Position Parliament Development Consultant
Project
Place of Performance Mogadishu
Contract Duration estimated 40 working days across 4 months
SalaryTBA
Starting DateASAP
Closing Date
OVERVIEW OF CTG GLOBAL
CTG Global is a Personnel Management Service Company specialised in Recruitment, Management Consultancy, and Human Resources in countries experiencing or emerging from armed conflict, natural disasters, or acute social and economic crisis worldwide. CTG Global provides tailored personnel management support enabling a growing number of public and private sector agencies and individuals to achieve their objectives in complex and challenging environments. CTG Global clients currently comprise UN agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), and different corporate organisations such as security companies.
OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION
The objective of the assignment is to support the National Federal Parliaments to implement the NFP Strategic Plan, in particular, through support for the development of Secretariat staff (including both Directors and young graduates) in order to build their capacity to support MPs to discharge their core functions of oversight, law-making and representation.
The consultant will work closely with the GROL Programme Manager, our client’s Parliamentary Team and other relevant staff and consultants, UNSOM, NDI and AWEPA, and other relevant development partners.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS
Scope of work/expected output
While the current Project supports all three legislatures in Somalia, the focus of this consultancy will be on providing intensive support to the National Federal Parliament (NFP) only. Under this particular TOR the consultant will deliver on the following tasks with the NFP:
• Rapid HR Assessment and production of report for the Speaker and Secretary General on the current status of NFP Parliamentary Secretariat, including current status of recruitments (how many staff, in what positions, how many staff still to be recruited, are all job descriptions final and signed off, do all departments have TORs to guide their work, what plan is in place to finalise recruitments, etc) and recommendations for action to strengthen the human resources of the Secretariat;
• Provide advice and support to the NFP Parliamentary Secretariat to enable them to address the recommendations in the Rapid HR Assessment, including assisting with developing job descriptions, TORs, etc, as necessary;
• Design and deliver a 2-3 day training for new NFP Parliamentary Secretariat Directors and key staff, to develop their capacities on staff management, financial management,
• Consultatively develop an annual work plan template to be used by all NFP Committees and obtain endorsement from the Speaker and/or Committee Chairs for use of the template
• Design and deliver one 2-3 day training on committee oversight for committee chairs and members, including training on organizing expert hearings, running oversight meetings, undertaking public consultations and drafting committee reports, on functions and procedures for oversight
• Work with all committees and clerks to finalise Committee workplans, in furtherance of the NFP legislative and policy agenda (in collaboration with our client’s consultant George Crawford and our client’s National Officers working with Parliament, as appropriate).
Monitoring and Progress controls
• Monitoring will be carried out by our client’s Parliamentary Development Specialist
• Monthly reporting by the Consultant indicating progress on project as per the TORs and operational workplan.
Final product/Deliverables
DeliverablesCompletion date Duty station Payment upon completion 1. Final Rapid HR Assessment Report, including recommendations for follow up support by our client and/or others Day 10
Upon submission to Speaker and our client Mogadishu 20% 2. Report from (1) workshop delivered to NFP Committees on committee oversight techniques and (2) workshop for NFP Parliamentary Secretariat staff, summarising training delivered and recommendations for future support, and attaching training agendas and materials as annexes Day 20
Upon submission to UNDP Mogadishu 30% 3.Final AWPs for at least 12 Committees, based on the new endorsed template and signed off by Committee Chairs Day 30
Upon submission to Speaker and our client Mogadishu 30% 4. Final report on support provided to the NFP, including recommendations for future support Day 40
End of mission Mogadishu / home based 20%
Review/approval time
Achievement of Deliverables/Milestones will be approved by our client’s Constitutions/Parliaments CTA or GROL Programme Manager, before payments are made. Where payments fall due during the middle of a month, they will be aggregated, and one total payment made no more often than once per month.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
I. Academic Qualifications:
· Master’s Degree in International Affairs, Public Policy, Public Administration, Communication, Social Studies Conflict Resolution or related field
II. Years of experience:
· 10 years working experience in programming and providing technical assistance parliaments, including in in post-conflict settings;
· At least 3 years of experience working with parliamentary bodies, including committees and secretariats
· Experience of working in post-conflict and crises settings, with dynamically changing conditions on the ground
· Experience of working in Somalia is desirable
· Experience in capacity building and training for parliamentary reform would be an asset;
· Experience in legislative development processes in developing country contexts would be an asset;
III. Competencies:
· Communication and problem solving
· Teamwork
· Capacity Development/Training
· Analytical skills,
Other Information
• Consultant will need their own laptop.
LANGUAGES
• Fluent in written and spoken English, Somali or Arabic are assets, but not requirements.
How to apply:
Interested candidates should submit their CV along with their application letter via e-mailtocareers@ctgglobal.comwith reference to “BHJOB2678_515” in the subject line. Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.
