Monday, June 16, 2008

JOB- Public Administration Specialist, Ministry of Education/IOM Afghanistan

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JOB- Public Administration Specialist, Ministry of Education/IOM Afghanistan

Posted by: Quinn Martin - REI <quinn@russiaeurasia.com>

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Education
and
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Ministry of Education
Reform Implementation Management Unit
Technical Assistance Project
(RIMU ­ TAP)

Vacancy Announcement

The Afghan Ministry of education is looking for National and/or
International experts to fill the following position.

Vacancy No: RIMU 07/001-R6
Duty Station: Ministry of Education, Kabul
Position: Public Administration Specialist
Duration: 8 months
Starting Date: As soon as possible

General:
The Public Administration Specialist will lead work on procedures, job
classification, and scheme of service and performance management for
the Ministry of Education and will assist the Senior PAR/HRM Advisor
of the ministry to ensure that the MoE programme for Education
Administration Reform and Development is effectively implemented.

Post Supervision:
The Public Administration Specialist (PA Specialist) is under the
indirect supervision of the Minister and the direct supervision of the
PAR/HRM Advisor, and will provide reports to him on public
administration/reform issues related to MoE. The Specialist will
supervise the work of internationally recruited specialists/technical
advisers assigned to RIMU.

Counterparts:
The counterparts of the Public Administration Specialist will be the
Human Resource Officer and the heads of the Human Resource (HR) department.

Tasks:
The Public Administration Specialist will be part of the Reform
Implementation Management Unit (RIMU) team based at the MOE. He/she
will work to set up procedures for developing a HR component, the
performance assessment system, and the classification/grading of
teachers and administrators. The specific duties of the Public
Administration Specialist are as follows:
* Supervising the international technical assistance/specialist team
assigned to RIMU;
* Coordinating MOE reform activities with the Independent
Administration Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC);
* Serving as a technical specialist and helping assess and strengthen
the RIMU of MOE;
* Assisting the PAR/HRM Advisor to prepare regular work-plans for
RIMU activities;
* Advising on and assisting in establishing a monitoring and
reporting system for RIMU;
* Advising the minister and deputy ministers on proposed procedurals
changes for RIMU, notably the HR function and the introduction of the
performance assessment system for the HR/personnel department of MOE;
* Providing procedures to implement Priority Reform and Restructuring (PRR);
* Assisting with the implementation of the PRR for the central
ministry and provinces;
* Assisting in preparing job descriptions, in the introduction of job
classification system, the performance assessment system (PAS) and new
pay and grading (P&G) system;
* Assisting to train local staff to carry out the above tasks for the
PRR, PAS and P&G; including assisting the HRD/Training Specialists to
identify needs for training and capacity building among field staff
and partners; and prepare training programmes;
* Preparing reports on the overall progress of the RIMU activities on
a quarterly basis and ad hoc as required
* Other work as needed and requested by MOE

Delivery:
The PA Specialist will provide procedures to implement the PRR,
prepare and assist the introduction of the new systems performance
assessment job classification and pay and grading once these systems
are designed by other specialists.

Qualities required:
* A Public Administration Specialist with sr. level experience,
preferably from the education sector.
* A PhD in public administration, education management or a related
discipline with 15 years of experience.
* Proven success in providing strategic guidance on area of expertise.
* Ability to work as an effective team leader/coordinator of a
challenging reform programme.
* High level of oral and written communication skills and good
command of English.
* Flexibility of approach to issues as they arise while providing
clear direction and leadership.
* Preferably some experience from transitional economies.

Closing date: 22 June 2008 (local Afghan time)

Method of Application:

Interested Experts with the required qualifications should forward
their Cover letter, CV and supporting documents to: rimu@iom.int

Please quote above stated Vacancy Number and Position Title in the
subject line.

Note: Only short listed applicants would be contacted.

Applications from qualified Afghan nationals are encouraged.

Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply.

For additional information you can contact the RIMU-TAP Support Centre
(Kabul) at: RIMU@iom.int.

The Support Centre can also answer your queries from 8:00 to 17:00
(Kabul time) from Sunday to Thursday at:
+93 (0)700 28 24 92 +93 (0)700 49 71 62.


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