Fresh Recruitment at Adam Smith International (ASI)

Adam Smith International are an award-winning professional services business that delivers real impact, value and lasting change through projects supporting economic growth and government reform internationally. Our reputation as a global leader has been built on the positive results our 
projects have achieved in many of the world’s most challenging environments.  Adam Smith International has a strong corporate presence globally, with 146 current projects across 49 countries and over 1,000 staff and associates. Headquartered in London, our regional headquarters are based in Africa (Nairobi, Abuja, and Pretoria), Asia Pacific (Sydney) and South Asia (Delhi), with numerous registered offices across Africa and Asia.
We are recruiting to fill the position below: 

Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Criminal Sanctions Expert
Tracking Code: 764-112 
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in criminal sanctions for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Candidates with demonstrable experience in working with courts and justice oversight functions are preferred.
• The candidate will be experienced in providing innovative and practical solutions to operational problems, and will have a detailed knowledge of justice system mechanics (e.g. sentencing guidelines and plea bargaining arrangements).

Required Competencies and Experience 

• A post-graduate degree in a related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred)
• Technical expertise gained from working as with courts and/or within the legal system (prosecutor or judge), UK-trained advocates or equivalent are preferred
• Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice
• Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules
• Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes
• Effective communicator (written and oral)
• Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred

Job Title:  Public Financial Management Expert: Budget, Expenditure Management and Transparency
Tracking Code: 753-112 
Locations: Abuja, Sokoto, Bauchi
Department: Revenue Reform 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
Job Summary 

• We are actively seeking international and regional/Nigerian experts on a long-term basis to work within one of the targeted Federal States of Nigeria.

Job Descriptions
In brief, the experts working in this area will be expected to undertake activities and tasks related to the following:

• Budget Planning, Administration and Execution: Budget planning and preparation are at the heart of good public expenditure management.
• The contractor shall assist states to develop budgets that are comprehensive, realistic, credible, and clearly link policies with proposed expenditures.
• The expert shall support states to implement multi-year planning frameworks such as the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF). States will be assisted to monitor, adjust, and report on the achievement of the purposes for which the budget was approved.
• Budget Transparency: One of the main weaknesses in governance in Nigeria at all levels of the political system is the lack of transparency regarding funding flows and budgets, on both the revenue and the expenditure sides.
• The expert shall assist the federal and the selected state governments, as well as the selected LGAs within those states, to release to the public the complete detailed budget and expenditure reports for that government in a timely manner and in a format conducive to public understanding and analysis. In this reform area, the contractor shall undertake limited targeted high-impact efforts at the federal level to reinforce the bulk of its efforts that shall focus on budget transparency at the state and LGA levels.

The Project 

• The purpose of the State-to-State (State2State) contract is to increase the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of selected state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria. This will be achieved by strengthening systems to improve the delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation and hygiene – WASH); increasing the efficiency of key governance operations (with a focus on public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and evaluation); increasing government’s responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to manage conflict. State2State will work together with partner state governments to reform these sectors, and will learn and replicate best practice examples from other states.  State2State will support, scale-up, accelerate and institutionalize new and existing initiatives.
• State2State is a governance programme. Better governance is a means towards the ultimate end of poverty reduction by measurably improving primary health care, basic education and WASH services. Conflict mitigation is a core theme of the USAID/Nigeria Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). The Mission expects that improved governance and public services coupled with a Do No Harm approach, conflict mitigation strategies and tools will contribute to reducing violent conflict in the targeted areas.

Background: 

• Nigeria’s federal constitutional structure consists of three tiers of government: federal, state and local. The majority of basic services, including education, health care and WASH, are the responsibility of state and local governments. A host of challenges in carrying out their mandate, which are of three fundamental types, confronts subnational units: governance capacity constraints, financial resource constraints, and sectoral technical capacity constraints. State2State will primarily address the first group of constraint, with supporting interventions on the second type. Other USAID/Nigeria-supported health, education and WASH activities will address the third type of constraints.
• Governance capacity constraints are especially problematic in the realm of public financial management. The capacity of state governments to plan their annual budgets, linking them to medium-term expenditure frameworks and sectoral strategic plans, remains weak. As a result, state governments routinely spend only a fraction of their total budgets. Despite the passage by many states of Fiscal Responsibility Acts to parallel the federal Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007, these planned and expended state budgets remain highly opaque.
• A 2015 study found the overall condition of state budget transparency in Nigeria to be “deplorable,” with an average state score of 26 on a scale of zero (complete lack of transparency) to 100 (complete transparency).  Despite the passage by many states of Public Procurement Acts to parallel the federal Public Procurement Act of 2007, state procurement processes also lack transparency, are highly susceptible to manipulation, and are a significant source of corruption. Finally, systems of internal financial controls remain weak; audits frequently are not conducted, are of poor quality, or are manipulated to cover up malfeasance.

