UNICEF Individual Consultant - PFM Specialist (National or International) Jobs in Tanzania

UNICEF Individual Consultant - PFM Specialist (National or International) Jobs in Tanzania

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

The UNICEF Social Policy programme works to strengthen national statistical, public financial management, and social protection systems and coverage, in addition to building national capacity in child-focused research and evaluation to promote evidence-based policy engagement.

In addition to limited data availability, low budget credibility and execution rates, and poor alignment between regional and sub-regional plans and budgets, regional public financial management systems remain vulnerable to a wide array of structural challenges linked to low analytical capacity.

These challenges have significant implications for the effective delivery of national programmes affecting children, in terms of both the availability and accessibility of essential social services.

With a view to strengthen the budget monitoring and analysis chain along the institutional spectrum from LGAs to central ministries, regional authorities play a central role to track implementation of selected government initiatives, assess value for money, and ultimately monitor actual performance in the face of commitments as outlined in sector and LGA plans and budgets.

Key means of verification include quarterly performance, as well as financial and physical performance reports. This information is released in semi-annual budget monitoring reports and policy briefs which are distributed to MOFP and other government officials, Members of Parliament, development partners and civil society organizations.

How can you make a difference?

Strengthened PFM systems rest on high quality engagement across multiple layers of government’s institutional architecture. Strong systems, in turn, result in the effective delivery of basic services affecting children and other vulnerable groups.

By strengthening the technical skills of the officers responsible for budget planning, execution, monitoring and accountably, this effort aims to institutionalize data use and evidence generation at the heart of strategic policy implementation at both central and local government level.

Building on on-going efforts to strengthen national public financial management systems, the PFM specialist will work under the direct supervision of regional planning authorities and the UNICEF economist.

Summary of key tasks:

Establish and coordinate regional budget monitoring and analysis activities

Support establishment of regional budget monitoring and analysis activities and develop institutional mechanisms, i.e. budget monitoring and analysis unit(s), for improved collaboration with councils and MDAs.

Build the capacity of the budget

monitoring and analysis unit(s) to monitor the implementation of selected government initiatives, assess value for money, and ultimately assess actual performance in the face of commitments as outlined in sector and LGA plans and budgets. Key means of verification include quarterly performance, as well as financial and physical performance reports, amongst others.

Strengthen and develop systematic workflows and monitoring processes harnessed on flagship publications for policy advocacy and high-level engagement

Establish clear processes / cycles (e.g. budget monitoring and analysis calendar) to undertake budget analysis with a view to monitor the implementation of national programmes at LGA level;

Oversee local capacity building efforts aimed at developing and institutionalizing data collection and aggregation for council and region-specific semi-annual performance assessments to enhance budget implementation and execution;

In close collaboration with MOFP and PORALG, lead regional budget analysis and research to identify and address sector specific budget implementation bottlenecks;

Facilitate meaningful policy engagement between regional authorities, councils, MOFP, PORALG and relevant MDAs and LGAs, on the basis of data and evidence generation.

Support regional efforts to institutionalize financial and outcome level data aggregation and utilization for budget monitoring and analysis

Establish data collection processes and workflows in support of regional and sub-regional budget monitoring and analytical efforts;

Develop data governance protocols to guide data management and utilization in support of regional and subregional budget monitoring and analysis;

Develop and institutionalize flagship publications documenting budget implementation successes and failures, and guiding meaningful upstream and downstream policy engagement.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional work experience at national and international level in policy analysis and advocacy.

Knowledge of public finance and PFM, excellent analytical, communication, advocacy and research skills, computer literacy (especially MS Office programme),

Proficiency in at least one of the UNICEF working languages: English, French or Spanish, as well as fluency in the working language of the office (English) required.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UNICEF Individual Consultant - PFM Specialist (National or International) Jobs in Tanzania

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