Special Skills Analyst (SSA) for Public Finance Management (PFM) Secretariat – Service Cluster – UNDP jobs in South Sudan

The Public Finance Management Reforms Strategy (PFM-RS) as required for the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), 2018, provides a better opportunity for Revitalized Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) to build the capacity of public institutions and the civil servants skilfully, structurally, systematically, symbiotically, and synthetically. This will necessitate the placements of well-trained civil servants who are motivated as Change Agents to deliver peace dividends impactfully, effectively, and efficiently for the welfare and human development of the people of South Sudan. It will also require training, coaching, and mentoring of the government officials who are attached to the Secretariat of PFM-RS to discharge their duties diligently and operate cohesively and integrally with transparently and accountability in the interest of diversification of the economy of South Sudan.

It is for this purpose that the GEMS Project has been designed with enabling functional tools of professionalizing the public economic sector and creating an enabling conducive working environment for public institutions to function effectively with adherence to PFM cycle. The Project has been envisioned to induce behavioural change in conduct of public affairs, learning from relevant comparative experiences and adjusting attitude of civil servants to match the standards of “New Deal Compact” for accelerating economic growth in South Sudan.

• Implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA);
• Strengthening of Cash Management;
• Relocation of the Loans Committee to the MOFP;
• Reviewing, Verification and Clearance of All Arrears;
• Reviewing and Verification of Loans and Contracts Collateralized or Guaranteed Against Crude Oil;
• Strengthening of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and National Audit Chamber;
• Establishing of Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDAA);
• Rolling out of the Electronic Payroll Using a Biometric System;
• Strengthening of the Fiscal Financial Allocation & Monitoring Commission (FFAMC);
• Strengthening of the Macro-fiscal Framework;
• Strengthening of the Budget Process and Budget Credibility;
• Improving Revenue Management;
• Boosting of Legal Frameworks for Institutional Strengthening;
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.    

The PFM-RS Special Skills Expert (SSE) – Service Cluster, shall be supervised directly by GEMS/PFM Project Management Specialist as indicated in the Organigram in the Annex showing the position of this function within UNDP South Sudan Country Office and under Strategic Governance Unit (SGU).

Cross Functional & Technical Competencies 

Business Direction & Strategy: System Thinking

• Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.

External Relations & Advocacy: Relationship Management

• Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust, and mutual understanding

Digital & Innovation: Behavioral Insights

• Knowing when it is appropriate to use behavioral insights, having theoretical knowledge and basic understanding of principles of human behavior; being aware of both the benefits and limitations of behavioral insights and adhere to ethical standards and guides when using them.
• Being able to define specific behavioral goals (what to change), explore and understand barriers and contextual factors to desired behaviors, use principles from behavioral science to generate ideas for nudges and interventions, use experimental methods to improve ideas (prototyping) or evaluate impact (trials). Use these results to develop a scaling strategy for interventions that work or inform policy design.

Ethics: Ethics Education and Training

• Ability to provide education and training on ethics, values, and standards and promote staff awareness of ethical behavior and ethical decision making.

Business Management: Risk Management

• Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks.

Business Management: Change Management

• Ability to prepare, support, and help individuals and teams in designing and implementing organizational change.

Business Management: Communication

• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
• Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.