Special Financial Facility (SFF)
Terms of Reference (ToR) for TIU Engineer
Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia
Position: Engineer
Reporting to: SFF –TIU Head
Duration: 12 Month
Issue date: 2nd October 2013
Closing Date: 16th October 2013
BACKGROUND:
The Special Financing Facility (SFF) has been established as a mechanism to channel financial support from international donors to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to support its recurrent budget deficit, while also providing capital financing for selected local development initiatives that will enhance the Government’s credibility with the local population. The SFF will be implemented by the Ministry of Finance, which is establishing two units for SFF implementation and financial management. The units will be located in the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry will be supported by an externally-recruited Financial Agent (FA) who will provide fiduciary assurance and support the operations of the two units.
The SFF- Temporary Implementation Unit (TIU) will be responsible to:
· Identify SFF projects according to established criteria;
· Ensure adequate regional consultations and formation of local project steering committees;
· Pre-qualify vendors and Contractors and oversee tendering processes;
· Contract negotiation and bid award;
· Monitor and supervise project execution;
· Ensure the full engagement of local project committees;
· Prepare Payment Certificates;
· Maintain a register of all project funded and assets created under the SFF;
· Prepare monthly procurement and project implementation progress reports for scrutiny by the SFF Operations Committee;
· Quarterly reports for submission to SFF’s High Level Committee;
· Support the SFF public information and communication systems including website management and information dissemination through traditional communication channels (e.g. Radio, print media and TV)
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The TIU Engineer is in charge of the overall management of the construction issues with the following responsibilities:
· Technical examination and feasibility analysis of potential and surveyed projects;
· Conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites and write up site visit notes for each visit;
· In accordance with contractors’ contract terms, conduct site visits prior to the disbursements of any funds to confirm that work has been done as per contract terms ;
· Collect invoices from contractors and forward with supporting documents to TIU Head for verification and issue payment certificates;
· Identifying & developing simple low cost & economically beneficial designs, standards and processes for implementation;
· Capacitating local service providers and resource persons in survey, design, estimates & construction and strengthen their quality assurance mechanisms;
· Knowledge development through collecting qualitative data for case studies and writing reports;
· Train and supervise a junior engineer;
· Provide technical assistance to M&E and Procurement functions when necessary, specially bid analysis and quality assurance on completed work;
· Provide technical support to the Operations Manager and Project Officers if issues arise during project implementation;
· Assist in the compilation of data and preparation of project implementation progress reports;
· Any Other duties assigned by the TIU Head.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering;
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience involving interaction with local communities and following strict process procedures;
· Demonstrated experience in managing teams;
· Strong communication and representation skills;
· A drive for results in a relatively high-volume, quick-paced programme environment;
· Creativity and analytical capability required to respond to evolving programme demands and current events;
· Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work within and build a team environment,
· Competence to provide both detailed and strategic analysis,
· Excellent communication and negotiation skills,
· Ability to work effectively and harmoniously within a diverse work environment.
· Capability to adapt and cope with changes.
· Excellent computer skills.
· Written and spoken fluency in Somali and English required.
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications only according to the following procedure:
· An updated CV; and an application letter which should include contact information for three work-related referees (Please specify clearly the position in your application letter)
· Hand delivered applications will no longer be accepted.
· Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded.
· Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Send your application on the following email: [email protected] and
QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY