4 Job Positions at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 13 November 2023)

4 Job Positions at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 13 November 2023)

LG PFM Technical Advisor to MINALOC Under Contract at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 13 November 2023)

Job description

Under direct supervision and guidance of the LG PFM Capacity Building Project Manager, the LG PFM Technical Advisor to MINALOC will be responsible of the following:
• Undertake stocktaking of PFM capacity gaps stemming from decentralization and governance legislation, policies, strategies and practices and
develop an action plan to address these challenges in collaboration with the Ministry’s leadership and the Project Coordinator;
• Support innovative reforms to improve PFM at the local government level. This will be done through engagement with the Project Coordinator
and PFM Specialists in Districts and their subsidiary entities and other stakeholders;
• Provide technical support to the General Directorate in the Ministry of Local Government responsible for fiscal decentralization and public
financial matters in local government PFM in general;
• Review existing governance and decentralization legislation, policies and strategies to ensure consistency with other laws, policies and practices
for public financial management at local level and recommend necessary actions for changes where necessary;
• Keep track of fiscal and financial decentralization indicators and participate in the preparations for Joint Sector Review Report (JSR) on the
component of the PFM indicators;
• Liaise with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to ensure synergies on fiscal decentralization and public financial management
reforms in districts and their subsidiary entities;
• Keep track of improvements in LG PFM emerging from PFM capacity building interventions by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
and other stakeholders;
• Prepare briefs on LG PFM to the Director General in charge of Territorial Administration and Governance (TA&G) for further discussions with the
Ministry of Local Governments’ leadership;
• Engage with the Monitoring and Evaluation team including contributing data to help analyze the capacity building interventions;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports on implementation of the action plan specified in a) above.
• Participate in the following coordination meetings:
-Joint meetings between the PFM specialists, the Programme Coordinator, FDD, MINECOFIN
technical departments and MINALOC every six months;
-Meetings every two months with District PFM counterparts for coordination and updates.
• Prepare the action plan to guide policy reforms and initiatives that in governance and decentralization framework that are critical for
improvements of PFM capacities in districts and their subsidiary entities;
• Prepare policy advice on the challenges facing public financial management at local level, remedies to overcome them;
• Prepare quarterly report on implementation of the action plan specified in a) above

LG Planning & Budgeting Specialist Under Contract at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 13 November 2023)

Job description

Under direct supervision and guidance of Local Government Planning and Budgeting, the Planning and Budgeting Specialist will be responsible of the following:
• Undertake stocktaking of capacity gaps in planning and budgeting fields and develop remedial actions in collaboration with the Districts, Project
Coordinator and counterparts in the National Development Planning and Research and National Budget Departments
• Initiate capacity development reforms in collaboration with the Districts, Project Coordinator and counterparts in the National Development
Planning and Research and National Budget Departments
• Actively participate in delivering on PFM capacity building initiatives approved in the fiscal decentralization Joint Action Plan and others as
assigned by the hierarchy
• Prepare an action plan in consultation with Districts and subsidiary entities on how to strengthen capacities of the PFM Staff in Districts and
their subsidiary entities in areas of planning and budgeting
• Provide coaching to PFM staff at District and their subsidiary entities in planning and budgeting
• Collaborate with other Specialists to ensure the sustainable transfer of capacities to PF stall in districts and their subsidiary entities
• Participate in delivery of training workshop to PFM Staff and other stakeholders from MINECOFIN and other Institutions involved in building
capacities for the PFM staff in districts and their subsidiary entities
• Engage with the Monitoring and Evaluation team including contributing data to help analyze the capacity building interventions
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports on implementation of the action plan specified in
• Attend and participate in the following coordination meetings
– Bi-monthly coordination meetings for each team based at province;
– Joint meetings between the PFM specialists, the Programme Coordinator, FDD, MINECOFIN technical departments and MINALOC every six
months;
– Stock-taking meetings between each PFM specialists’ team and the district technical teams, Corporate Services Division Manager, Sector
Executive Secretaries, and Vice Mayor for Finance every four months;
– Meetings every two months with District PFM counterparts for coordination and updates.
• Prepare the action plan to guide capacity building interventions for districts and their subsidiary entities in areas of planning and budgeting;
• Deliver capacity building activities to staff in districts and their subsidiary entities in planning and budgeting processes and practices;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual report on implementation of the action plan specified in a) above.

2 Job Positions of LG Procurement Specialist Under Contract at MINECOFIN: (Deadline 13 November 2023)

Job description

Under direct supervisor and guidance of the LG PFM Capacity Building Program Manager, the LG Procurement Specialist will be responsible of the following:
• Undertake stocktaking of capacity gaps in public procurement laws, procedures and standard practices in place in collaboration with the
Districts, Project Coordinator and counterparts in Rwanda Public Procurement Authority;
• Develop a set of pathways for learning that recognize the diversity of individuals who undertake procurement across local government and the
degree to which they have knowledge and expertise in procurement (from novices to masters).
• Provide specialist advice to Project Coordinator and Senior Stakeholders on procurement policy, procurement planning, contract formation and
contract management activities, including policy exemptions, contract variations, and renewal and extension strategies.
• Initiate capacity development activities in collaboration with the Project Coordinator and counterparts in Rwanda Public Procurement Authority;
• Actively participate in delivering on PFM capacity building initiatives designed in collaboration with Districts and approved in the Fiscal
Decentralization Joint Action Plan and others as assigned by the hierarchy;
• Prepare an action plan to strengthen capacities of the PFM Staff in Districts and their subsidiary entities in areas of public procurement;
• Provide coaching to PFM staff at District and their subsidiary entities in public procurement;
• Collaborate with other Specialists to ensure the sustainable transfer of capacities to PFM staff in all in districts and their subsidiary entities;
• Participate in delivery of training workshop to PFM Staff and other stakeholders from MINECOFIN and other Institutions involved in building
capacities for the PFM staff in districts and their subsidiary entities;
• Engage with the Monitoring and Evaluation team including contributing data to help analyze the capacity building interventions;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports on implementation of the action plan specified in a) above.
• Attend and participate in the following coordination meetings:
-Bi-monthly coordination meetings for each team based at province;
-Joint meetings between the PFM specialists, the Programme Coordinator, FDD, MINECOFIN technical departments and MINALOC every six
months;
-Stock-taking meetings between each PFM specialists’ team and the district technical teams, Corporate Services Division Manager, Sector
Executive Secretaries, and Vice Mayor for Finance every four months;
-Meetings every two months with District PFM counterparts for coordination and updates.
• Prepare the action plan to guide capacity building interventions for districts and their subsidiary entities in areas of public procurement;
• Deliver capacity building activities to staff in districts and their subsidiary entities in public procurement systems and practices;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports on implementation of the action plan specified in a) above.