DAI/ USAID Public Financial Management & Administration Activity Hiring for USAID DAI- PFMA STTA – Consultant (Leadership Program) at Amman, Jordan Full Time

SCOPE OF WORK

USAID Public Financial Management and Administration (PFMA)

Project Background:

USAID Public Financial Management and Administration (PFMA) aims to work in partnership with USAID/Jordan and the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to improve Jordan’s revenue system and enhance its budget management process. PFMA will build the capacity of the Jordanian Ministry of Finance and other government institutions to modernize the revenue collection system, encourage compliance—including making it easier for taxpayers to comply with tax obligations—upgrade public procurement management, and improve budget planning, preparation, and execution. Key objectives include: 1) improving the revenue-raising system; 2) streamlining the budget management process; 3) optimizing public expenditure management; and 4) implementing crosscutting Public Financial Management reforms such as interventions to address COVID-19. Through a combination of technical assistance, capacity building, and facilitation, tangible and measurable results are expected during the anticipated five-year duration of the activity.

To these ends, PFMA works closely with the relevant Government of Jordan entities, USAID and other donor programs to identify opportunities to improve revenues and enhance the budgeting process through building the capacity of the Ministry of Finance and other government institutions and provide on-hand support upgrading of different internal and external systems. 

Objective:

PFMA counterparts realized that building leaders and developing potential successors for critical roles in the organization is of strategic importance for their growth. Therefore, this activity is designed to provide qualities of Leadership for the existing leadership team.

This program will also identify talents from the second line of management and prepare them to be potential leaders—executives that are decision-makers based on facts, global thinkers, and skilled strategists to build an accountable, high-performance organization.

The program will design a tailored second line of management development program of the identified potential leaders to craft it to the specific needs and contexts of the organization so that they will be ready to take leadership assignments, think strategically, compete successfully, and seize growth opportunities.

The consultant will work with PFMA team and the counterpart in implementing leadership program that will develop the leadership competencies. Through this program, the consultant will identify a second line of management as potential future leaders and design specific program tailored to suit the needed qualities for each of them.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The consultant is expected to perform the following tasks within the context of this program:

• Review and update (if required) the competency framework of leadership in the corporation with PFMA advisors.
• Review and update (if required) the leadership assessment matrix (Rubric) in corporation with PFMA advisors.
• Review and analyze all program candidate’s applications and prepare pre-assessment feedback reports including all related interview questions.
• Identify the talents of future leaders based on interviewing the candidates and assess their competencies and applications.
• Prepare a comprehensive feedback report for each candidate containing strengths, AFIs, and the unique training requirements that will bridge the gaps (recommendations).
• Develop a master report for the whole assessment process which will include at least:
• Any additional activities or documents needed within the context of this program.

Schedule of Deliverables

Reporting:

The Consultant will report to the Revenue Performance Reform Lead.

Qualifications:

• Certified EFQM assessor.
• Higher education degree in a relevant field (such as public policy, engineering, business or public administration)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in similar tasks with public sector institutions in similar programs, high level clients and donor agencies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with all related stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to think tactically and strategically and provide clear recommendations.
• Fluency in both English and Arabic.