Finance Management Training Expert

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Project title: Support to Implementation of the National Strategy for Tourism

Brief description: The overall objective of this project is to increase the contribution of Serbia's tourism sector to the National Economy.

The purpose of this project is to:

1.         Develop the capacity of the National Corporation for Tourism Development (NCTD) to fully support the implementation of the Tourism Strategy of the Republic of Serbia.

2.         Identify, facilitate and develop action plans that will enable Public Private Partnership (PPP) investment, promote them and raise quality standards in the sector's real estate, human resources, tourism infrastructure and under-developed assets.

3.         Support other Government institutions responsible for the implementation of the Tourism Strategy of the Republic of Serbia and provide proposals for update of the Strategy related policies in line with best EU practice.

4.         Support the market positioning and branding of Serbia on the international tourism map. 

Commencement date of the project: May 2010

Duration of the assignment: 100 work days over 24 months

Requirements:

Qualification and skills:

• Relevant university degree, preferably in economics, management, marketing or other relevant social science, where the normal period of university education is at least three years.
• Excellent communication (including MS Office applications) and leadership skills.
• Fluency in the English language, including effective spoken, presentation and written reporting abilities.
• Postgraduate university degrees in relevant areas will be considered as an advantage.

General professional experience:

• At least 10 years of professional experience related to training in the financial management, of which at least 3 years of experience will have been gained in tourism sector.

Specific professional experience:

• Experience in developing training manuals and training modules in finance management area.
• Experience in development and implementation of institutional budgeting and forecasting process including analysis of business risks and opportunities.
• Experience in forecast management activities (input collection, processing, rationality validation, interpretation and report creation) and comparison of performance data metrics will be considered as an advantage.