Job Title: Senior Public Sector Specialist
Job Ref: #122816
Job Family: Public Sector Management
Job Type: Professional & Technical
Grade: GG
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Recruitment Type: International Hire
Language Requirement: English [Essential]
Closing Date: 31-Dec-2012
Background / General description:
The Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit (PREM) for East Africa and the Horn (AFTP2) is looking for an Senior Economist to join its team in Kenya. This is a one year co-term position (with the possibility of an extension depending on funds availability) based in the World Bank’s Nairobi office, one of the largest country offices in Africa. The selected candidate will be expected to work closely with professional counterparts in the Government, as well as the community of international development partners. The Kenya PREM team has responsibility for analytical work and the associated policy dialogue across a range of economic issues, including growth and competitiveness, public financial management, governance, and poverty. Core work-streams of PREM include:
- Public finance and public financial management, notably through yearly Public Expenditure Reviews - Macro-economic monitoring and policy advice, through the bi-yearly publication of Kenya Economic Updates, real time monitoring of economic trends and policy developments as well as a dedicated program on growth and employment promotion - Poverty, through direct engagement with the KNBS on household surveys, poverty monitoring and statistical capacity building - Governance, with a special focus on public financial management and public sector reform - Fiscal decentralization, via an integrated program of analytical work, technical assistance and policy dialogue. The selected candidate will be expected to lead its Fiscal Decentralization Knowledge Program (FDKP). Sector Context The devolution work-stream is a key area of World Bank engagement in Kenya. The Fiscal Decentralization Knowledge Program (FDKP) was initiated in 2010, following a request from the Ministry of Finance and the adoption of a new Constitution with far reaching provisions for decentralization. With financial assistance from AusAid, FDKP has been delivering an integrated program of analytical and advisory support to key stakeholders. This work is now due to be extended and expanded and will run under a grant from the Governance Partnership Facility (GPF) for “Supporting Accountable Devolution. The programme will be managed by an overall World Bank Task Team Leader, and will finance technical assistance, analytical work, and activities across three components focusing mainly on supporting the implementation of the new Constitution at county level. The program is structured across the following three components, each with their own Task Team Leaders: i) Devolution and service delivery (extending FDKP engagement to date). ii) Citizen engagement in devolved service delivery. iii) Public financial management and public sector reforms. The FDKP (GPF component 1) will provide support the Government of Kenya across six main activities:
1. Support the transition to devolved government: Provide analysis, advice, and international experience regarding the management of the transition to devolved government across the main areas of function assignment, administrative reform and capacity building at the local and central levels.
2. Support intergovernmental coordination arrangements: Support the development of a more concrete vision and workable arrangements for coordination across the range of state and non state stakeholders, drawing on relevant international experience.
3. Estimate the costs of devolved services: Support data-gathering and analysis by the national government coordinating agencies, in conjunction with the line ministries responsible for devolved functions and county governments, in order to provide an accurate cost basis to inform the design of intergovernmental financing arrangements.
4. Design intergovernmental financing arrangements for results: Support the development of intergovernmental financing arrangements that provide sustainable funding and clear incentives for improved service delivery results. Specifically support will focus on: a. Policy/design of conditional grants to counties b. Policy/design of an urban services grant c. County development finance d. National framework on county revenues and user fees
5. Roll-out a county performance tool, with M&E guidelines, and data production capacity building: Support the national roll-out of a county performance assessment tool, establishing links to performance–based inter-governmental transfers, holding an annual launch event and supporting the further compilation of a county performance database.
6. Donor coordination and analytical support: improve donor coordination, including setting up a mechanism of regular liaison on devolution. It will also provide analysis for the GPF partners and the World Bank Kenya teams on key devolution issues.
Duties and Accountabilities:
The Senior Economist / Senior Public Sector Specialist will be based within the Nariobi PREM office and report to the Sector Manager (while coordinating closely with the Sector Lead). On a daily basis, he/she will be responsible for working with counterparts in Government (Transition Authority, National Treasury, Ministry of Local Government, Commission on Revenue Allocation, Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution, Auditor General, Controller of Budget, the Public Service Transformation Secretariat in OPM, new county governments), civil society, development partners and World Bank colleagues to lead the FDKP work program. The successful candidate will manage the delivery of the six activities under this component, including:
• Leading the program’s interaction with the national government, inter-governmental coordination agencies and, where relevant, county authorities. This will help to ensure that the program responds to national and county government demand, and delivers outputs that are useful and relevant to the challenges faced by Kenya’s policymakers on a real time basis.
