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CHIEF OF PARTY AND SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR, JORDAN FISCAL REFORM II PROJECT

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Position Description:

DAI is seeking applications for the Chief of Party opening on the ongoing Fiscal Reform Project II in Jordan. This position description provides background information on the Jordan Fiscal Reform II Project (FRP II), and the general responsibilities of the Chief of Party and Senior Policy Advisor, and reporting and supervision.

The purpose of Jordan Fiscal Reform II Project (FRP II) is to support a program of technical assistance to Jordan in the areas tax and customs administration, budget management, more effective economic policy formulation, and an improved system for valuation and taxation of real property at the national and local levels. The main counterpart for the activity will be the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

FRP II will support Component 1 of USAID/Jordan’s Strategic Objective for 2007-11: Improved Economic Opportunities for Jordanians. In particular, the work under this project will improve economic policy and the business environment by helping to streamline budgeting, financial management, and the provision of government services and to make revenue collection more efficient and equitable.

FRP II is fundamentally about helping the MOF and MOPSD transform fiscal policy and public financial management to forge a more effective, innovative, and results-oriented government —a government that lays the foundation for economic stability and growth. FRP II will support the MOF and MOPSD to achieve key reform objectives that will transform the Government of Jordan into a high-performing, results-oriented administration that taxes citizens fairly, spends money wisely, and moves goods smoothly, improving the lot of everyday Jordanians and building stability in the region.

The FRP II has five explicit objectives and comprises six components. The objectives of the project are:

  1. Improved efficiency of use of public resources through stronger public financial management.
  2. Results-oriented government.
  3. Enhanced revenue mobilization through better revenue administration.
  4. Adoption of resource-saving reforms in selected government programs through sound policy analysis initiated from the MOF.
  5. Increased efficiency in trading across borders.

The six component work areas are:

  1. Tax revenue mobilization
  2. Public financial management
  3. Ministry of Finance structure and operations.
  4. Customs administration and trade facilitation
  5. Results-oriented government
  6. Government Financial Management Information System (GFMIS)

In addition to the six components, FRP II has a core/crosscutting support team, under supervision of the DCOP that provides for some crosscutting and support functions, such as outreach, training tracking, finance, administration, and monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

The Chief of Party is the main person responsible for attaining these goals and for overseeing the work of the six components to ensure these goals are attained.

General duties of the Chief of Party and Senior Policy Advisor

The Chief of Party is responsible for the overall successful performance of FRP II from all perspectives. To operationalize this overall responsibility, the COP leads a team and is supported by others who help to make this operationalization feasible. The COP brings excellence to all aspects of project operations, whether in the technical areas, financial management, reporting, or work place environment.

There are four specific duties that the COP fulfills. These are:

  1. Team building. The COP is responsible for the overall development of the project team, for ensuring that the team comprises the right people, is motivated, enthusiastic, productive, and all pulling in the same direction for the same goals. The team building COP also assures that the environment in which the team operates is conducive to learning and the team is motivated to be enthusiastically productive. Where necessary, the COP must mentor other members of the project Senior Management Team.
  2. Set directions. The COP, within the context of project objectives and mandates, is responsible for the overall direction of the project team, for guiding the directions of the component teams, and for ensuring that project directions are clear to all component leaders and to the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP). It is the responsibility of the COP to convert project directives, new requirements, new opportunities, project talent, and counterpart and customer demands and requests into project directions. This, in part, is manifested in the work planning processes, as well as ad hoc adjustments to work plan activities and introduction of revised work and scopes of work.
  3. Allocate resources. Based on project directions, costs, opportunities, respective management capabilities, client and counterpart needs, the COP will allocate, both on an annual and ongoing bases, resources for the accomplishment of project tasks, subtasks, and meeting and accomplishing milestones, deliverables, and results. The COP does not only allocate resources, but is also responsible for monitoring how resources are used and for making reallocations when necessary.

In terms of team building, setting directions, and allocating resources, the COP is the key person responsible for coordinating and finalizing the submission for approval of the FRP II annual work plans.

  1. Represent the project. The COP is the main point of representation and interaction with the customer (USAID), partners (Nathan Associates and Ihtiraf Consulting) the counterparts (MOF and MOPSD), the home office (Bethesda), and the public. In this role, the COP will work closely with the USAID COTR, report, confer, and consult regularly with the Minister of Finance and the Secretary General of the Minister of Finance, and will meet from time to time with other counterparts, such as the DGs of Customs, Income and Sales Tax, Budget, as well as with the Minister of Public Sector Development, the Secretary General of the MOPSD, and the Director of the King Abdullah II Center for Excellence. The COP is responsible for appearing at public events as the main representative of the FRP II.

In addition to these four main responsibilities, the COP also serves as Senior Policy Advisor, duties as described in brief.

  1. Serve as Senior Policy Advisor. The COP also serves as Senior Policy Advisor. In this role, he provides policy advice to USAID, MOF, MOPSD, and others, as needed. He draws from the technical expertise and research assistance provided by others on the FRP II team. Policy advisory assistance will be in fiscal and economic areas.


Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in economics, public finance, business or related field and at least 12 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree in economics, public finance, business or related field and at least 15 years of relevant experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead a diverse team on projects of similar scale (financially, staff size, and activities)
  • Demonstrated experience working in planning and managing highly complex fiscal reform and economic growth-related projects in transition/developing countries.
  • Strong writing and oral presentation skills
  • Excellent English is mandatory.


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Application Instructions

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the DAI website:http://sj.tbe.taleo.net/SJ1/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=DAINC&cws=1&rid=363 and indicate how soon they would be available to mobilize to Jordan, if selected for nomination and approved for the position by USAID.

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