Project

Consultancy for the Provision of Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) Services

Financial Specialist (part-time)

Position

Financial Specialist (part-time)

Project description

The Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GoRSS) received a grant from the World Bank to implement a five-year project entitled “Building Skills for Human Capital Development in South Sudan Project” (BSHCDSS). The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MoHEST), and the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI). 

The main objective of this assignment is to add an independent monitoring and verification layer to assess the project implementation, outputs, and results across all the components of the project as outlined in the Results Framework in the Project Appraisal Document (PAD), the Project Operational Manual (POM), Financing Agreement, Environment and social commitment plan (ESCP) and Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) and all other relevant project documents. The TPM agent shall verify the completion of works, supplies, and services executed under the project and validate the results reported by the PIUs to provide an objective assessment of project performance and compliance.

Job description

Role and Responsibilities 

  • Review compliance of school grants and sponsorship manual provisions as required by World Bank.
  • Check fund flows between the project designated accounts to the relevant schools and NTTI’s institutions and the accounting of such.
  • Financial and budgetary discipline as may be required in relation to activities being implemented.

Requirements

Minimum Qualification

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business or Economics.
  • Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or CPS.
  • Minimum 8 years' general experience.
  • A minimum of 3 years’ experience handling donor-funded projects, including bilateral & multilateral donors.
  • Good command of Microsoft analytical tools and basic accounting software's such as Navision, QuickBooks etc.
  • Previous work experience in East Africa.
  • Previous work experience in South Sudan preferred.

Additional information

Please note that only candidates meeting the minimum criteria will be contacted.

 South Sudan

Attachments

Duration of assignment

01/09/2025 - 01/09/2026

Deadline for applications

31/03/2025

Job type

long term

Job status

prequalification

Project reference

25-0062-000-SSD-WB-TPM-Edu

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