Expert category: Junior Non Key Expert
Position: External Audit
I. Background
Adam Smith International is implementing an EU technical assistance project “Technical Assistance to Support Budget Support Operations, Somalia”. The areas of focus for technical assistance include building capacity for monitoring and reporting on Budget Support performance indicators, enhancing the capacity of the Office of the Accountant-General (AG) to improve PFM, cash management, enhancing the oversight capacity of the Office of the Auditor General, enhancing capacity of the Federal Parliament of Somalia to perform its legislative oversight role, and improving coordination with stakeholders. The project started in February 2019, and will run for 29 months until mid-2021.
This TOR is for an expert who possesses experience/expertise in the field of External Audit to work closely with the project’s Audit SKE (Senior Key Expert) and Office of the Auditor General of Somalia (OAGS), to provide technical assistance to support building capacity, competencies and procedures of the OAG for the effective conduct of its audit responsibilities.
II. Duties
The specific objective of this assignment is to support the OAG and work closely with the project SKE and Office of the Auditor General of Somalia (OAG), to provide technical assistance to support building capacity and, competencies of the OAGS staff in audit related matters. This includes deepening adoption of ISSAIs, and more specifically full adoption of the developed: (a) Compliance Audit Manual (CAM), and (b) Financial Audit Manual (FAM). Furthermore, to support implementation of the Audit Flow (computerised audit methodology) for the OAGS.
The expert will be responsible to the project Audit SKE and AG for providing technical guidance, training, capacity building and support to designated staff of the OAG and to assist in the effective implementation of the office’s work, including the following:-
IV. Outputs/Deliverables
IV. Timeframe
The work will take place between September/October 2020 and April 2021 in Mogadishu.
V. Qualification and skills:
The following qualifications and skills are mandatory: -
V. Qualification and skills:
The following are additional essential skills: -
VII. Work Place and Timing
The assignment will be performed in Mogadishu. The contract will be for a total of six months (or 150 person days) and scheduled to end on 30 April 2021. However, the first 30 days is the probationary period. Upon satisfactory performance during the probation period, the contract will be extended for 5 months.
VIII. Reporting
The expert will report functionally to the OAG and BSP Audit SKE, and administratively to the Team Leader of the EU Budget Support Project.
Total Days requested for this approval:
150 days with extension subject to satisfactory performance.
Assignment period:
September/October 2020 – April 2021
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit a CV (no more than 2 pages) and short cover letter with subject headline “Junior NK Expert - BSP” to associaterecruit.asi@adamsmithinternational.com
Shortlisted applicants only will be contacted.
Deadline for applications has been extended to COB 12th August.
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