Procurement and Accounting Specialist (m/f) - GIZ, Lesotho

Job description

For our operations in Lesotho/Maseru, we are looking for a/an

Procurement and Accounting Specialist (m/f)

JOB-ID: 19452

Field of activity

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a service enterprise for development cooperation with international operations and global experience. Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, the organization operates as a private-sector enterprise with a development-policy mandate: to make sustainable improvements to the living conditions of people in the countries we operate in. The organization’s business area GIZ International Services is the vehicle for offering GIZ’s services to international clients.

GIZ IS together with NIRAS is preparing to submit an offer for the project “poverty Reduction Budget Support II”. The contracting authority will be the National Authorizing Officer in the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Lesotho.

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the implementation of Lesotho’s national development agenda as embodied in the Vision 2020, which states that by the year 2020 “Lesotho shall be a stable democracy, a united and prosperous nation at peace with itself and its neighbors. It shall have a healthy and well developed human resource base, a strong economy, a well-managed environment and an established technological base”.

The results to be achieved by this project are as follows:

• The implementation of a modern PFM regulatory framework;
• Transparency and effectiveness of policy orientation of the budget assured;
• Governance and institutional management of PFM reforms improved to facilitate ownership, monitoring and evaluation of progress

Your profile

Qualifications and skills

• Internationally recognised professional qualification in procurement (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply). Degree or equivalent qualification in finance;
• Fluent command of both written and spoken English;
• Computer Literate.

General Professional Experience

• Minimum of 10-years of general professional experience;
• Minimum of 5-years of project management experience and demonstrated management skills;
• Proven experience in all aspects of procurement related to development partner funded procurements;
• Proven experience in developing and implementing financial control and reporting systems;
• Excellent organisational and communication skills;
• Excellent analytical and document drafting skills.

Specific Professional Experience

• Minimum of 10-years of experience in providing procurement support and advice;
• Minimum of 5 of the above years in a developing country environment (Sub-Saharan Africa experience would be an advantage);
• Evidence of a comprehensive knowledge of the procurement rules of the EU, the AfDB and the WB;
• Evidence of setting up systems and financial control arrangements for accountability and transparency of financial transactions management;
• Experience in advising highest level of government officials and managers on procurement and financial control issues.

Assignment period

The intended start date is December 2014 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 36-months from this date with 550 working days.

Information on place of assignment

Activities under the contract shall take place primarily in Maseru, though visits to other parts of Lesotho may be necessary for assessment and training purposes.

Other information

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Application deadline

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to apply until 14.09.2014

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