GIZ-Support to Public Finance Reforms
IFMIS Academy Expert
The Government of Kenya has commenced a major reform initiative to re-engineer and fully automate the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS).
The Ministry of Finance aspires to transform financial management by creating an IFMIS Academy to enable IFMIS staff and IFMIS users in Ministries, Departments and Agencies to realise their full potential, through programmes tailored to enhance knowledge, skills and capabilities.
The IFMIS Academy aims to be a leader in the provision of
innovative life-long professional development programmes tailored for IFMIS
users and other stakeholders.
GIZ wishes to hire an IFMIS Academy Learning Expert to support the IFMIS Academy programme in the development and delivery of classroom based and online capacity building as well as enhancement programmes of government financial management officers who are IFMIS users to ensure Re-engineering IFMIS is a success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure
MoF has required documentation to support IFMIS users and technical staff
- Guide
the overall IFMIS Academy strategy and implementation of related activities
- Exercise
overall responsibility for planning, formulation, implementation,
management, monitoring and coordination aspects of the IFMIS Academy
operations and personnel
- Assist
in fine tuning the development of curriculum for the IFMIS Academy
- Supervise
the user needs and capacity assessments initiatives
- Development
of IFMIS User training manuals
- Development
of a Capacity building and Curriculum Guide
- Prepare
implementation Reports of the IFMIS Academy Learning Partner
- Performance
Management of the LMS users
Timing, Duration and Place of Work:
- Based
in Nairobi, the Assignment is for a 13 month period starting from 01st
December 2012
The Candidate:
- Advanced
university degree in education or social sciences
- Fluency
in English is required
- Full
computer literacy
- Adult
learning specialisation
- Demonstrated
knowledge and understanding of approaches, tools and methodologies related
to planning, executing and monitoring the implementation of projects
- Planning
& Organisation - excellent analytical and organisational skills
required; ability to plan own work, manage conflicting priorities, report
on work progress and deliver outputs in a punctual manner
- Good
knowledge of practices in public education
- Proven
track record in the provision of high level advice to governments in
public education / curriculum programmes
- Preferably
experience in national education expert positions in at least two projects
of similar scope
- Ability
to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams
- Ability
to work under pressure against strict deadlines
- Ability
to present complex issues persuasively and simply
- Ability
to contextualise global trends in accordance with the dynamics of the
operating (working) environment
- Experience
in adult education in the IT sector is an advantage
Full details of the position can be requested via email address:
spfr@gizspfr.co.ke
Applications in hard copies only to be submitted to:
GIZ-SPFR/Ministry of Finance
Attn: Programme Manager
Treasury Building, Harambee Avenue
8th Floor, Room 813
P O Box 41607 – 00100
Nairobi
Clearly Marked: IFMIS Academy Expert by: Friday 16th November 2012