Citizen
Engagement Specialist
Short
Term Consultant - Nairobi, Kenya
The
World Bank’s Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice (GSURR) seeks
to recruit a Short Term Consultant (STC) as Citizen Engagement Specialist to be
based in the Kenya Country Office.
The
Consultant will work with the Council of Governors (CoG) to assist counties in
ensuring legal compliance to provisions on citizen engagement, enhance the
quality of county citizen engagement mechanisms and support a mechanism for
peer-to-peer learning on best practices.
The key tasks of the consultant will be to support the Council
of Governors on:
(a)
learning & knowledge exchange
(b)
capacity building; and
(c)
coordination support.
Key Deliverables
- Annual
report detailing county capacity building needs and mapping of existing
support offered by various donors/government and other partners in this
area.
- Input
into the peer-to-peer learning strategy and calendar of events.
- Reports
from capacity building sessions and workshops organized for the counties
on citizen engagement, to be made publicly available (through the Council
of Governors website, media, etc.).
- Advisory
briefs on citizen engagement matters to the Council on quarterly basis.
- Facilitate
dissemination to counties of existing and new knowledge material on public
participation.
Selection Criteria and Electronic Applications:
The
successful candidate should be a holder of a Master’s degree or equivalent in
any of the following disciplines, Public Policy, Public Administration,
Political Science or related field with at least 5 years or more in social
accountability, governance and development.
Demonstrated
extensive and recent practical experience in aspects of Capacity Building in
Public Financial Management (PFM) and citizen engagement.
Electronic Applications:
The
World Bank invites qualified individual consultants to view the full position
description, complete selection criteria and indicate their interest by
submitting an online application at the World Bank e-Consultant2 website.
To
apply, please go to:https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html click on > Business
Opportunities> Selection No#1213919.
The
expression of interest and CV must include academic qualifications, experience
and description of similar assignments performed. Note that this is not a
request for financial and/or technical proposals.
Interested
applicants should submit an application by close of business March 17,
2016.
The
World Bank Group is committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender,
nationality, culture and educational background.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
