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• Provide
  technical and policy advice to the Attaché with regard to his/her
  positioning on policy in PFM-related issues.
• Provide
  the Attaché with an analysis of the budget planning and execution in the education
  and health sector. Particularly, prior to Joint Sector Reviews and the
  Budget Framework conferences, making sure budgetary concerns are addressed
  appropriately.
• If
  and when required, provide the Attaché with information and advice on PFM
  matters arising within the Joint Budget Support Framework (JBSF).
• Make
  sure the new policies and/or critical issues raised regarding PFM in
  technical working group (TWG) meetings are brought up, in due time, to the
  attention of the Attaché.
• Contribute
  actively to the existing technical coordination mechanisms of the Belgian
  support to the Health and Education sector by exchanging information on
  health and education PFM issues, so as to promote a shared vision and a
  coherent approach.
• Provide
  PFM advice, reporting, and briefings under the lead of the Belgian BTC
  resident representative, in line with the Belgian Budget Support
  Vade-mecum.

• Contribute
  to the achievement of more effective aid to the health and education
  sector through improved harmonisation, coordination of DPs and their
  alignment to the Sector Strategic Plan and policies, according to the
  principles of the Paris Declaration, the MoU for the health SWAp (Compact)
  and the MoU of the education SWAp.
• Actively
  participate in and contribute to TWG meetings related to PFM in the
  education and health sectors (ie. Health Financing TWG, M&E TWG and
  Budget TWG). In addition, participate in high-level fora of the policy
  dialogue of the health and education sector: the monthly Health
  Development Partners (HDP) meetings, the bi-monthly Health Policy Advisory
  Committee (HPAC) meetings, the Education Sector Consultative Committee
  (ESCC) meetings, and the Joint Budget Support Framework meetings.
• Actively
  participate in the (preparatory) meetings of the annual Joint Review
  Mission for health and education, strengthening the link between PFM at
  sector level and macro level. Contribute to the drafting of the summary
  reports together with the Attaché, other DPs and the MoH/MoES
  representatives.
• Liaise
  with other DPs engaged in Sector/General Budget Support and participate in
  the PFM-related joint missions (eg: PEFA, FRA etc) when appropriate.
• Analyse
  budget planning, budget execution, financial reporting, internal and
  external control systems in the health and education sector at central and
  local level and support the actors in both sector in these matters.
• Analyse
  the annual report of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG), share
  findings with donors and follow up on the recommendations and corrective
  measures with MoH/MoES.
• Establish,
  develop and maintain good working relations with the Government ministries
  (namely MoH, MoES, MoFPED, Local Governments), institutions and all partners
  involved in the education and health sector.

• Follow
  up and undertake analysis of the implementation of current Health Sector
  Strategic and Investment Plan (HSSIP) and the Education Sector Strategy
  Plan (ESSP), the Universal Post-primary Education and Training (UPPET)
  strategy in collaboration with the BTC health and education experts in the
  field.
• Monitor
  identified risk factors and constructively collaborate with the partner
  authorities within the policy dialogue to implement mitigating actions.
• Analyse
  Health budget and expenditure within the sector and within the national
  budget and share information with relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse
  Education budget and expenditure within the sector and within the national
  budget and share information with relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse
  annual audit reports (Auditor General’s report), share and discuss
  findings in the education and health sector with DPG, MoH, MoES and MoFPED
  and follow up on recommendations and issues addressed in the reports.
• Present
  recommendations on planning, budget allocations and expenditures and PFM
  issues at sector level to the HPAC, HDP and ESCC.

• Provide
  quarterly reports to the Attaché, the Resident Representative of BTC, and
  the Budget Support Working Group (DGD-BTC-Minister in Brussels) with
  regard to PFM and policy dialogue, as provided in the Vademecum for Budget
  Support.
• Quality
  assurance of the reports will be done first by the Departments of
  Expertise (for progress reporting) and Finance (for the disbursement
  reports) in BTC Brussels, then by the ResRep, who officially submits the
  reports to the Attaché in time.
• In
  particular, for the disbursement reports, the adviser will systematically
  check whether the conditions for disbursement as defined in the Specific
  Agreement are met
• The
  Attaché will submit the Report to the Inspector of Finance. In the Annual
  Reports the expert will include an updated description of the PFM system
  and PFM reform processes in place in Uganda, paying particular attention
  to the health and education sectors.
• Facilitate
  the release of Belgium’s contribution to sector budget support.

• University
  degree in economics, public management, public administration, law,
  political science or related;
• A
  minimum of 3 years of experience in public financial management– all or
  partly in the field in developing countries or transitional countries;
• A
  high degree of questioning business as usual, drive, self-motivation and
  ability to work independently with minimum supervision;
• Prepared
  to undertake frequent field trips;
• Cooperative
  and networking attitude and experience of working in multi-disciplinary
  team settings;
• Demonstrated
  interpersonal, communication, reporting, diplomatic and negotiation
  skills; Analytical skills and critical thinking;
• Negotiation
  and diplomatic skills;
• Analytical
  skills and critical attitude;
• Good
  organizational skills;
• Extensive
  professional experience in a multicultural context;
• Good
  communicator;
• English
  proficiency, both in speaking and writing.
• Knowledge
  of Dutch and French is an asset.

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