ПРООН в Україні запрошує на роботу Спеціаліста з питань фіскальної децентралізації (Краматорськ)

• Ensure implementation of respective activities of the Local Governance and Decentralization Reform component of RPP and delivery of results in accordance with the programme document, work plans and other joint agreements between the Government and UNDP;
• Contribute to preparation of annual, quarterly, and detailed implementation work plans, and other related documents for timely commencement and implementation of the component activities;
• Collect and analyse data and relevant studies on fiscal decentralization, local budgets and finance, interbudgetary relations, financing of local services and shared services (education, health, and social services);
• Initiate and design analytical and technical products, including budget analysis necessary to determine the budgetary sustainability and conditions of the future Hromadas (their revenues and necessary expenditures);
• Provide analytical and management consulting support to Rayon Councils to establish the Executive Offices of Rayons, particularly concerning the intergovernmental fiscal relations aspects, their budgets and financing of competencies (and services) devolved to them;
• Provide and coordinate technical support to target Oblast, Rayon and local governments on fiscal decentralization of key services (education, social services, health, and administrative services) in terms of clarification of functions, roles, competencies and required financial resources, strategic budget allocations for gender equality and increasing responsiveness of essential public services critical for women and girls well-being. Coordinate this process with the Administrative Decentralization Specialist to facilitate the implementation of the new arrangements;
• Provide support for implementation of the participatory program-based and gender-responsive budgeting in the pilot Hromadas in cooperation with UNWOMEN staff and consultants;
• Provide and coordinate the training and technical support to beneficiary institutions for efficient local financial management and transparent budgeting and procurement;
• Monitor, coordinate and supervise field activities and provide technical support to ensure the Component objectives are met;
• Contribute to the selection processes of Implementing Partners (IPs), Consultants or Contractors and regularly oversee, supervise and monitor their work and delivery of assignments (training, seminars/workshops, surveys, data collection, etc.), as well as coordinate their work in target Oblasts. Ensure that the budget allocated for relevant activities is efficiently and properly utilized;
• Ensure that all activities are implemented in line with UNDP rules and regulations;
• Facilitate programme monitoring and evaluation, as well as audit activities;
• Prepare sections of the Programme/Component reports, including progress and annual reports, as well as any ad-hoc technical reports;
• Perform other activities as requested by Programme Coordinator and UNDP Project Office Management.

Measurable outputs of the work assignment:

• Full and appropriate implementation of the respective administrative decentralization activities within Local Governance and Decentralization Reform component of RPP;
• Results, experiences and lessons learned during implementation of the Local Governance and Decentralization Reform component of RPP disseminated at the national and regional levels;
• Reporting and quality monitoring activities completed.

Performance indicators for evaluation of results:

• Respective sections of the annual work plan for the Local Governance and Decentralization Reform component of RPP is fully and timely implemented;
• Funds delivery allocated for fiscal decentralization support activities reached 100%;
• Programme and Component activities are carried out in strict accordance with UNDP rules and procedures.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Public Administration, Political Sciences, Law, Economics, Finance, Social Sciences, or other relevant areas;
• At least 5 years of proven experience in analysis and research in the field of decentralization, public finance, inter-governmental fiscal relations, local service delivery, public administration, territorial administrative reorganization or other relevant area;
• Experience in delivering capacity development, advisory and advocacy services to the Government in the relevant fields would be a strong asset;
• Sound knowledge of public sector reforms and in particular of the public finance/fiscal reforms currently undertaken by the Ukrainian Government;
• Experience of working with international organizations, with relevant stakeholders from the governmental and non-governmental institutions involved into governance issues at the national and sub-national levels would be an asset;
• Fluency in English, Ukrainian and Russian is required.

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