Finance and Grant Scheme Expert (m/f)

Finance and Grant Scheme Expert (m/f)

Country of assignment and location

Bangladesh, Dhaka

Project / Field of activity

GIZ International Services, together with our Partner Sequa, is shortlisted for the EU financed “TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE NATIONAL SME SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PREPARATION OF THE BANGLADESH NATIONAL SME DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SME COMPETITIVENESS GRANT SCHEME”.

The project purpose is “enhanced competitiveness and sustainable pro-poor growth of SMEs in selected sub-sectors of the economy of Bangladesh.

The development of the SME sector requires a wide range of actions: enabling environment simplification improving access to appropriate finance and improving access to business development services. The EC SME Development Programme’s strategy is to establish a basis for a nationally planned and directed SME support system (through the development of a multi-sectoral, inter-ministerial National Strategy for SME Development and the capacity building of the Bangladesh SME Foundation). There is a need to create the basis for a sector-wide approach to SME development to permit this to be adopted in line with the EU’s commitments under the global aid harmonisation agenda.

The project therefore has two components: Component 1: Improving the national strategy and enabling environment for small enterprises in preparation for a sector-wide approach to SME Development Component 2: Introducing sustainable improvements in SME access to appropriate and affordable finance Both components will be achieved through a technical assistance project supporting the beneficiary in the development of a national SME strategy and management of the grant scheme management. There is also a small supplies contract under this component.

Qualifications

1. Qualifications and skills

• University level education in finance, accounting or a comparable field • Certified as an accountant by a recognised certification body • Fluent in written and spoken English. • Excellent written and spoken communication skills • Diplomatic with good mediation and facilitation skills

1. General Professional Skills

• Significant experience in the management of financial accounting and reporting systems for donor aid programmes

1. Specific Professional Experience

• Ideally, key expert no. 2 will have been involved in the financial management of a “Central Finance and Contracting Unit” or comparable structure handling all aspects of EC procurement and/or will have provided technical assistance to a contracting authority with the management of a complex EU development programme or a comparable structure. • Significant experience in the financial management of EU grant schemes: significant in this respect means at least 3 EU grant scheme projects • Very good familiarity with PRAG and associated procurement rules and procedures. • Experience in the design and management of financial management and reporting systems for EC aid programmes • Previous working experience in South-Asia is a requirement.

Duration:

The intended commencement date is December 2011 and the period of implementation is 72 months from this date. This would be a full-time position for 18 person-months and then intermittent 6 person-months as required over the duration of the project. Based in Dhaka but with travel around Bangladesh.

Application deadline

31.05.2011

Notes

Please submit a CV in Europeaid/European Commission format in english.

To apply, please make use of our online-application facility underhttp://www.gtz.de/en/karriere/stellenmarkt/24996.asp

Closing date: 31 May 2011 — Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)