Regional Planning and Finance Advisor - Field Based - Indonesia

Cowater International Inc. is a well-established international
development and management consulting firm based in Ottawa with
experience in 55 countries worldwide. We are currently seeking a
long-term field-based Regional Planning and Finance Advisor for a
CIDA-funded project proposal in Indonesia.

The project will strengthen and link planning and budgeting processes in
a participatory, pro-poor, gender equal and environmentally sustainable
manner leading to improved social service provision in selected
districts/cities in Sulawesi.

Key Responsibilities include:

* Advise and support district/city, provincial and national
government Project partners, and related stakeholders, in planning,
budgeting and other public financial management processes, including
introducing appropriate new practices and programs; and,

* Enlist Indonesian civil society organizations in capacity
development efforts to strengthen public financial management processes
that underpin service provision improvements

Qualifications:

* Appropriate academic qualifications/ professional development
experience in a field related to regional/local planning and finance
(e.g., economics, finance, public administration) ;

* A minimum of eight years work experience, in a capacity
similar to the proposed position, in planning, financing, budgeting
and/or other public financial management processes at the regional/local
level;

* Capacity development experience with regional/local
governments (executive, administrative and/or legislative levels) and
related stakeholders;

* Experience with managing responsive funds; experience with
performance- based grants and budget support; experience in managing
complex workloads.

Please send your CV and cover letter to jobs@cowater. com as soon as
possible, with the subject title of Regional Planning and Finance
Advisor.