Timing: 

• This project is a five-year programme expected to run from 2017-2022.
• The experts will be expected to travel to and undertake long-term assignments in the targeted Federal State.

Requirements
The Position Requires the Following Skills and Experience: 

• A post-graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics (or related degree) and/or 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on budget experience at a sub-national government level, including in the design and implementation of multi-year budget frameworks.
• Hands on experience contributing to the development of and working with integrated financial management information systems (IFMIS) at a federal and sub-national government level.
• Experience working on budget transparency initiatives in developing countries, particularly in Africa.
• Knowledge and understanding of fiscal decentralisation and revenue sharing arrangements.
• Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts in a political aware manner.
• Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to counterparts, as well as mentoring.
• Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client-orientated.
• Excellent communication, inter-personal, and team-working skills.
• Ability to develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders both within government, and the wider environment.

Key Competencies and Experience: 

• Experts should have the ability to deliver Technical Assistance of an international standard to Nigeria’s Federal States, and to work effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environment. You should relish working in a team, should be innovative, energetic, positive, and genuinely committed to achieving lasting change in your work.

  

Job Title: Team Leader and Transport Expert – ECOWAS
Tracking Code: 732-112 
Location: Abuja
Department: European Union 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
Job Description 

• This assignment comes in the framework of the Technical Assistance to ECOWAS for the Implementation of the 10th EDF Transport Facilitation Project II.
• This project will support the ECOWAS Commission, based in Abuja, Nigeria, to manage the implementation of the Transport Facilitation Programme II.
• The general objective of the programme is to contribute to the growth of intra an extra community trade and exchanges through the installation of a transport facilitation system. The implementation period will be of 28 months.

The specific objectives of the project are: 

• The operationalization of the Joint Border Post of Noepe (Ghana/Togo) and Seme (Nigeria/Benin)
• Establishment of the Road Information System in order to strengthen the management and planning of improved road infrastructures in regional corridors.
• A more efficient transport system in the regional corridors. Especially by reducing abnormal practices and having more efficient border control systems and a more modern road transportation sector.

Required Skills
The ideal candidate will have: 

• Above 15 years experience in transport facilitation
• Extensive knowledge of EU procurement and financing procedures
• Previous experience as a Team Leader, ideally on EU-funded projects and in the transport sector
• Previous experience working in West Africa, preferably on ECOWAS integration issues
• Extensive knowledge of ECOWAS integration issues, particularly linked to transport, trade and infrastructure
• Master’s degree in Transport, Engineering, Infrastructure, Development, Economics, or any related field.

Job Title: Public Financial Management Expert, Audit
Tracking Code: 787-112
Locations: Abuja, Sokoto, Bauchi
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022
Job Description 

• We are actively seeking international and regional/Nigerian experts on a long-term basis to work within one of the targeted Federal States of Nigeria.
• In brief, the experts working in this area will be expected to undertake activities and tasks related to the following:
• Public Sector Audit:  The consultant shall work with the Office of the Auditor General to improve audit quality, coverage and findings. The Office of the Auditor General in each state is mandated to conduct financial and performance audits of state government and LGA spending. Nonetheless, often these audits are never carried out, and even when they are their findings are not used effectively. The consultants shall assist this Office in the selected states to improve the quality and quantity of their performance and financial audits with a focus on health, education and WASH spending/programs.

The Project 

• The purpose of the State-to-State (State2State) contract is to increase the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of selected state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria.
• This will be achieved by strengthening systems to improve the delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation and hygiene – WASH); increasing the efficiency of key governance operations (with a focus on public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and evaluation); increasing government’s responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to manage conflict.
• State2State will work together with partner state governments to reform these sectors, and will learn and replicate best practice examples from other states.  State2State will support, scale-up, accelerate and institutionalize new and existing initiatives.
• State2State is a governance programme. Better governance is a means towards the ultimate end of poverty reduction by measurably improving primary health care, basic education and WASH services. Conflict mitigation is a core theme of the USAID/Nigeria Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). The Mission expects that improved governance and public services coupled with a Do No Harm approach, conflict mitigation strategies and tools will contribute to reducing violent conflict in the targeted areas.

