involve frequent travel to different project areas. In particular, support coherence of policy approach of short/medium term experts working in pilot regions on main topics identified in these Terms of Reference.
• Promote communication among pilot oblast and spill-over of project results into other oblasts
Qualifications and skills
• Masters Degree in public administration, public finance, public policy, local and regional development or a relevant, directly related discipline, or equivalent. Possession of a Ph.D. degree in a relevant subject will be considered an advantage.
• Good management skills
• Proficiency in English, knowledge of Russian would be an asset
General professional experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience in the fields related to the project, 5 of which in managerial position
• Minimum 7 years of relevant international professional experience in the institutional development, government capacity building and policy performance assessment, monitoring and evaluation
• Minimum 4 years of experience in technical assistance projects in relevant fields in transition countries, preferably CIS
• Experience within an EU Local Government administration as a manager, practitioner or consultant would be an asset
Specific professional experience
• Experience in design, development and implementation of regional policy programs
• Experience in providing advise on or regional policy development, preferably in Central Asia, CIS countries, EU countries or accession countries
• Experience in providing Technical Assistance on performance assessment, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in the field of public participation in policy making
Send your Applications to nicholas.holmes@gdsi.ie
The present project will be implemented under the program "Supporting Kazakhstan's Local Development policies" (KAZLOD) co-funded by the European Union and the Government of Kazakhstan. The present project will closely cooperate with two other components of the program implemented in pilot regions that include a project on enhancing local competitiveness (implemented jointly by the European Union and the OECD), and grant projects on promoting local development initiatives.
The intended commencement date of the project is November 2011 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 48 months from this date.
We welcome applications from Senior experts with the following profile:
Key Expert 2: Institutional development expert (minimum of 440 days over 4 years)
Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
• Provide support to the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade and and oblast authorities in the area of Institutional development, with particular focus on performance management, monitoring and evaluation systems for public policies
• Provide support to the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade and and oblast authorities in the area of Human Resource Management and Development
• Monitor performance of the changes taking place in the legislation on Institutional Development
• Provide support ot the further development of public participation and policy development, implementation and monitoring of results
• Ensure coherence of project approach and strategies of project implementation in pilot regions. This may involve frequent travel to different project areas. In particular, support coherence of policy approach of short/medium term experts working in pilot regions on main topics identified in these Terms of Reference.
• Promote communication among pilot oblast and spill-over of project results into other oblasts
Qualifications and skills
• Masters Degree in public administration, public finance, public policy, local and regional development or a relevant, directly related discipline, or equivalent. Possession of a Ph.D. degree in a relevant subject will be considered an advantage.
• Good management skills
• Proficiency in English, knowledge of Russian would be an asset
General professional experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience in the fields related to the project, 5 of which in managerial position
• Minimum 7 years of relevant international professional experience in the institutional development, government capacity building and policy performance assessment, monitoring and evaluation
• Minimum 4 years of experience in technical assistance projects in relevant fields in transition countries, preferably CIS
• Experience within an EU Local Government administration as a manager, practitioner or consultant would be an asset
Specific professional experience
• Experience in design, development and implementation of regional policy programs
• Experience in providing advise on or regional policy development, preferably in Central Asia, CIS countries, EU countries or accession countries
• Experience in providing Technical Assistance on performance assessment, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in the field of public participation in policy making
Send your Applications to nicholas.holmes@gdsi.ie
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