• Managing the program’s data collection and analytical work.
• Liaising with other task team leaders managing Components 2 and 3 of the GPF program, as well as the overall task team leader, to ensure the program’s work is well coordinated across all GPF components
• Managing donor coordination on devolution.
• Ensuring the delivery of FDKP’s main outputs.
Selection Criteria:
Selection Criteria The candidate should have:
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience.
• Fluent English.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience of developing policy relevant material for government policymakers, with particular emphasis on fiscal decentralization.
• Education to masters degree level in economics, public administration or a related field.
• Experience of working with World Bank procedures is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience of independently managing work programs and staff to deliver analytical and advisory work.
• A record of relevant publications.
• Experience of working in and a deep understanding of devolution processes in one or more developing country contexts, with a particular emphasis on fiscal decentralization and the transition to devolved government. Competencies
• General Economic Knowledge and Analytical Skills - Possesses Cross-country knowledge in economic specialty and demonstrates ability to link the macro, institutional, and micro-level behaviors; able to support findings/policy recommendations with credible analysis and tools.
• Knowledge and Experience in Development Arena - Translates technical and cross-country knowledge into practical applications and contributions to country and sector strategies; interacts with clients at the policy level.
• Policy Dialogue Skills - Anticipates needs and requests in the field and conducts independent policy discussions with representatives of the government and non-government partners.
• Integrative Skills - Understands relevant cross-sectoral areas how they are interrelated; able to undertake cross-sectoral work in lending and non-lending operations.
• General Governance and Public Sector Knowledge and Experience - Has the ability to lead production of projects and/or major studies on areas key to public sector.
• Written and Verbal Communication - Demonstrates the ability to influence and persuade others to accept ideas and suggestions (such as counterparts in government, international partner organizations, academia, and Bank colleagues, senior staff and managers)
• Public Administration - Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of public administration, human resource management and civil service reform.
• Public Finance - Has knowledge and demonstrated expertise of public expenditure policy and management, tax reform, and public investment.
• Decentralization - Has knowledge and understanding of decentralization approaches and connection between decentralization and public expenditure, financial management and public sector management.
• Accountable Governance - Demonstrates an understanding of political economy issues and their relationship government policies and to development outcomes.
• Sector Dialogue - IL - Able to conduct a dialogue with the client on familiar topics, with a narrow scope, based on a solid understanding of the sector.
• Operational Project Management - Demonstrates in depth knowledge and understanding of project management tools & methodologies, as well as of Bank instruments and processes related to project preparation & implementation, resource management, and stakeholder communications.
• Operational Policies Application to the Project Cycle (fiduciary, disbursement, safeguard and GAC policies) - IL - Possesses a strong understanding of procurement and disbursement policies; knows what issues might arise and who to involve in problem resolution.
• Team Leadership - Leads teams to achieve challenging outcomes, providing a role model and enhancing the team-leadership skills of team members.
• Knowledge of Relevant Operational Policy and Associated Good Practices - DPL - Has a solid understanding of all aspects of OP 8.60 and associated Good Practice Notes; has experience in designing DPOs.
• ESW/TA Policy, Strategic and Technical Analysis for Country/Sector Issues - Participates fully in the production of quality AAA work and policy papers, leveraging relevant analytical tools and a grasp of issues surrounding policy and sector reform.
• Client Orientation - Maintains client relationships in the face of conflicting demands or directions and provides evidence-based advice and solutions based on sound diagnosis and knowledge.
• Drive for Results - Identifies the needed resources to accomplish results involving multiple stakeholders and finds solutions to obstacles affecting key deliverables.
• Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion - Shows leadership in ensuring the team stays organized and focused, and actively seeks and considers diverse ideas and approaches.
• Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Leads in the sharing of best practice, trends, knowledge and lessons learned across units and with clients and partners, articulating ideas verbally and in writing in a clear and compelling way across audiences of varied levels.
• Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Gathers inputs, assesses risk, considers impact and articulates benefits of decisions for internal and external stakeholders over the long term.
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