It is for this purpose that the GEMS Project has been designed with enabling functional tools of professionalizing the Ministry of Interior with focus on adoption of integrated soft borders approach through bilateral cooperation, inter-agency cooperation, intra-agency cooperation and local stakeholders’ participation that safeguards customary rights of local communities and economic activities for accelerating the growth. The Project has been envisioned to induce behavioural change in conduct of public affairs, learning from relevant comparative experiences and changing the attitude of immigration and border police to match the standards of good governance for accelerating reforms.

The Special Skills Analyst (SSA) for Ministry of Interior, supports the Change Agents and the Office of the Minister through trainings, coaching and mentoring about the enforcement of the rule of law, integrated border management with focus on immigration and customs, operational policies, and professional ethics for informed decision-making. The SSA focuses on effective and efficient handling of issues arising from transhumance (e.g., subsistent cross-border trade and combat of trans-border crimes, especially smuggling and trafficking). These are coordinated with the work of PFM-RS Secretariat and in collaboration with development partners who appreciate triple nexus approach of linking peace, humanitarian, and development to the following Public Finance Management Reform Strategy (PFM-RS) Priorities:

• 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.

Special Skills Analyst (SSA) for Ministry of Interior – Immigration and Borders, 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).

Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination:  LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

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.