1 Introduction
The ECORYS group is an international consultancy firm with offices in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and representative offices in the US and the Philippines. We employ 550 technical, management and support staff across our offices and are one of Europe’s largest specialist economic and social development consultancies. We have worked in more than 100 countries and have assisted national, regional and local Governments in all aspects of policy formulation, analysis and implementation.
We are a values based organisation with a proven commitment to assisting developing country governments and donors eradicate poverty. We are fully committed to delivering the highest quality technical advice and project management support on all of our projects.
We are currently preparing an expression of interest for an Inter-American Development Bank funded project in the Caribbean to provide technical assistance to ‘Design and Implement A Comprehensive Strategic Plan For the Excise Division of the Customs and Excise Department’ and are seeking highly skilled and motivated individuals to be included in our team.
2 The Project
The consultancy involves the design and implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan for the Excise Division of a Customs and Excise Department in the Caribbean. The objective of this consultancy is to outline the way forward for the Excise Division in its evolution from a process control to an audit based system. The consultant will be required to modernise the present administrative processes, especially those relating to tax collection and audit, with the view to strengthening the Excise Tax Operations.
3 Personnel Required
For this assignment we are looking to include experts with substantial experience in the reform and development of excise departments, specifically relating to the drawing up of strategic plans. Previous experience in the Caribbean is desirable, preferably in a similar role. Consultants must be fluent in written and spoken English.
The duration of the assignment will be about 4 (four) months, and is expected to start around August 2007. All interested parties that are accepted for inclusion in our expression of interest for this project are not committed to being included in our proposal should we be short-listed. We will however wish to discuss commitment at the short-listing stage.
4 Our Approach to Working with You
As a values-based and people-focussed consultancy, we recognise that our full time staff and associate consultants are central to our continued success. We believe that a successful relationship with our associates is based on mutual respect and support, and fair and reasonable treatment. We will pay fair market fee rates to all of our associates.
5 Getting in Touch
If you are available and interested please send a full, up-to-date CV highlighting your relevant experience in the development of Excise Departments and the Caribbean to . Please clearly mark your application with the project name and location. The deadline for applications is 22nd July 2007.
