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Organisation: Danish
Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and
Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: 
Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management,
Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50989-2013/UGA.01-W

About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme  (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months
inception phase from September 2013 – April  2014. To assist in the implementation of the
JWESSP three Danida advisers will be recruited to provide advisory services to
the Ministry of Water and Environment. The Public Finance Adviser will
therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers
recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
About Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme:
The Government of Uganda (GoU) and Development Partners (DPs) are
implementing a Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP)
over the 5-year period 2013-2018. The programme is a continuation of a similar
programme running from 2008 to 2013 and will support the GoU’s effort to
eradicate poverty in Uganda. In line with the mandate of the Ministry of Water
and Environment (MWE) and the merging of the two subsectors, this new programme
also incorporates support to the environment and natural resources (ENR)
sub-sector. It is also intended to further harmonise and align DP’s support to
the sector by establishing one co-ordinated and flexible sector programme,
which DP’s will be able to “buy in” to by supporting components or
elements that comply with their  respective
policies and strategic areas of support.
Job Summary: The Public Finance Adviser will support the
alignment and effectiveness of donor support and the efficient use of resources
available in the provision of services mandated to MWE.  This will include continued support to
financial management but expanded to encompass:
  • Policy analysis;
  • Institutional improvement;
  • Sector governance and the delivery of
    public services;
  • Sector support for the growth of the
    economy;
  • Improving financial management and
    accountability and
  • Ensuring transparency and accountability.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The Public Finance Adviser’s scope of work will focus primarily on
improving capacity in areas controllable within MWE. Expanding on the areas
listed above this will include the following:
  • Support the Planning Department of MWE in
    the analysis of performance against policy objectives;
  • Assist the Planning Department of MWE in
    the creation of a report on policy  performance
    for presentation to Top Management and the Sector and Sub Sector  Working Groups.
  • Sector governance and the delivery of
    public services
  • Work with the Director / Directorate of
    Water Development (DWD) and Commissioners
  • (Rural Water Division (RWD), Water for
    Production (WfP), and Urban Water and Sanitation
  • Division (UWSD)) in the MWE service
    delivery departments to improve: Linkages with the Ministry of Agriculture
    particularly to ensure that final outputs and  outcomes resulting from infrastructure
    associated with farm irrigation schemes are  realised;
  • Linkages with the Ministry of Education
    & Sport and Ministry of Health to clarify  mandates and responsibilities for the
    supply of clean water and sanitation facilities in  educational and health institutions
    respectively;
  • Linkages with the private sector to ensure
    that environmental issues are fully  considered during the planning and
    feasibility stage of any venture that requires an  Environmental and Impact Assessment
    (taken as including Climate Change);
  • Initiation and follow-up of results of
    value for money and tracking studies.
  • Improving financial management and accountability
  • Support the Principal Accountant and the
    Joint Partnership Fund (JPF) Accounts Unit  as necessary including:
  • Review and where necessary update JPF
    procedures to keep them in accordance  with Government of Uganda procedures to
    facilitate continued alignment;
  • Assist the JPF Accounts Unit in
    preparation of financial and audit reports on JPF  donor funds;
  • Support as necessary in preparing the
    annual JPF work plans and budgets including  the allocation of JPF funds to the
    components within the Ministry;
  • Support to the JWESSP Component Managers
    in the preparation of quarterly progress  reports for presentation and discussion
    in the sector working group meetings;
  • Support the GoU Finance Department in the
    improvement of document flow to manage payments to suppliers more
    efficiently;
  • Support the Internal Audit Department in
    the development of an annual audit  programme
    in compliance with the Government Internal Audit Manual;
  • Support the strengthening of monitoring
    and reporting on decentralized (conditional  grants) implementation for water and
    sanitation in particular transmitted to district local  governments.
Key Performance Areas:
The work of the Public Finance Adviser is expected to improve existing
processes,  documents and relationships.
As such the precise method of measurement of impact will be  agreed as part of the inception report
process. The following areas will be expected to  demonstrate the impact of the adviser:
  • Regular risk assessment reports;
  • Improved quality of quarterly reporting;
  • Improved quality and raised profile of
    internal audit reporting;
  • Absence of perceived corruption under the
    control of the sector;
  • Regular policy analysis reporting. 
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should hold a Masters degree
    (or equivalent level of academic or professional experience) in political
    science, international relations, public administration, accounting or
    finance, law or development studies;
  • Extensive experience working in the area
    of public finance, good governance or financial management;
  • Experience working with basket funding;
  • Extensive experience working in developing
    countries, preferably East Africa/Uganda;
  • Experience of supporting inter-ministerial
    collaboration particularly in developing economies will be an added
    advantage;
  • Knowledge of and experience working with
    bilateral and multilateral donors will be an added advantage;
  • Fluent in written and spoken English.
  • Pro-active and confident;
  • Analytical, outgoing and robust;
  • Pragmatic with an appreciation for the dynamics
    in a politically managed organisation;
  • Strong inter-personal skills;
  • Persuasive communicator;
  • Ability to work as part of an
    interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries  and stakeholder.
Terms of employment: The
contract period is three years, with the third year pending budgetary
approval.  Attractive remuneration
package reflecting family status. Contribution to a pension scheme,  health insurance and reimbursement of school
fees. Free housing. Grant for relocation.
How to Apply:
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be
found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50989-2013/UGA.01-W should
be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November
2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all
candidates called in for interview – except for those to whom the relevant
language is mother tongue – shall be language tested in Denmark in the working
languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th October
2013 at 12 noon (CEST).

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