Public Finance Expert for Zanzibar

at  GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH

TASK DESCRIPTION:

• Operational responsibility for delivery of Work Package 3
• Individual capacity building for public officials in the areas of internal audit, external audit, public procurement and accounting standards
• Provision of trainings with the ultimate objective to facilitate CPA and CPSP certification of individual technical staff of partner organisations
• Technical and process advice to ZPPDA, OIAGZ and OCAGZ to strengthen institutional capacity in the areas of audit and public procurement.
• Organisation of exchange meetings between the Zanzibar Ministry of Finance and corresponding offices on Mainland
• Designing and implementing capacity needs assessment for partner organisations on Zanzibar
• Facilitation of operational planning for Work Package 3
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship building with key partner organisations on Zanzibar: key linkage to Zanzibar Ministry of Finance, ZPPDA, OIAGZ and OCAGZ, responsible for proactively maintaining relationship with partner
• Coordination of short-term experts delivering services in line with agreements with team leader and partner organisations
• Supporting Team Leader on ad-hoc basis

EDUCATION/TRAINING/SKILLS

• Fully qualified accountant: CPA or ACCA
• Knowledge of Swahili, C1-level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (5 out of 10 possible points)
• Knowledge of English, B2-level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (5 out of 10 possible points)

GENERAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 7 years of professional experience in the sector of Public Finance in Accounting or Auditing

SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 5 years of professional experience in individual capacity building in public sector accounting

Professional experience in the country/ region of assignment:

• 5 years of professional experience in Tanzania

EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION:

• 3 years of experience in development cooperation projects

Please refer the Job description for details