Country: Somalia
Closing date: 30 Nov 2015
PositionCivil Service Training Expert
Place of Performance Garowe
Contract Duration 25 working days
Starting Date ASAP
OVERVIEW OF CTG GLOBAL
CTG Global is a managed service company specializing in Recruitment, Management Consultancy, Human Resources support services and Monitoring & Evaluation in post disaster and post conflict countries around the world.
CTG Global provides services to humanitarian organizations, government, non-governmental organizations and corporates that enables public and private sectors to focus on their core business and the achievement of their objectives in hostile and threatening environments as we provide a safe and secure environment for them to do so and alleviate them of their risks, crisis and personnel management problems.
OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION
The long and protracted civil war in Somalia, inter alia, destroyed public service infrastructures and robbed the country of most of its professional human resources. One of the key outcomes of these developments is the lack of sufficient levels of qualified manpower within government establishments. Staff capacity across the government is low, and the few professionals that are currently in government institutions are underemployed. In Puntland, these challenges are compounded by the absence of any visible mechanisms for employee performance management.
In addition to the foregoing state of affairs is the lack of clarity in mandates and functions across government institutions and between the Federal and the State Governments. In Puntland, clear policy frameworks, strategies, systems and procedures in most government institutions are largely absent, often leading to competing and overlapping functions. In particular, the civil service legal and regulatory frameworks, which provide the overall guidance for civil service management are incomplete and insufficiently adhered to.
This project is designed to respond to some of these challenges. It seeks to support the capacity development of the Federal Government of Somalia, the Somaliland Government and the Puntland State Government. For Puntland, the project particularly aims at strengthening the performance of key government institutions, including the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation through the implementation of five key engendered and conflict sensitive performance enhancement support initiatives in support of civil service management and core of government functions in Puntland: i) Civil Service Management; ii) Civil Service Training; iii) Good Governance; iv) Gender Mainstreaming; and v) Aid and Development Coordination.
In line with the foregoing objectives of the SIP project, the State Government of Puntland requests our client to support MOLYS in effectively undertaking one of its primary responsibilities (civil service reforms) and to facilitate transfer of key civil service management functions to the Civil Service Commission (CSC). Both institutions have already been cooperating with our client and working together in this area. Our client’s initial assistance to both had been through a consultancy under the preparatory phase of this project, the outcome of which was formulation and issuance of two Advisory Notes for Reforms on: i) civil service legal and regulatory frameworks; and ii) civil service management arrangements. In addition, our client assisted MOLYS in identifying civil service training needs and in formulating strategies for civil service training. Further support to the two institutions to delineate their responsibilities and to work in a complementary manner in this area is required.
The two will also be assisted to work closely with the Ministry of Women Development and Family Affairs to ensure an engendered civil service.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS
Objectives of the assignment
The objective of this consultancy is to undertake the finalization of the civil service training policy and the review and revision of the civil service training programme and support the roll out of the programme
Scope of work/expected output
The scope of work for this consultancy is defined by the Puntland Civil Service regulatory framework and management arrangements
Monitoring and Progress controls
The consultancy will be jointly monitored by both the counterpart (target) institutions and the client. MOLYS, CSC our client and the SIP Team who will ensure the consultant undertakes her/his work in line with the terms of reference of the consultancy.
Final Product/Deliverables/Activities
The following activities will be undertaken and deliverables generated by the Consultant:
Activities
§ Undertake a review of the draft civil service training policy and ensure that it is consistent with the civil service management arrangements and guidelines.
§ Present the draft of the revised training policy to a group of stakeholders for review.
§ Based on the outcome of stakeholders review, finalize the training policy.
§ Using the final draft of the training policy, review and revise the civil service training programme, with clear identification of training service providers and modalities for their engagement for civil service training.
§ Present the training programme and mechanism to a stakeholder’s workshop for review.
§ Based on the outcome the stakeholders review, finalize the training programme. The quality of the revised programme must be of international standards, superseding the quality of the one currently under implementation.
§ Undertake consultations with local training service providers to produce guidelines for implementation of the training programme.
§ Prepare a final consultancy report, showing the extent to which the objectives of the assignment have been achieved.
Deliverables
§ Inception report on the review and/or formulation of civil service training policy; and civil service training programme.
§ Civil service training policy finalized
§ Revised civil service training programme in line with internal best practice and internationally acceptable standards.
§ Guidelines for the implementation of the training programme.
§ Final report showing the extent to which the objective of the consultancy is realized.
Review/approval time
§ Achievement of deliverables/milestones will be reviewed and validated by the Director General of MOLYS in consultation with CSC, and the SIP Team Leader, before payments are made.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
Education:
§ Advanced degree in public administration, education or related fields or first degree with additional two years of relevant professional experience.
Work Experience:
The training expert will need to demonstrate skills and competencies in the following areas:
§ 10 years’ professional experience in training, three of which must be civil service training and capacity development.
§ ‘Hands on’ experience in knowledge management and disseminations.
§ Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
§ Prior experience of working with government in Puntland context in the field of organizational development.
Language Requirement:
Fluency in written and spoken English
Other Information:
§ The Consultant is expected to use his/her own laptop for the assignment
How to apply:
Interested candidates should submit their CV along with their application letter via e-mail to careers@ctgglobal.com with reference to “BHJOB2678_904” in the subject line. Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.