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KEY INFORMATION
Job Title: International Debt Management Expert
Sector: Tax Administration
Position Type (full/part time): Full time
Duration/Level of Effort (long/short term): Up to 15 days (estimated at least 10 days in country and up to 5 days of remote support from home base)
Position Location (e.g. city, country, remote): Lusaka, Zambia

SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
Revenue for Growth (R4G) activity targets helping Zambia improve domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) and expand the fiscal space for public spending and investments in service delivery and poverty reduction. The activity will engage both government and non-government stakeholders to build capacity in tax policy analysis, improve tax compliance and administration, and strengthen the tax culture in a manner that facilitates private sector growth and accountability relationships between taxpayers and the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ).

Zambia has accumulated a significant debt-to-GDP ratio that became unsustainable and necessitated the initiation of debt restructuring. It is important to promote debt oversight to minimize the repeat of the situation, reduce future borrowing costs as well as promote transparency. USAID has emphasized enhancing debt oversight it as one of its priorities for R4G.

Therefore, USAID R4G project is planning to mobilize an international debt management expert to conduct a debt oversight strengthening scoping mission.

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
Scoping mission to develop recommendations and an initial roadmap for debt oversight strengthening.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The primary objective of this assignment is to explore the current situation, develop recommendations and a preliminary roadmap for the activity.

Specific Activities:

• Desk Review: legal framework, publications on debt management in Zambia, reports from the World Bank, (such as the Debt Management Performance Assessment if available), the IMF (such as the program reviews, Debt Sustainability Analysis or technical assistance reports), and other technical and financial partners.
• Quick analysis of the current situation, developing a list of government and non-government stakeholders.
• Stakeholder meetings and consultations.
• Develop and present recommendations to selected stakeholders.
• Develop an initial roadmap.
• Other relevant tasks as requested by the R4G Objective 1 Component Lead and the Chief of Party.

Deliverables

• List of recommendations on enhancing public debt oversight.
• Initial roadmap on enhancing public debt oversight.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education:

• Master’s Degree with specialization in Information Technologies (IT), Economics, Public Finance, Business Administration or other related areas; or
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Economics, Public Finance or Business Administration or other related areas and an additional 2 years of experience relevant to the terms of reference.

Minimum Experience:

• At least 10 years of professional experience in PFM Reforms
• At least 6 years of experience in debt management, public finance management, etc.
• Experience in successful development and implementation of technical assistance program in sub-Saharan Africa is a plus.

Language Proficiency:

• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
For your application to be considered, please upload your documents as followed: Candidate Last Name, First Name, date, Title of the Position.
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