VACANT POSITION FOR HARMONIZING PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE CONSULTANT (1 POSITIONS)

The Government of Indonesia established an Aid for Development Effectiveness Secretariat (A4DES) in the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) to move forward, together with development partners, with implementation of the shared agenda of enhancing development effectiveness as articulated in the Jakarta Commitment. Under leadership of the Deputy Minister for Development Funding, A4DES is responsible for providing support in facilitation, coordination and monitoring of the coordinated activities to realize the objectives of the Jakarta Commitment.

Objectives of Assignment

With the agreement of the Paris Declaration, the GoI needs to immediately assess, prepare and strategize and harmonization of procurement country procedures in line with the norms, practices and standards provisions of the procurement of goods and services internationally accepted without prejudice to the independence of national procurement systems. WG Procurement has been established to encourage the achievement of transparency, accountability and value for money in the use of Government budget and in addition support the establishment of an effective procurement system, which not only operates to deliver public goods/services but also ensures value for money. Such improvements would support GoI in reaching the standard that can be accepted internationally so that the system is able to be used by development partners in aid effectiveness.

The responsibilities of harmonising procurement procedure Consultant are:

· Support WG Procurement on harmonizing GOI procurement procedures (Perpres 54/2010) to comply with major donors (World Bank, ADB, IFAD, USAID, JICA, IDB) procurement procedures

· Develop concept paper on gap analysis of procurement procedures and how to harmonize procurement procedures

· Provision of interim consultative support on Procurement WG on procurement procedure harmonizing

· Preparing all necessary written reports related to consultation given

Scope of work:

The Harmonizing Procurement Procedure Consultantshould submit his/her works and reports to A4DES Program Coordinator and chairman of WG Procurement. Duty station: Jakarta.

The Harmonizing Procurement Procedure Consultant specific tasks are:

· Identify procurement issues on national procurement system (law, policy and mechanism) which can be potentially conflict with major donor’s procurement procedures (World Bank, ADB, IFAD, USAID, JICA, IDB)

· Provide consultative support on harmonizing the potential conflict issue of the national procurement system with donors’ procurement guideline.

· Consultation with WG Procurement on harmonizing national procurement procedure with major donors’ procurement guideline.

· Write inception report of the analyzing of harmonizingnational procurement procedure with major donors.

· Arrange a group discussion between GoI and each donors

Requirements:

Corporate Competencies:

· Demonstrates integrity;

· Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;

· Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Functional Competencies:

· Builds strong relationships with programme counterparts, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;

· Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;

· Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;

· Demonstrates good people skills and fosters conductive working environment with a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team;

· Demonstrates strong oral and written communication and presentation skills;

· Ability to work effectively under highly demanding situations with minimum supervision:

· Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills.

· In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues, with particular knowledge or experience of development in the aid effectiveness issues;

· Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills;

· Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside of A4DES Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Economics/Accounting/Engineering with at least 5 years of relevant experience in procurement of goods and services; an additional master’s degree in public policy will be an advantage.

Experience:

·Experience in donor/multilateral funded projects (World Bank, ADB, IFAD, USAID, JICA, IDB).

·Experience in Government of Indonesia procurement regulation (Perpres 54/2010).

·Understanding of Government of Indonesia and donor/multilateral project implementation systems and networks with the Executing and Implementing Agencies;

·Having knowledge in Public Financial Management and its relationship with aid effectiveness issues. Excellent conceptual and analytical ability geared towards producing results within often short deadlines;

·Sound knowledge in the field of economic analysis, loan policy and budgetary system/procedures;

·Proven ability to write reports in Indonesian and English and a track record of publications;

·Working experience in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment;

·Working experience with GoI’s officers;

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English with excellent writing and editing skills are requirements.

If you meet the minimum requirements and are interested in applying, you should submit your comprehensive CV electronically including salary history to dyah@a4des.org or dyah.pitaloka@undp.org. Other documentation is not required at this time.

Closing date for applications is: October 3, 2011. We regret to announce that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further process.