Vacancy for Regulatory Reform Consultant

Terms of Reference

 

Regulatory Reform Consultant

 

Individual Short Term Consultancy – Jakarta, Indonesia

Background

The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has launched major business environment reforms. The World Bank is supporting the work of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) in the implementation of a new Central One Stop Service (OSS – PTSP Pusat). Alongside, and as an integral part of, the support for implementation of the Central OSS, the World Bank team is also supporting the simplification of business licensing processes (i.e. regulatory reform) at the national level. The World Bank team will carry out detailed mapping of licensing processes and develop recommendations for simplification, for consideration by the relevant interministerial working groups, coordinated through BKPM. This support may also be expanded to the simplification of licenses at the subnational level and support for implementation and/or integration of subnational OSS.

In order to support this exciting and high-visibility work, the Trade and Competitiveness team of the World Bank’s Jakarta office is hiring 3 Short Term Consultants (STC). Each Consultant will report to the Task Team Leader (Senior Economist) for this project and work closely with the whole project team and GoI counterparts.

Scope of Work

The Consultant is expected to work within three broad areas. Specific duties and accountabilities will be agreed upon based on the needs of the project and depending on the abilities and comparative advantages of each Consultant. The three broad areas are:

1.      General support

The Consultant will be expected to support the team overall, as the project evolves. Specific duties and responsibilities will be discussed and defined in agreement with the team leader. Such activities may include:

·         Regulatory/legal analysis and development of proposals for policy- or regulatory reform;

·         Collaboration with GoI counterparts and private sector stakeholders to draft revisions and/or new regulations;

·         Organization of or support for outreach, capacity building programs and training materials to gather public and private sector input to – and generate buy-in for – policy reform proposals;

·         Tracking action plan implementation and reforms among GoI counterparts and production of detailed reports based on this information;

·         Preparation of information documents, such as memos or presentation, to update management on reform progress; and

·         Additional activities or ad-hoc tasks consistent with the aims of the assigned position, as required and directed by the team leader.

2.      Central OSS implementation

The Consultant will provide support to BKPM for individual elements of OSS implementation, as needed, in close collaboration with the project team.

·         Assessment of the monitoring system for license tracking and OSS performance;

·         Development of recommendations for improvement of the monitoring system and OSS performance itself;

·         Collaboration with the ICT Specialists in the project team and the relevant IT units within GoI counterparts to support IT systems assessment and development of reform recommendations; and

·         Working on-site for OSS implementation, supporting BKPM staff directly in the implementation of new systems, processes, and reform recommendations.

3.      Regulatory review and simplification

The Consultant will, depending on experience and ability as well as project needs, support regulatory simplification related to OSS implementation.

·         Analysis of laws and regulations related to business registration and licensing, across different sectors, as discussed with and directed by the project team;

·         Detailed mapping of licensing processes within the relevant GoI agencies and ministries, based on the legal/desk analysis;

·         Consultation with relevant GoI agencies and ministries to confirm the accuracy of initial mapping and document any deviations between licensing regulations and practice;

·         Documentation to capture and display the results of the mapping;

·         Development and management of a repository for progress logs, underlying legal documents, as well as discussion notes;

·         Development of recommendations for simplification, in close collaboration with the team and with GoI counterparts;

·         Daily collaboration with the team to ensure smooth flow of information and progress reports; and

·         Ongoing collaboration with GoI counterparts across different agencies.

Applicants should be prepared to work in at least one of these three areas, though ideally in all of them at least to some degree.

Deliverables

Expected deliverables will be specified for each Consultant individually, depending on the specific work program agreed upon, as based on the abilities and comparative advantages of the Consultant, as well as on the needs of the team. It should be noted that much of the Consultant’s deliverables will be in the form of contributions to outputs developed by the team.

Qualifications

·         Either (a) a completed university degree in law with experience in legal analysis, or (b) a completed university degree in a field related to international development, economics, or policy analysis with significant research experience related to laws and regulations;

o   Preferred: graduate degree (M.A. or PhD);

·         At least 2-5 years of work experience in conducting analysis of legislation and regulations, preferably in the context of private sector development / business environment;

·         Preferred: demonstrated hands-on experience in legislation / regulation drafting;

·         Preferred: experience working with high level public and private sector counterparts;

·         Flexibility and creativity in working in a dynamic environment;

·         Excellent presentation as well as oral and written communications skills;

·         Ability to work with limited supervision and to think independently;

·         Ability to work effectively under time pressure with high degree of accuracy and with a strong capacity to produce high-quality work;

·         Proven ability to demonstrate initiative, monitor issues and tasks, meet deadlines and priorities, and ability to work in a team;

·         Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend practical solutions;

·         Active user of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), ability in process mapping software ideal; and

·         Strong oral and written skills of both Bahasa Indonesia and English.

Duration and Location

The assignment will be up to 265 days from March 2, 2015 – June 30, 2016, depending on the Consultant’s availability. The contract may be extended beyond that date, depending on project needs.

The assignment will be located in Jakarta.

Contact and application deadline

Please send a concise expression of interest and your CV by email to Erly Tatontos (etatontos@worldbank.org) at the World Bank Group as soon as possible, and no later than Wednesday, February 25, 2015.

 

 

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.