Background 

• Nigeria’s federal constitutional structure consists of three tiers of government: federal, state and local. The majority of basic services, including education, health care and WASH, are the responsibility of state and local governments.
• A host of challenges in carrying out their mandate, which are of three fundamental types, confronts subnational units: governance capacity constraints, financial resource constraints, and sectoral technical capacity constraints. State2State will primarily address the first group of constraint, with supporting interventions on the second type.
• Other USAID/Nigeria-supported health, education and WASH activities will address the third type of constraints.
• Governance capacity constraints are especially problematic in the realm of public financial management.
• The capacity of state governments to plan their annual budgets, linking them to medium-term expenditure frameworks and sectoral strategic plans, remains weak. As a result, state governments routinely spend only a fraction of their total budgets.
• Despite the passage by many states of Fiscal Responsibility Acts to parallel the federal Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007, these planned and expended state budgets remain highly opaque. A 2015 study found the overall condition of state budget transparency in Nigeria to be “deplorable,” with an average state score of 26 on a scale of zero (complete lack of transparency) to 100 (complete transparency). 
• Despite the passage by many states of Public Procurement Acts to parallel the federal Public Procurement Act of 2007, state procurement processes also lack transparency, are highly susceptible to manipulation, and are a significant source of corruption. Finally, systems of internal financial controls remain weak; audits frequently are not conducted, are of poor quality, or are manipulated to cover up malfeasance.

Duty station: 

• The experts will be expected to travel to and undertake long-term assignments in the targeted Federal States.

Required Skills
Key competencies and experience: 

• Experts should have the ability to deliver Technical Assistance of an international standard to Nigeria’s Federal States, and to work effectively in politically sensitive and challenging environment. You should relish working in a team, should be innovative, energetic, positive, and genuinely committed to achieving lasting change in your work.

The position requires the following skills and experience: 

• A post-graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics (or related degree) and/or 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience in public sector audit.
• Strong background in audit policy and implementation at subnational level.
• Prior experience in developing policies and procedures to ensure the effective and efficient administration of audit at a sub-national level.
• Knowledge and understanding of fiscal decentralisation and revenue sharing arrangements.
• Competent in identifying legislative gaps and recommending relevant amendments/new pieces of legislation.
• Ability to deliver technical advice and effectively work with government counterparts in a politically aware manner.
• Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to counterparts, as well as mentoring.
• Ability to demonstrate experience and knowledge of using initiative and being client-orientated.
• Excellent communication, inter-personal, and team-working skills.
• Ability to develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders both within government and the wider environment.

Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Knowledge and Adaptation Expert (Research, Monitoring and Evaluation)
Tracking Code: 767-112 
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in anti-corruption research for an upcoming anti-corruption project.
• Successful candidates will have demonstrable experience in producing recommendations-oriented research outputs for programming, and are expected to help the programme adapt quickly to local contexts, by thinking and working politically.
• Candidates will have significant experience of the design, adaptation, and operation of M&E systems.

Required Competencies and Experience 

• A post-graduate degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred).
• Must be a thought leader on anti-corruption and/or thinking and working politically.
• Experience of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), including the design and implementation of M&E systems. Experience of adjusting systems to donor requirements.
• Demonstrable experience of producing recommendations-oriented research outputs.
• Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice.
• Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules.
• Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes.
• Effective communicator (written and oral).
• Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred.

Job Title: Team Leader: Anti-Corruption/Public Sector Governance
Tracking Code: 760-112 
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022.
Department: Public Sector Governance 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit a Team Leader and Deputy Leader with the necessary experience and skill-set to manage a long-term, multi-million pound anti-corruption programme in Nigeria.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provides effective leadership and management of the programme ensuring that implementation is in line with international best practice,
• Development and agreement of work plans with the Project Management Unit, including setting strategic goals.
• Day to day leadership of the programme’s advisers to ensure adherence to technical objectives. Management of component managers, drafting and reviewing work plans in conjunction with the Project Management Unit.
• Primary day to day point of contact for national counterparts
• Planning and coordination of the consultant visit schedule in agreement with the Project Management Unit
• Design of technical activities and prioritisation, developing activities to scope and responding to ad-hoc client requirements
• Quality assurance and process monitoring
• Performance Management
• Risk Management
• Primary point of contact with donor on all technical issues
• Primary responsibility for management of programme budget as well as integrity, accuracy and timeliness of all financial systems

Required Competencies and Experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience designing and managing complex governance or public sector reform programmes in politically sensitive environments
• Previous experience as a Team Leader or Deputy Team Leader is strongly desired
• A track record of success delivering complex governance or public sector reform programmes and contributing to sustainable change
• Familiarity with reporting and risk management tools for donors, preferably DFID
• Experience managing and coordinating donor/client/counterpart relationships in a politically savvy way
• Proven ability to think politically and adapt programme strategy on the basis of political economy considerations
• Effective communicator (written and oral)
• Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred

Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Prosecutions Expert
Tracking Code: 763-112 
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Department: Public Sector Governance
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit a Prosecutions Expert for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Successful candidates will need to have demonstrated experience in supporting the national government to select the relevant charges.

