IT Expert/System Governance Framework Specialist

SCOPE OF WORK

Kosovo Municipal Integrity (KMI) activity

1. Project Background:

USAID’s Kosovo Municipal Integrity activity addresses long-standing challenges related to corruption and poor-quality service delivery by the Government of Kosovo by enhancing public financial management (PFM), with a focus on public procurement, and by reinforcing accountability mechanisms both within government and outside of government through civil society, the private sector, and media.

The four objectives of this activity are:

1. National accountability agencies provide more effective and coordinated financial oversight.
2. Governments increase use of good practices in budget planning, public procurement, and contract management.
3. Government advances norms and practices that support internal audit and accountability.
4. Civil society, media, and the private sector improve the integrity of public and private sector actors in public procurement.

2. Role’s Purpose:

The IT Expert/System Governance Framework Specialist will support and advise USAID KMI Objective 1 on implementing activities related to IT tools and systems that will be implemented by USAID KMI partners. In coordination with Objective 1, the specialist will also support Objective 2&3 and Objective 4.

3. Objectives:

• Supporting upgrade of the e-procurement system through change management (in line with PPRC Module rollout plan)
• Supervising the technical aspect of Contractor Performance Evaluation System implementation (within e-Procurement Contract Management Module)
• Assessing the technical environment to implement open contracting data standard (OCDS), including implementation of digital Signature and e-Payment, and provide recommendations.
• Supporting the functioning of PPRC’s e-procurement Steering Committee
• Supporting PPRC IT to determine critical e-procurement processes and identify gaps.
• Reviewing and re-designing complicated or unsatisfactory business processes, writing business requirement documents related to the e-Procurement system.
• Support PPRC, Monitoring Department on enhancing automated risk selection module.
• Defining the list of reports needed for e-Procurement system analysis.
• Supporting PPRC with overall e-procurement system enhancement
• Coordination with PPRC, municipalities, MoH and Ministry of Finance Treasury Department for functioning of interoperability between e-procurement platform and KFMIS
• Assistance and Coordination for relevant stakeholders (MAPL, PPRC, KBRA, MOF) for OCDS API and Municipal budget
• Assist upgrading and/or developing digital tools for monitoring public procurement.
• Other related tasks

4. QUALIFICATIONS:

• Computer Science or Economic/Management degree or equivalent to 10+ years’ work experience
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience. International experience is an advantage.
• 5+ years’ experience a supervisory capacity, preferably within business intelligence or data analysis.
• Work experience in complex IT systems at enterprise level (government, Banks, etc.) where high security is required - is highly desirable and an advantage.
• Good management, analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
• Knowledge of ITIL/(ITSM) IT service management
• Experience with e-procurement system is advantage.

5. REPORTING:

This position will report to the Objective 1 Lead

Please send your CV to email account: KMI_Recruitment@dai.com