REQUEST AND TORS TO MOBILISE A NON-KEY EXPERT - Financial

3 فبراير 2020

EU- WATER Sector Technical Assistance and Reforms Support

EU WATER STARS

NO 2017/390-892

REQUEST AND TORS TO MOBILISE A NON-KEY EXPERT (NKE)-Financial

 

Expert Position:     

 

  • NKE Category [Senior or Junior]: Junior
  • Number of Working Days: 60 WD
  • NKE-ID: Finance-1

 

  1. PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Kitchener Drain is the main agricultural drain passing through three Governorates Gharbia (“GHB”), Kafr El-Sheikh (“KES”) and Dakahlia (“DKH”) in the Egyptian Nile Delta and discharges into the Mediterranean Sea. The total length of the main Kitchener Drain is around 69 km, in addition to tens of kilometres of secondary and tertiary drains that discharge into its main stream.

The Kitchener Drain is the main source of irrigation to around 460 thousand feddan or approximately 195,000 hectares of agricultural lands that are used mainly to cultivate wheat and rice. However, the drain is not well maintained and the irrigation water gets contaminated from the following main sources: (i) domestic wastewater (poorly treated and/or untreated) from numerous villages within the three Governorates; (ii) uncontrolled municipal solid waste disposed of along the banks and into the drains (iii) industrial wastewater discharge; and (iv) fertilisers and pesticides discharges from the agricultural drainage system.  Accordingly, the Kitchener Drain is noted to be one of the highest polluted drains in the Delta Region.

The population in the project area is mostly rural and totals about 5.5 million of which nearly half (46%) does not currently have access to sewerage services. Currently, a large part of the polluted water from the Kitchener Drain is used for irrigation purposes, causing environmental and health problems and severely damaging the agricultural economy of the area.

The Kitchener Drain Solid Waste project (“the Project”) is an investment component of a larger investment programme aiming at the de-pollution of the Kitchener Drain (the “Programme”) alongside wastewater & sanitation and drain infrastructure rehabilitation investment components. The Programme will be the first of its kind in Egypt by adopting an “integrated” approach to tackle several sources of pollution at once to achieve maximum impact and synergies.

The Project seeks to significantly improve municipal solid waste management (MSWM) - which includes collection, transportation, sorting, recycling and final disposal of waste throughout the three targeted Governorates.  Presently, uncontrolled disposal of MSW represents a significant source of pollution in the Kitchener Drain - which has negative environmental and public health implications.

The Law of Local Administration No. 43/1979 states that the Ministry of Local Development (MoLD) is the implementing Ministry directly responsible for the improvement of the SWM systems in the Governorates. MoLD’s roles and responsibilities include: (i) assistance for the Governorates in developing SWM facilities; (ii) supervision of grants and loans provided to the Governorates; and (iii) follow-up on the implementation of investment projects.

The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) will be set up within the MoLD, which is also responsible for coordination of all aspects of the Project implementation. It will be established by the Consultant.

It is expected that the Project will be directly implemented by the Governorates (through their Solid Waste Management Units (SWMU), which are institutionally responsible under the supervision of MoLD and the PIU to implement, monitor and supervise MSWM services (collection, transport, operation of transfer stations and disposal) within their geographical territories, under the full supervision of MoLD and PIU.

  1. SCOPE OF WORK

MoLD Kitchener Technical Unit (MKTU) requires a Financial Expert, to support MoLD in the proper technical and administrative follow up of the project implementation activities basically; accounting, auditing, finance, procurement, reporting, in coordination with the PIU Consultant, under the supervision of the Project Manager - through implementation of all necessary tasks, including but not necessarily limited to the following:

  • Follow up with the PIU Consultant on maintaining an integral accounting system for all approved Project activities, utilizing standard accounting procedures, which will ensure full documentation and recording of sources and uses of funds;
  • Follow up and review the Financial Management Reports and Financial Statements for all the Project activities prepared by the PIU Consultant;
  • Ensure that Project expenditures are incurred for the intended purpose;
  • S/He shall follow up with the PIU Consultant in all the financial aspects of the Project including monitoring, supervision and guidance to ensure compliance with EBRD guidelines and procedures and relevant Egyptian Laws and Regulations.
  • Follow up with the PIU Consultant on carrying out its financial management responsibilities with respect to budgeting, accounting, internal control, funds flow, financial reporting and auditing arrangements, to ensure that proceeds of the Grant are used for the purposes intended aligned to the procedures set for the project;
  • Review and follow up on the Project financial plans, budgets and disbursement plans prepared by the PIU Consultant.
  • Perform other relevant duties as required by the Project Manager.
  1. EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES:

The Financial Expert will submit the deliverables listed below to the Project Manager. All reports and deliverables shall be prepared in English and Arabic.

 

  1. Monthly Progress Reports:

The Financial Expert will deliver a progress report of an entire month which he/she works. The monthly progress report will contain at least but not limited to the list of activities planned for the reporting period, their progress toward the target, results of the activities and a work log sheet.

  1. Training summary Reports: The Financial Expert will prepare a summary report in area financial models and financial management. This training estimated to be for 2-3 days and possibly run twice, if required. Input to training manual and preparation of training material. Total days estimated 5 days. 

 

  1.  Final Report will be delivered in the contract end date.

 

Reporting language: Documents will be produced mainly in Arabic and translated into English language if needed.  Reports are to be produced in English with executive summaries in Arabic.

 

  1. REQUIRED EXPERT KEY QUALIFICATIONS

 

The Expert will make available for this assignment one NKE-Finance-1, who is expected to have an input of a max of 60 working days. However final modalities of the work hours will be discussed with MoLD. His/her Qualification Requirement is as follows:

Qualification and skills:

  • University degree in accountancy, finance, business administration, auditing or similar. Master’s Degree is a plus.
  • He/she shall be proficient in Arabic.
  • Working level of English language.

General Professional Experience:

  • At least Five years of experience in financial management and accounting, preferably in public sector and/or with donor-funded projects.
  • Proven working Experience in dealing with different profiles of audience including government employees in at least one international financed project in the last five years (2015 onwards).

 

Specific Professional Experience:

  • Minimum 3 years’ working experience in financial analysis/financial modelling/business planning, preferably in similar sectors.
  • Minimum of 3 years in accounting/budgeting/auditing/data reporting, preferably in the water sector.
  • Previous knowledge of EU funded projects is an asset.

 

  1. ASSIGNMENT LOCATION AND DURATION: Cairo, Egypt
  2. DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The duration of the assignment is 12 months starting from February 2020.  

 

  1. TERMINATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT

This assignment may be terminated with 1 weeks’ notice in writing from the Contracting Authority Programme Manager side without cause.

 

 

Annex 1 – Evaluation GRID

Job Requirements

Scoring
  1.  Qualification and skills

5
  1. General Professional Experience:

(to be proven through pertinent job positions and/or projects

10
  1. Specific Professional Experience:

(to be proven through pertinent job positions and/or projects)

10

 

TOTAL SCORE (RANKING)

25