Customs Advisor (Customs Reform & Monitoring Unit)
Reporting directly to the Team Leader (TL) & Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) of the project, the Customs Advisor shall perform the following duties and responsibilities, but not limited to:
Supporting CRMU in planning and monitoring functions
• Review the existing strategic plan document and help CRMU in developing the next five-year Strategic Plan for 2013-2018. • Help ACD in preparing Annual Revenue Action Plans for prioritizing various functions and activities required for revenue mobilization. • Assist CRMU in coordinating and monitoring various reform activities being undertaken by different donors for optimal utilization of donor funding available to ACD. • Develop monitoring matrix for the ACD infrastructure projects, analyze the progress and identify the bottlenecks and problems. • Help in creating a permanent partnership of donors to channel all assistance for their more effective utilization.
Implementing Governance & Accountability Action plan (GAAP) • Ensure that responsibility for the implementation of the GAAP is fully owned by the Government of Afghanistan in general and ACD in particular. • Help setting up reform targets based on the GAAP framework and get them incorporated in the overall action plans of ACD. • Advise and monitor ACD’s anti-corruption action plan using GAAP Matrix for minimizing corruption and for improving transparency in ACD.
Monitoring ACD benchmarks
• Help ACD in setting up targets and benchmarks in consultation with the Ministry as per its priorities and requirements. • Assist CRMU in monitoring various benchmarks and ensure that requisite actions are taken and milestones met within the prescribed timelines • Coordinate with different donors in achieving various benchmarks
Key Performance Indicators • Ensure timely collection and monitoring of performance indicators identified under the project for judging its effectiveness, efficiency and fairness
Surveys, studies and reports • Assist ACD in supervision and monitoring of subjective user satisfaction surveys and other studies to establish baselines and to help in evaluating project performance • Support ACD to monitor achievements and analyze contributory or impeding factors • Assist in preparation of various reports and statements relating to project performance indicators and outcomes, including the intermediate outcomes
Other duties
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the DG Customs or Team Leader.
- Monitoring and Progress Controls
• Weekly and monthly meetings with the Director General ACD and Team Leader providing feedback and progress on reforms activities. • Effective and successful negotiation, public meetings with ACD main donors and implementing partners for reform activities mentioned above. • Improvement in existing donor coordination mechanism. • Timely submission of prescribed reports to the Deputy Minister, Director General and the Team Leader.
- Final Product
• The advisor will establish institutional mechanisms to ensure coordinated implementation among the ACD Advisor/donors and IPs in order to help ACD to achieve its targeted growth path. • The advisor will assist ACD in establishing a core program management unit for managing the customs reforms and Modernization. • The advisor will draft and finalize the strategic plan of ACD as per the advice of the ACD management in coordination with donors and other stakeholders.
- Qualifications and Experience
a. Education
• Masters Degree in Law, Political Science, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Public Administration and/or Customs Development related studies. A First Level University Degree with additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Masters Degree. • Degree or Professional Certificate in government administration a distinct advantage
b. Work Experience
• Minimum 11 years of work experience in reforms, planning, and donor coordination in customs • Experience in monitoring, control and evaluation of the progress of customs reform projects in Afghanistan or similar developing countries • Excellent command of both oral and written English a must • Working knowledge of the local language considered an advantage • Working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets and other computer programs for office
c. Key Competencies
• Experience in implementing custom reform and planning process • Ability to establish and facilitate inter-agency cooperation • Ability to analyze business processes and identify issues based on experience • Experience in providing assistance and support in evaluation and performance monitoring.
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