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Key Skills: Mitigation Strategies System Operations Nepali Financial Management Public Financial Management

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Government-to-Government Technical Advisor - USAID/Nepal Localization Support Activity

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Basic Job Information

Job Category	:	IT & Telecommunication
Job Level	:	Senior Level
No. of Vacancy/s	:	[ 1 ]
Employment Type	:	Full Time
Apply Before(Deadline)	:	Apr. 30, 2024 10:30 (4 days, 14 hours ago)

Job Specification

Education Level	:	Graduate (Masters)
Experience Required	:	More than 5 years
Professional Skill Required	:	Mitigation Strategies System Operations Nepali Financial Management Public Financial Management

Palladium is in search of a Technical Advisor position to be based in Kathmandu, Nepal at the USAID Localization Support project offices at the Palladium office. The project position will be for five years with opportunities to grow into supporting other G2G technical advisory projects. The Technical Advisor will be seconded to the USAID Localization Support team and lead on providing oversight and support, especially around designing and implementing direct financing agreements with the GoN, at the national and sub-national levels, that promote sustainability. Specific responsibilities include:
Primary Duties And Responsibilities

Collaborating and coordinating with a range of high-level stakeholders across a wide range of government authorities, including at the national and sub-national levels, and other stakeholders to achieve consensus and concrete action.

Co-designing, monitoring and evaluating direct financing agreements with the GoN that encourage sustainability – from a financial and broader systems perspective (e.g., human resources, data quality etc.) – and result in the achievement of development outcomes. This support could include developing processes for USAID/Nepal and the GoN to identify overlapping priorities and negotiate award terms for potential G2G programming.

Analyzing and advising on the use of public financing management systems for direct financing agreements. This support could include mapping the flow of funds through the GoN system, at the national and sub-national levels, and identifying and mitigating risks to the direct financing mechanism and technical programming more broadly.

Developing briefs, trainings, tools and best practice resources to support USAID/Nepal and the GoN to identify challenges and opportunities to improve the sustainability of technical programs, financial management systems, and data collection.

Participating in selected field activities and assessments across Nepal, including identifying, capacitating, and collaborating with local in-country public financial management experts.

Monitoring the implementation of agreements, including risk mitigation measures, to ensure continued stakeholder buy-in and compliance, identify new challenges, and advise on when and how to adapt.

Key Competencies Required

Master’s degree in relevant field with at least 5 years of work experience is desirable.

Experience designing, implementing and/or evaluating performance- or results-based financing of governments in low- and middle-income countries is required.

Experience in any of the following activities is highly desirable:

Strengthening public financial management systems, local capacity, good governance and oversight

Costing, cost effectiveness analyses

USAID fixed amount awards

Other donor projects related to performance-based aid

Demonstrated project management skills, ability to track activity progress and prioritize tasks.

Experience working globally and/or with partner country governments and development partners on public financial management, risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with multicultural teams.

Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset.

Interest in traveling domestically (~50 percent of the time).

Must be fluent in Nepali and English; proficiency in other languages is desirable.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

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