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Environmental Fiscal Reforms Expert GFA Consulting Group


Tender/ EuropeAid/133178/D/SER/LB
Project title: Support to Reforms- Environmental Governance (StREG)

Project Period:
April 2013- March 2016 (36)

Duration of Assignment:
60 working days


Project Description:
The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows:
The global objective is to improve the environmental performance of the Lebanese public sector through reforming environmental governance.
The specific objective is to create effective capacity specifically at the Ministry of Environment to plan and execute environmental policy, including enforcement and mainstreaming by coordinating with key line-ministries.
The purpose of this contract is to provide the Technical Assistance Team (TAT) that will assist the Supervisor (the Ministry of Environment) in the implementation of the StREG, including the provision of:
  • Technical expertise tasks;
  • Administrative, preparatory and ancillary tasks relating to planning, monitoring, reporting on Programme components.                        
The Technical Assistance Team will also be involved in the development of Terms of References or technical specifications for the procurement of expertise and goods for the project.
Job Description:
Tasks:
Implementation of activities related to advancing environmental fiscal reforms (activities 3.1-3.2)

Qualifications:
Qualifications and skills
-    Education: Masters degree in environmental economics or environmental taxation or environmental fiscal management;
-    Language Requirements: English or French (Arabic is an asset), good reporting skills;
-    Communication: Proven strong communication skills and ability to communicate with people at all levels;
-    Computer literacy: text processing tools, spread sheet tools;

General professional experience
-    Minimum of 10 years of experience in environmental economics, preferably with the public sector and/or international organizations;
-    Participated in projects dealing with environmental fiscal reforms.

Specific professional experience
-    Past experience in Clean Development Mechanisms is required.
Note:
-that civil servants and other staff of the public administration of the beneficiary country cannot be recruited as experts, unless prior written approval has been obtained from the European Commission.
-that only suitable and short-listed candidates will be contacted.
More Resources
ToR Tender Environmental Governance Lebanon393kb, pdfDownload