{"id":436428,"date":"2011-06-06T00:03:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/ministry-of-local-government-and-rural-development-job-vacancy\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T00:03:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:03:33","slug":"ministry-of-local-government-and-rural-development-job-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/ministry-of-local-government-and-rural-development-job-vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Of Local Government And Rural Development Job Vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52.7543546695\">\n<div readability=\"50.1903684551\">\n<div readability=\"34.4508942579\">\n<p><strong>LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY SUPPORT PROJECT<br \/>IDA CREDIT NO:<\/strong> 4878-GH<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Ghana has received funding from the World Bank towards the cost of implementation of the Local Government Capacity Support Project (LGCSP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under contracts for individual consultants to support project implementation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Objectives of the project are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To strengthen the intergovernmental fiscal framework<\/li>\n<li>To strengthen local public financial management and accountability for improved infrastructure and services in urban assemblies; and<\/li>\n<li>To improve citizens\u2019 engagement with urban assemblies and their perceptions of urban management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The project is divided into four components:<br \/><\/strong>Component 1: Strengthening the fiscal framework for decentralization<br \/>Component 2: Enhancing decentralized urban service delivery<br \/>Component 3: Stimulating demand for accountable governance and service delivery<br \/>Component 4: Institutional and Project Management Support<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\/jobs-ghana\/ministry-of-local-government-and-rural-development\" rel=\"tag\" title=\"Posts tagged with Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development\">Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development<\/a> (MLGRD) will implement components 2, 3 and 4 of the project. These components will provide performance based grants to urban metropolitan and municipal assemblies (MMAs), support social accountability objectives as laid out in the government\u2019s Decentralisation Policy Framework and provide project management support. Support to MMAs will focus on improving their performance in five core local government Public Financial Management (PFM) reform areas: Budgeting, Reporting and Auditing, Revenue Management, Asset Management,and Social Accountability<\/li>\n<li>The project is being implemented through the mainstream structures of the Ministry. For smooth implementation, the Ministry seeks to recruit suitable qualified and competent individual consultants to support its existing mainstream staff to implement the project. MLGRD now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the relevant services described below by submitting detailed curriculum vitae to provide information that they are qualified to perform the services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Objective of the Assignment:<br \/><\/strong>To support and advise MLGRD and MMAs on the establishment and implementation of sound and adequate environmental and social management practices and safeguards in the implementation of sub-projects under Component 2a of the project, the performance \u2013 based urban development grant (UDG). The UDG will be provided to participating MMAs on an annual basis and may be used for the implementation of development priorities within District Medium Term Development Plans (DMTDPs). These are likely to include a range of small scale investments such as local roads, street lighting, drainage, markets, and solid waste management and sanitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope of Work:<br \/><\/strong>The services of an individual consultant are required to provide support to MLGRD and to the participating MMAs in ensuring that adequate environmental and social management practices and safeguards are used in the implementation of the sub-projects under Component 2a, and to monitor and report on the same to the central government and the World Bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Required Skills or Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum of a Master\u2019s Degree in Environmental Management, Social Science or related field<\/li>\n<li>At least five (5) years of post qualification practical experience in environmentally sustainable development, social protection or social development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"19.1078680203\">\n<p>Individual Consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank\u2019s Guidelines: Selection and <a title=\"Employment\" href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\">Employment<\/a> of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, (May 2004 revised October 2006 and May 2010).<\/p>\n<p>All interested individuals are required to submit typewritten letters and curriculum vitae for the specification position described above.<\/p>\n<p>Letters of interest clearly marked <strong>\u201cLocal Government Capacity Support Project (LGCSP)\u201d<\/strong> and the name of the position and addressed to:<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CHIEF DIRECTOR<br \/>MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT<br \/>POST OFFICE BOX M 50<br \/>ACCRA, GHANA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Closing 8th June, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Related Jobs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\/ministry-of-local-government-mlgrd-regional-capacity-building-specialist.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Ministry of Local Government (MLGRD): Regional Capacity Building Specialist\">Ministry of Local Government (MLGRD): Regional Capacity Building Specialist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\/ministry-of-local-governments-mlgrd-chief-infrastructure-engineer.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Ministry of Local Government (MLGRD): Chief Infrastructure Engineer\">Ministry of Local Government (MLGRD): Chief Infrastructure Engineer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\/local-government-service-secretariat-recruits-technical-advisor.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Local Government Service Secretariat Recruits Technical Advisor\">Local Government Service Secretariat Recruits Technical Advisor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\/local-government-service-secretariat-recruits-procurement-specialist.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Local Government Service Secretariat Recruits Procurement Specialist\">Local Government Service Secretariat Recruits Procurement Specialist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Tagged as: <a href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\/jobs-ghana\/ministry-of-local-government-and-rural-development\" rel=\"tag nofollow\">Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/joblistghana.com\/ministry-of-local-government-and-rural-development-job-vacancy.html\" title=\"Ministry Of Local Government And Rural Development Job Vacancy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministry Of Local Government And Rural Development Job Vacancy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY SUPPORT PROJECT IDA CREDIT NO: 4878-GH The Government of Ghana has received funding from the World Bank towards the cost of implementation of the Local Government Capacity Support Project (LGCSP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under contracts for individual consultants to support project implementation. The Objectives of the project are: To strengthen the intergovernmental fiscal framework To strengthen local public financial management and accountability for improved infrastructure and services in urban assemblies; and To improve citizens\u2019 engagement with urban assemblies and their perceptions of urban management The project is divided into four components: Component 1: Strengthening the fiscal framework for decentralization Component 2: Enhancing decentralized urban service delivery Component 3: Stimulating demand for accountable governance and service delivery Component 4: Institutional and Project Management Support The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) will implement components 2, 3 and 4 of the project. These components will provide performance based grants to urban metropolitan and municipal assemblies (MMAs), support social accountability objectives as laid out in the government\u2019s Decentralisation Policy Framework and provide project management support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":436429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-436428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ministry Of Local Government And Rural Development Job Vacancy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/ministry-of-local-government-and-rural-development-job-vacancy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ministry Of Local Government And Rural Development Job Vacancy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY SUPPORT PROJECT IDA CREDIT NO: 4878-GH The Government of Ghana has received funding from the World Bank towards the cost of implementation of the Local Government Capacity Support Project (LGCSP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under contracts for individual consultants to support project implementation. 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