Required Competencies and Experience 

• Senior professional and managerial experience in Financial Intelligence
• Experience in supporting or facilitating organisational change, ideally in government institutions.
• Excellent skills in managing teams, mentoring staff, providing supervision, guidance, and feedback to staff.
• Experience of working in multicultural teams in politically and operationally challenging environments.
• Excellent communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong strategy skills, including the ability to analyse trends and problems, and to anticipate them.
• Strong report-writing skills in English.
• Commitment to personal reflection, learning, and to the use of adaptive approaches.
• Familiarity with DFID planning tools and results frameworks will be an advantage.
• Previous experience working on anti-corruption programmes will be an advantage.
• Previous experience working on adaptive and flexible programming will be an advantage.
• Willingness to be based full-time (or major-time) in Abuja

Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Financial Intelligence Expert
Tracking Code: 761-112 
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

 The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit a Financial Intelligence Lead for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Demonstrated experience in supporting a country’s FIU to prevent, detect and combat financial crimes.

Required Competencies and Experience 

• Senior professional and managerial experience in Financial Intelligence
• Experience in supporting or facilitating organisational change, ideally in government institutions.
• Excellent skills in managing teams, mentoring staff, providing supervision, guidance, and feedback to staff.
• Experience of working in multicultural teams in politically and operationally challenging environments.
• Excellent communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong strategy skills, including the ability to analyse trends and problems, and to anticipate them.
• Strong report-writing skills in English.
• Commitment to personal reflection, learning, and to the use of adaptive approaches.
• Familiarity with DFID planning tools and results frameworks will be an advantage.
• Previous experience working on anti-corruption programmes will be an advantage.
• Previous experience working on adaptive and flexible programming will be an advantage.
• Willingness to be based full-time (or major-time) in Abuja

Timing: 

• This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022.

Duty Station: 

• The expert will be expected be based in Abuja, Nigeria. Travel to states may be required.

Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Asset Recovery Expert
Tracking Code: 766-112 
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in asset recovery for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Candidates with demonstrable experience in the working with Asset Forfeiture Units or equivalent institutions are preferred.
• The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of addressing barriers to asset identification, tracing, and asset recovery in criminal and/or civil capacities.

Required Competencies and Experience 

• A post-graduate degree in a related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred)
• Technical expertise gained from working as an Asset Recovery Expert, (e.g. work with an Asset Forfeiture Unit). UK-trained advocates or equivalent are encouraged to apply.
• Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice
• Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules
• Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes
• Effective communicator (written and oral)
• Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred

Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Investigations Expert
Tracking Code: 762-112 
Location: Abuja (Travel to states may be required)
Department: Public Sector Governance 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular 
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022.
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an Investigations Lead for an upcoming anti-corruption project.
• Successful candidates will need to have demonstrated experience in supporting governments to identify criminally derived assets and profits, specifically in supporting investigators in acquiring relevant and focused evidence.

Required Competencies and Experience

• Senior professional and managerial experience in Financial Intelligence
• Experience in supporting or facilitating organisational change, ideally in government institutions.
• Excellent skills in managing teams, mentoring staff, providing supervision, guidance, and feedback to staff.
• Experience of working in multicultural teams in politically and operationally challenging environments.
• Excellent communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong strategy skills, including the ability to analyse trends and problems, and to anticipate them.
• Strong report-writing skills in English.
• Commitment to personal reflection, learning, and to the use of adaptive approaches.
• Familiarity with DFID planning tools and results frameworks will be an advantage.
• Previous experience working on anti-corruption programmes will be an advantage.
• Previous experience working on adaptive and flexible programming will be an advantage.
• Willingness to be based full-time (or major-time) in Abuja

Job Title: Anti-Corruption: Administrative Sanctions Expert
Tracking Code: 765-112 
Location: Abuja
Department: Public Sector Governance 
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Timing: This programme is expected to run from 2017-2022. 
The Project 

• The upcoming project will support and strengthen the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria by increasing the effectiveness of government institutions in detecting, investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning against corruption.

The Position 

• Adam Smith International is looking to recruit an expert in administrative sanctions for an upcoming anti-corruption project. Candidates with demonstrable experience in the governance of disciplinary action against public officials in MDAs are preferred.
• The successful candidate will be experienced in working with MDAs or regulatory oversight bodies to support the internal detection and sanctioning of misconduct.

Required Competencies and Experience 

• A post-graduate degree in a related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in anti-corruption or governance programming for a donor (DFID preferred)
• Technical expertise gained from working with MDAs and/or oversight bodies in the detection and sanctioning of misconduct by public officials.
• Hands-on expertise in providing effective management of projects, monitoring and responding to international best practice
• Experience of project management, including management of short-term consultant schedules
• Experience of monitoring progress against DFID logframes
• Effective communicator (written and oral)
• Experience of working in Nigeria is preferred

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