JOB DESCRIPTION

Support for responsive accountable local governance in nghe an province, Vietnam (ralg) - vie1505011

TERMS OF REFERENCE for a NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

1. Back ground​

The Belgium-Vietnam Indicative Cooperation Programme (ICP) 2011-2015 has confirmed governance as a priority sector. In this context, Belgium committed € 3,000,000 to be divided equally between governance projects in three provinces: Nghe An, Kon Tum and Ha Tinh. The three projects, referred to as “Support for Responsive, Accountable Local Governance” (RALG) have the same overall objective of strengthening citizen-government engagement as a means of promoting more transparent, accountable and responsive local governance, improved service delivery and increased levels of citizen satisfaction. Each project is situated within a unique socio-economic and politico-administrative context, which will inform the design and implementation strategy of each project. Mutual learning and cross-fertilization between the three provincial interventions is a common feature of each of the three projects.

The General Objective (GO) of the Support for Responsive and Accountable Local Governance in Nghe An Province (RALG – Nghe An) is “Accelerated social and economic development in Nghe An Province through more responsive, transparent and accountable local governance.”

The Specific Objective (SO) of the RALG – Nghe An is “Improved citizen-government interaction leading to improved service delivery and increased citizen satisfaction.”

The project has five expected results as follows:

• Result 1: Improved capacity of local government at all levels to disseminate information in a citizen-friendly manner.
• Result 2: Improved capacity of People’s Councils and Mass Organizations, and specifically PIBs and CISBs to facilitate and promote improved two-way communication between citizens and government at all levels.
• Result 3: Improved capacity of local government at all levels to collect, analyse and utilize citizen feedback in a transparent and deliberative fashion for more responsive and accountable local governance and improved service delivery.
• Result 4: Improved capacity for local government at all levels to identify, plan, coordinate and oversee public administrative reforms in response to engagement with citizens and socio-political organizations
• Result 5: The exchange and effective utilization of innovations, lessons learned and good practices with regard to citizen-government interactions; is promoted at provincial and national level

2. Objectives and scope of the assignment:

A National Technical Assistant with in-depth knowledge and experience of the local governance field in Vietnam will be recruited to facilitate and support the day-to-day management of the project under the overall supervision of the Project Director. S/he will be work and collaborate closely with the International Technical Assistant.

His/her tasks will include:

• Provide technical support for the analysis of existing provincial studies and PAR plans as a means of identifying activity streams and planned indicators and results for RALG annual plans and budgets.
• Explore new methodologies and approaches for citizen feedback mechanisms, which can be set up in the Vietnamese context and specifically provincial context of Nghe An, etc..
• Contribute to the identification and follow-up of the specialized TA needed to support specific organisational development domains, and specific capacity development activities with regard to; i) citizen involvement and feedback; and ii) local government responsiveness to citizen feedback and appropriate PAR.
• Liaise with universities and other research institutes, and with other RALG provinces involved as may be required.
• Participate in the identification and documentation of lessons learned and good practices tofeed into and stimulate capitalization exercises at provincial and inter-provincial level
• Contribute to the preparation of the project work plans and reports progress report
• Contribute to developing and filing in on a regular basis the M&E framework of the intervention
• Participate in the Steering Committee and provincial working groups and contribute to the preparatory work for the secretary of the PSC

Profile:

• University in Public administration, political science, social sciences or related field.
• Expertise in the decentralized planning and local governance policies in Vietnam, good knowledge of SEDP processes, citizen participation, PAPI index …
• A minimum of 6 years experience in the management and implementation of governance sector projects or other relevant programming.
• Good leadership skills, problem-solving skills.
• Willingness and ability to operate at all levels of the local government system.
• Experience with Project Cycle Management and proven planning and reporting skills
• Fluency in English and Vietnamese, good written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to work within a team

Duration of the assignment: 26 months. S/he will be based in Vinh City with regular travel to targeted districts and communes.

How to apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit cover letter, CV, contact details for references to jobs.for.ngo.hanoi@gmail.com. Title: BTC_National Technical Assistant_Full name

Deadline: 17/4/2017

Any questions please contact Ms. Tram: 043.8265118