Consulting Services for Finance Officer

    Background

The Ministry of Communications and IT has initiated the project of developing the Electronic National ID platform for the government. The Project has a centralized management structure.  The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) will be the implementing agency for the proposed project. MCIT is implementing a number of sectoral projects funded by the government and other development partners.

The respective departments within MCIT will handle core financial management and procurement functions for the project.  A Project Management Office (PMO) will support MCIT in implementation of the proposed project. MCIT proposes hiring the PMO staff during project preparation through a PMO funds. The PMO will include a project manager, Technical Coordinator, Project Coordinator and Finance Officer.

 Objective

MCIT intends to hire a Finance Officer; the objective of this assignment is to support the PMO in the financial management and disbursement areas under the project and to assist the finance department staff members to perform related tasks.