Ministry of Environment and Energy

Male’, Republic of Maldives

Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP)

Grant No.: TF019383

Reference No.: (IUL) 438/438/2017/09              

Date: January 16, 2017                                                                                     

Request for Expressions of Interest

Financial Management Assistant

The Government of the Republic of Maldives through the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE) is implementing Environment Management and Climate Change related projects administered by the World Bank, and intends to apply part of the proceeds of these projects to payments under the contract for the services of a Financial Management Assistant for the Project Management Unit (PMU), established within the MEE.

The objective of this assignment is to support the disbursement activities being undertaken for the projects administered by the PMU/MEE with the responsibility for ensuring compliance with the Government and World Bank guidelines on disbursement.

The qualification requirements for this possition include, among other things the following:

• Tertiary qualification in accounting/ finance/ or suitable equivalency.

          Training in related field will be an added advantage.

• Minimum three (3) years of work experience in in the financial sector.
• Experience in donor funded projects will be an added advantage;
• Must be computer literate in using financial management applications status quo within the market, spreadsheets and word processor;
• Knowledge of QuickBooks will be an added advantage;
• Strong communication skills in presenting, discussing and resolving difficult issues.  Ability to work efficiently and effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

In addition to the above the consultant’s reputation of integrity and impartiality routed in independent from third parties shall be considered.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy now invites interested eligible individuals to submit their Expressions of Interest (EoI). Interested individuals must provide their CV with information demonstrating that they are qualified to perform the services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills, etc.) covering the Key Qualifications listed above.

A candidate will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowers dated January 2011, Revised July 2014.

Successful candidate will be paid an all-inclusive monthly fee of MVR 15,000 to 25,000 depending on qualification and experience. The individual for this position will be hired, initially for a period of Sixteen (16) months on fulltime basis and may be extended for a further period, based on need and performance.

Training may be provided on relevant international agencies disbursement guidelines.

The expressions of interest must be submitted to the address by (regular mail, emails or fax) not later than 1400 hours on January 30, 2017 and shall be available to commence the services no later than February / March 2017.

Interested individual may obtain further information on request by writing to the address below.

Project Manager

Project Management Unit

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Green Building

Handhuvaree Hingun, Maafannu

Male’, 20392, Republic of Maldives

Tel: +960 3018419, Fax: +960 3018301

Email: [email protected]