Recruitment of Procurement Specialist

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia: SME Finance Project

 Request for Expressions of Interest

Country: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

NAME OF PROJECT: Small and Medium Enterprises Finance Project (SMEFP)

Project ID: P148447

CONSULTING SERVICES: Individual Consultant

Credit No.:  IDA 68640

Assignment: Procurement Specialist for SME Finance Project

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Small and Medium Enterprises Finance Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include carrying out procurement activities as per the World Bank Procurement Regulations for an efficient implementation of SMEFP. The assignment will be initially for a period of one year, including 3-month probation period. At the end of one year, the assignment may be extended annually, depending on satisfactory performance.

The Small and Medium Enterprise Finance Project (SMEFP) under the Ethiopian Enterprises Development (EED) is seeking to hire qualified and experienced procurement specialist for the project implementation unit (PIU) and now invites eligible individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The following criteria will be used for shortlisting:

• BA/BSc or MA/MSc or above in management, procurement, civil engineering, international business, or related fields; possession of professional certificates in the sphere of procurement is advantageous.
• Relevant experience in public procurement and proven ability to manage international procurement of goods and consulting services;
• Experience in procurement of World Bank or other international donors’ financed projects;
• Proven high integrity and accountability in all aspects of project procurement;
• Ability to work effectively with others in a teamwork environment;
• Good report writing and presentation skill as well as adequate computer skills of internet, email, etc.; and
• Good working knowledge of written and spoken English.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”) revised November 2017, August 2018, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultant method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Interested individual Consultants may obtain the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the consultancy assignment and further information at the address below during office hours 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm -5:30 pm local time, Monday through Friday.

Expressions of interest, including Cover letter, updated CV and documentary evidence for fulfilling the required qualifications and non- returnable copies of supporting documents with original Testimonials for verification, must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by 4:00 PM on January 06, 2023.

Human Resource Development Directorate

Ethiopian Enterprises Development

SME Finance Project

Around Mexico Square, in front of Wabe Shebelle Hotel

Attention Human Resource Development Directorate

City/country: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Telephone:  +251-115-53-04-27/ +251-115-58-50-56

E-mail: yemenzk@yahoo.com