E T Consultant, Washington, DC

E T Consultant

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The Governance Global Practice

The Governance Global Practice brings together professionals in procurement, financial management, taxation, public management, regulatory policy, transparency, digital governance, law and development, anticorruption and social accountability to develop innovative, integrated solutions to pernicious institutional problems. The Governance Global Practice engages on core and cross cutting themes including Public Financial Management; Subnational/decentralization; State Owned Enterprises/Corporate Governance; Fiduciary Assurance; Public Institutions; GOVTECH, Anticorruption, Open Government and Political Economy.

Fiduciary Systems, Solutions and Impact Global Unit (WKPGF)

The WKPGF Global Unit within the World Bank’s Governance Global Practice supports client countries in strengthening public financial management (PFM) institutions, systems, and capabilities to improve efficiency, transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of public spending. The team leads global work on public financial management (PFM), including sectoral and Climate PFM, public procurement, standards and codes for transparent financial management in the public sector, corporate governance and state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and multilevel and subnational governance.

The unit is responsible for issues related to corporate financial reporting, standards and codes around transparent financial management in public and private sectors. The Unit is also engaged in partnership with development partners, including bilateral; and other global standard setters to drive the agenda for credible financial reporting, transparency and accountability in the private and public sectors.

Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Program is housed in the WKPGF.

Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Program

The PEFA program aims to strengthen public financial management and accountability systems and improve knowledge of the quality and scope for improving public financial management performance. The program seeks to achieve this objective through the application of PEFA assessment methodology, performance reports, research, analysis, and application of PEFA results, and complementarity with other public sector analyses. The PEFA methodology has been used about 800 times in 155 countries and around 67 % of all PEFA Assessments are regularly published on PEFA Website.

The PEFA program operates through a World Bank administered multi-donor trust fund. It is directed by a Steering Committee comprising nine partner organizations: Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Commission, International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Agency (AFD), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, The Ministry of Finance of The Slovak Republic and The Ministry of Finance of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. The PEFA Secretariat supports the Steering Committee in the monitoring, maintenance, and development of the program. It also supports users of the PEFA methodology through advice, guidance, training, research, and information.

The ETC will work under the leadership of Head of PEFA Secretariat and report to the WKPGF Manager.

Duties and Accountabilities:

Technical work of the Expert at the PEFA Secretariat, includes:

• Undertaking technical quality/peer reviews of planned and draft applications of the PFM Performance Measurement Framework, including PEFA Climate, PEFA Gender and Service delivery leading to issue of PEFA Check quality assurance endorsement, on a demand basis (This is the primary responsibility of the candidate and PEFA staff spend significant amount of their time on this).
• Gathering information, undertaking research, examining and reporting back on the application of the PEFA Framework (including PEFA Climate, Gender, Sectors and Service Delivery), to ensure consistency of application and robustness of the Framework, use and impact of the assessments made, synthesis/analysis of the results showing progress achieved.
• Supporting users of the PEFA Frameworks in the evaluation process, peer learning, tracking progress, research etc.
• Plan, design and conduct dissemination and training activities.
• Develop and implement new initiatives to expand and strengthen the impact of the PEFA program in line with its objectives.
• Conducting several learning events;
• Identifying and preparing notes on “success stories”, best practices and useful information relating to conducting PEFA assessments.
• Conducting studies, supporting external assessments, collecting and analysing data and information;
• Contributing to the review of training material.

Any other task or responsibility that the Head of PEFA Secretariat may reasonably assign.

Selection Criteria

• S/he will hold a relevant qualification, at Master’s degree level or equivalent in economics, finance, public policy, political science, finance, law, or a related discipline such.
• Sound understanding of the PEFA PFM Performance Measurement Framework and it’s application.
• Good knowledge of PFM Tools and their applications.
• An interest in and ability to interact in areas linked to public financial management, with stakeholders from various geographical and cultural backgrounds;
• An ability to manage a heavy workload and work efficiently within a team and manage complex duties with minimum supervision, while meeting deadlines;
• An ability to draw up a variety of documents, including training and communications material;
• An ability to communicate clearly on technical issues, including during on-site and online training for experts responsible for implementing PEFA methodology.
• A perfect command of written and spoken English; Knowledge of French, Portuguese and/ or Spanish are added advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Competencies:

• Technology and systems knowledge
• Project and task management - Able to organize, coordinate, monitor and implement tasks and projects. Demonstrates innovation and creativity in promoting effectiveness.
• Client Orientation - Able to establish partnership based working relationships with internal/external clients. Demonstrates independence, initiative, and autonomy in addressing clients' needs.
• Drive for Results - Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed- upon results and has the personal organization to do so.
• Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion - Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team's work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
• Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Able to research and draft written materials or review adherence of written materials prepared by others to administrative requirements. Able to mentor and guide and organize learning activities within area of assigned responsibilities.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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