Team Leader and Civil Service Reform Expert, Strategic Review of the Timor-Leste Civil Service Commission
Job Reference Number
EMR/ACNP/TIMOR/GfD025
Job Type
International Development Assistance/Emerging Markets
Schedule
Contract
Job Location
Australasia; Timor Leste
Job Summary
Important: A brief summary of the position is below. This is an extract from the Terms of Reference. Before applying for this position you should read the full Terms of Reference which includes detailed information about the position, and instructions on how to apply.
Cardno is recruiting three team members to undertake a Strategic Review of the Timor-Leste Civil Service Commission (CSC). The strategic review team will consist of three consultants with expertise in the area of Civil Service Reform, Organizational Structure and Training Delivery. The team will conduct a strategic review of CSC within the context of CSC’s expanding role, particularly, in relation to the integration of INAP. The consultants will collect and make use of available information and apply sound technical practices and methods in carrying out the review. The team will work closely with the Commissioners of the CSC, the secretariat and INAP.
The CSC strategic review team will consist of one Team Leader who is an expert in the area of Civil Service Reform and two further members. The other members of the team are required to have significant experience in the area of Organizational Capacity and Management Procedures; Pedagogic experience and Portuguese, Tetum and English skills.
The objective of the Strategic Review of CSC is to:
- Identify key organisational and policy reforms required to support CSC’s strategic objectives over the next 5 years and beyond;
- Provide an overview of INAPs current status and capability, including an assessment of the institutional framework, organisational structure, human resource capability and pedagogical material by a team of relevant experts (covering English, Tetum and Portuguese language); and
- Support CSC to develop a road map to update and operationalize the Government of Timor-Leste’s training and development policy. This should be informed by:
– the new role and functions of INAP as training organisation within CSC, and the Decree Law 38/2012, Regime on Training and Development in the Civil Service;
– recent Government decisions and policies with implications for training and development such as induction, and staff requirements under a deconcentrated or decentralised civil service;
– integration with Government policies on scholarships and capacity building; and
– integration with Government policies on career progression and performance management.
Scope of Review
The consultants shall, inter alia, undertake the following specific activities:
a) Consider findings of existing reviews, including but not limited to the paper on CSC in fragile states, the George O’Farrell review on CSC, the PSCDP independent completion report and the organisational review of INAP;
b) Consider mandates, roles, responsibilities and reform opportunities based on CSC strategic plan, AAP and legislative framework such as the CSC legislation, Civil Service legislation, Training and development legislation, V Constitutional Government legislation and other;
c) Assess and reconfirm goals, objectives, role and reform agenda of the CSC, including INAP through interview and consultation;
d) Consider institutional and organisational developments (procedural, structural, and human resource capacity issues) required to achieve these goals; and
e) Propose a roadmap; identifying SWOT and resource requirements to inform the CSC plans, budget proposals and discussions with development partners.
a) Consider findings of existing reviews, including but not limited to the paper on CSC in fragile states, the George O’Farrell review on CSC, the PSCDP independent completion report and the organisational review of INAP;
b) Consider mandates, roles, responsibilities and reform opportunities based on CSC strategic plan, AAP and legislative framework such as the CSC legislation, Civil Service legislation, Training and development legislation, V Constitutional Government legislation and other;
c) Assess and reconfirm goals, objectives, role and reform agenda of the CSC, including INAP through interview and consultation;
d) Consider institutional and organisational developments (procedural, structural, and human resource capacity issues) required to achieve these goals; and
e) Propose a roadmap; identifying SWOT and resource requirements to inform the CSC plans, budget proposals and discussions with development partners.
Key Responsibilities
The Team Leader and Civil Service Reform Expert will:
- Provide overall management of the team and direct team member to undertake specific inputs ensuring that all the requirements under these terms of reference are met;
- Take stock of prior work carried out in CSC and INAP (part 3.a);
- Provide key inputs in relations to part 3.e
- Provide key inputs on current situational analysis of the institutions in line with changes introduced DL no 41/2012 and compare the current situation with a snapshot taken prior to the reforms for CSC and INAP (part 3.b), to address the following dimensions:
– Briefly map out the history of institutional reforms and portray decision-making processes for institutional reforms including analysis carried out in forming or implementing changes;
– Highlight changes in institutional structures, staff numbers and qualification, work and decision making processes, inter-institutional relations and coordination, human resource management practices etc;
– Analyse the gaps between sector strategies and annual work plans and actual achievement of CSC;
– Assess impact the proposed changes on CSC’s effectiveness, i.e. on its capacity to fulfil its strategic plan and annual work plans, service delivery, working relations, team work and staff empowerment, staff morale etc;
– Identify functions that could be outsourced or decentralised.
– Where applicable, link performance gaps with the current situation and propose rectifying measures for CSC and generally for future iterations of public sector reforms;
– Lead the team engagement with counterparts organisations and stakeholders ensuring that both gender are consulted;
– Lead team internal discussion of its findings;
– Lead team’s drafting of its Aide Memoire and its final report;
– Direct and contribute the roadmap proposal of the CSC.
Other Requirements
The Team Leader and Civil Service Reform Expert will:
The selection criteria for the Team Leader and Civil Service Reform Expert are”
The selection criteria for the Team Leader and Civil Service Reform Expert are”
- A university degree in human resource Management and development, social sciences, management, public administration OR other related fields;
- A minimum of 10 years professional experience in public reform programs and Hands on experience in institutional and functional reviews;
- Preferably fluent in in English and Portuguese or at least one of these languages and experienced at working in with translation.
- Be able to work in a team and collaborate with institutions of different nature;
- Be very client oriented, work out key issues and priorities and cater flexibly to needs as they emerge.
Other Requirements
More details about the position,are included in the Terms of Reference: TOR- CSC Review 211212.pdf
Employee Benefits
The position is classified as D4 under the Adviser Remuneration Framework (ARF). Full details of the ARF are available athttp://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pages/3994_1809_6357_1618_6763.aspx
Contact
recruitment@gfd.tl (please quote reference GfD025)
Australian Aid. Managed by Cardno Emerging Markets on behalf of AusAID.
Australian Aid. Managed by Cardno Emerging Markets on behalf of AusAID.
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