Public Financial Management Service Delivery Team Leader

Chemonics International, an international development firm based in Washington, DC., seeks professionals for USAID's anticipated multi-year health program in Nigeria; the Strategic HIV and AIDS Response Program (SHARP).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Public Financial Management Service Delivery Team Leader

Location: Nigeria

Job Descriptions

• Chemonics seeks a public financial management service delivery team leader for an anticipated USAID five year local governance strengthening project in Nigeria.
• The project aims to increase effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of selected state and local governments.
• It will focus on strengthening systems to improve the delivery of services in key sectors including basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation, and hygiene; efficiency of key governance operations; government's responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and government's and civil society's capacity to manage conflict.
• We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of experts to implement project activities related to public financial management for improved service delivery, in collaboration with government counterparts
• Determine areas of focus for improvements that may include budget planning, implementation, and execution; budget transparency; domestic resource mobilization; procurement reform; internal controls, audit, and monitoring and evaluation

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in economics, public policy, business, finance, or a related field
• Minimum 10 years of successfully implementing projects related to service delivery and public financial management at the national and sub-national levels
• Experience in a leadership role on a donor-funded project; team leader experience preferred
• Experience working with Nigerian government counterparts at the state and/or local level preferred
• Experience with tax reform in developing countries, including experience working with revenue authorities or similar institutions to improve revenue generation for service delivery
• Expertise in the modernization of budget processes including planning, execution, and monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Experience with expenditure and procurement management reforms in developing countries, including knowledge of systems such as the Treasury Single Account, IPSAS, and e-Procurement