Banadir Regional Administration

Somalia Education for Human Capital Development Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

COUNTRY:                             Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS)

NAME OF PROJECT:              Somalia Education for Human Capital Development Project

PROJECT ID:                          P172434                     

Grant No.:                                IDA-D8370

Assignment Title:                     Finance Officer

Reference No.:                        SO-MOECHE-299689-CS-INDV

Place of assignment:                Mogadishu Banadir Somalia

Submission deadline:              30th   April 2023

A.     BACKGROUND

The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member States (FMS) through the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education has applied for financing from the World Bank towards the cost of Somalia Education for Human Capital Development Project. The project is designed to provide interventions to improve system effectiveness, instructional quality, and learning outcomes across all Federal Member States.   

The Project consists of the following four key components: (1) System Building - This component will focus on strengthening systems at the FGS, the FMS and Banadir levels to implement Somalia Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP); (2) Expansion of access to quality schooling for the disadvantaged -  This component will help Somalia roll out practical and economical ways to begin to redress the < 20% enrollment rate challenge faced by most districts in Somalia, among the world indicators; (3) Enhanced instruction quality - This component will develop a 2-year Teacher Professional Development Program (TPDP) that will be delivered using a blended learning approach and support 6,000 teachers to complete the program. Activities will include the design, development, testing, refinement, and large-scale implementation of the TPDP; and (4) Project Management - Current capacity at all administrative levels, FGS, FMS levels, regional and district levels is weak. The project will finance key project staff at the FGS and FMS levels and consulting services to support the FGS to oversee school construction design, engineering, and supervision and capacity building to support FGS contract management.

The Banadir Regional Administration intends to hire a Finance Officer to work closely with project implementation unit.

1. Scope of Work and Responsibilities:

In coordination with and reporting to the Federal PMU, the SEHCD Finance Officer will  backstop the PIU in all aspects of financial management, particularly in coordinating relevant aspects at the FMS.

Under the leadership of the Banadir PIU Coordinator, and guidance of the PMU Financial Management specialist the duties of the Finance Officer will include:

• Support the maintenance of all accounting records in line with approved accounting

Standards and in line with the World Bank’s and Government’s regulations.

• Prepare periodic reports, (i.e., monthly/quarterly/annually) in the formats approved by the World Bank and FGS and in line with the project documents and financing
• Make disbursements and ensure that they are made in accordance with approved annual budgets and work plans together with the Project
• Ensure that all payments are done in accordance with good accounting practices and in line with the project objectives and financing agreement.
• Ensure that the filing system of the accounting records are satisfactory at all times, and they are easily retrievable for reviews and audit
• Ensure that financial reports are prepared in accordance with agreed formats and in line with the financing
• Support the preparation of FMS annual work plans and budgets. In addition, support the review of all aspects of the Project work plans and budgets based on the results of operations and changing economic conditions and recommend corrective measures to the
• Prepare quarterly reports and final reports at the end of the contract period outlining achievements, challenges and recommendations pertaining to the financial management
• In addition to SEHCD project the procurement officer will be responsible for financial activities under the SOMALIA EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH EDUCATION AND SKILLS PROJECT - "RAJO KAABA" project.