Overview : Pacific Islands countries (PICs) boast “big ocean” economies, with young and mobile populations and highly resilient and adaptative societies. Past and recent investments have however fallen short of developing diverse economies offering inclusive services and opportunities, resilient to external shocks and the increasing pace of climate disasters. While the scale of Pacific economies does not allow them to respond to all these challenges alone, public investment and revenues would gain from empowered officials accountable to keep basic service delivery and development priorities in mind while driving fiscal decisions. The “Accountable Public Finances to serve Pacific people – Vaka Pasifika” project (hereafter Vaka Pasifika project) targets documented challenges in the oversight and accountability of public finance in the Pacific. It aims at providing a platform for Pacific experts, decision-makers and thinkers to design tailored solutions. These solutions can then be supported by the project through funding and technical assistance. The project also provides opportunities for civil society and the media to better understand and engage with public finance cycles and for governments (central/local) to consult and engage with citizens on the budget. The Vaka Pasifika project is funded by the European Union until 2026. The project builds on the results of the “Strengthening Public Finance Management and Governance in the Pacific” (PFM) project implemented between 2018 and 2022. The Vaka Pasifika project is about to embark in a design process for a number of activities and there is a need to ensure that the activity design (led by professional facilitators) is informed by sounds experience of Pacific auditing. The consultancy seeks a few technical advisors to ensure the design process takes into account the reality of public audit in the Pacific. One of the major assets of the Vaka Pasifika project is the Vaka Pasifika training, the training is available here: https://t.co/Ati0ZTSZYw This training equips all our partners with basic knowledge required to get over the technical barrier of Public Finance. The aim is not to turn everyone into a PFM expert but to ensure some foundations are common to all the people we work with. This course is expected to constitute a basis for our work going forward in the coming five years and the consultant will be expected to deliver. Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications to the link provided . - Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability for the duration of the assignment using the template provided in Annex II.
- CV indicating all experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
- Financial proposal, as per template provided in Annex II (in USD)
Note: Successful individual will be required to provide proof of medical insurance coverage before commencement of contract for the duration of the assignment. Incomplete, joint proposals and proposals sent to the wrong mailing address will not be accepted and only candidates for whom there is further interest will be contacted. Individuals interested in this consultancy should apply and will be reviewed based on their own individual capacity. The successful individual may sign an Individual Contract with UNDP or request his/her employer to sign a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA) on their behalf by indicating this in the Offerors letter to Confirming Interest and Availability using Annex II. kindly follow the link to apply; UNDP Jobs - 108264- Audit Technical Advisor - Trainer |