German GIZ NGO POAT Project Jobs - Technical Advisor ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur

International  Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Project Name: Promotion of Accountability and

Transparency Project (PoAT)

Duty Station: 

Kampala, Uganda

The German Federal Ministry

for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned the German

Development Cooperation in 2014 to initiate the project: Promotion of

Accountability and Transparency in Uganda. The project supports in particular

the Office of the Auditor General in enhancing the effectiveness of public

sector audits in Uganda as well as strengthening the interfaces between other

accountability organisations like the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets

Authority (PPDA) and the Inspectorate of Government (IG). The project aims to

contribute to enhancement of accountability and transparency in government’s

operations by improving institutional frameworks and building capacity of staff

to’ effectively conduct their mandates and functions according to international

standards. PoAT aims to strengthen the cooperation between OAG and the

parliament and other relevant stakeholders, enhancing OAG’s compliance with

International Auditing Standards (ISSAI’s), strengthening human resource

management and development and streamlining training. Furthermore the project

supports joint trainings and workshops of OAG, PPDA and IG to strengthen

interfaces and enhancing knowledge transfer between the accountability

institutions.

Job Summary: The Technical advisor supports the project

in particular in the following fields:

• Develop
  
  activities to strengthen the cooperation with external stakeholders


• Establish
  
  effective instruments to strengthen human resource management and
  
  development (job evaluations, job descriptions, training needs assessment,
  
  training strategy and plan, curricula).


• Strengthen
  
  processes to improve the quality of audit reports.


• Develop
  
  audit guidance for specialised audits (like Gender Audit and Public
  
  Private Partnership Audit).


• Build
  
  capacity in the area of extractive industries and other relevant


• Establish
  
  tracking mechanisms to follow up the adoption and implementation of audit
  
  recommendations.


• Strengthen
  
  cooperation and knowledge exchange with the PPDA and IG (training
  
  concepts, workshops, joint trainings).

Key Duties and

Responsibilities: 

• Support
  
  project initiatives in the areas described and cooperate with a broad
  
  range of target groups, including government ministries, public
  
  institutions, private sector and civil society


• Assist
  
  in monitoring, evaluation and reporting and ensures sustainable knowledge
  
  management


• Support
  
  public relations and documentation (e.g. development of communication
  
  products) in the thematic area


• Render
  
  support in preparing and implementing the coordination process and joint
  
  project activities and monitor project progress


• Take
  
  part in identifying needs for external support and advice and work on
  
  policy recommendations


• Render
  
  support in designing terms of reference and support in the selection and
  
  supervision of third parties in the course of carrying out project
  
  activities, including performance evaluation


• Actively
  
  participate in the design, preparation and implementation of workshops,
  
  seminars and other events on issues related to the project


• Ensure
  
  quality assurance


• Ensure
  
  cooperation, maintains regular contact and dialogue with partner staff
  
  members; carries out public relations work and cooperates with relevant
  
  organisations


• Compile
  
  information on and ensures knowledge transfer


• Generate
  
  reports and presents documents


• Support
  
  in research activities and studies in accordance with project requirements

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience:

• The
  
  ideal candidate should hold a Master’s degree in Economics, Accounting,
  
  Law, Administration or related field


• Possession
  
  of professional qualifications (ACCA, CPA, etc.)


• At
  
  least five years of professional working experience and excellent
  
  knowledge in financial management, systems design and evaluation


• Good
  
  knowledge and understanding of 
  
  project and contract management


• Possess
  
  the ability to demonstrate innovation and creativity


• Past
  
  exposure and experience in working with national institutions, utilities
  
  and local governments in this field as well as with institutions that
  
  promote accountability and transparency is an added advantage


• Excellent
  
  reporting skills


• Very
  
  good working knowledge of ICT (related software, phone, fax, email, the
  
  internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)


• Possess
  
  the ability to effectively transfer skills and knowledge


• Team
  
  player in multi-cultural and inter-disciplinary team


• Ability
  
  to analyse and structure complex situations and to focus on results


• Readiness
  
  to take on responsibility


• Fluent
  
  written and oral knowledge of English


• Knowledge
  
  of German and GIZ experience being an added advantage.

All suitably qualified

candidates are encouraged to send their applications via email to:

recruitment-uganda@giz.de or

to the Human Resources Department, GIZ Office, Kampala, Plot 23 Nakasero Road,

Uganda.