Lead Regulatory Reform Expert/Team Leader

Project title: Technical Assistance to the Administrative Simplification in Selected Ministries in Lebanon (Ministries of Social Affairs, Tourism, Public Health and Industry)

Brief description: The overall objective of this project is to contribute to public administration reform in the Republic of Lebanon through improving quality and accessibility of public services.

The project purpose is to improve the responsiveness of the administration to the demands of the general public and business community by Simplifying/Re-engineering Administrative Procedures and business processes making maximum use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in four ministries: Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Industry. Simplified/Re-engineered Administrative Procedures will allow the administration to operate in a transparent, efficient, cost effective, and timely manner and reduce administrative burdens on citizens and businesses.

Expected results:
 Legislation and corresponding Regulatory Processes and Administrative Procedures are reviewed and diagnosed in view of their simplification, ease of control, and predictable outcomes;
 Recommendations in terms of legislation, decisions to be taken, and re-engineering of ICT processes to simplify/re-engineer regulatory processes and administrative procedures are produced;
 Strategy and action plan are developed to streamline and simplify/re-engineer the existing business procedures, promoting the use of ICT;
 Methodology, guidelines, manuals, templates and toolkits for business process re-engineering are developed;
 Action plan is implemented.

Commencement date of the project: July 2014

Duration of the assignment: min 420 work days over 24 months

Requirements:
Qualifications and skills
- University degree in, Law, public administration, business administration or an equivalent university degree
- Experience in writing executive and board level quality reports and presentations
- Must have a broad knowledge of all components of the project and good leadership skills
- Good understanding of legal issues
- Good understanding of Administrative Simplification/Business Process Re-engineering
- Fully conversant with usual computer office software
- Excellent written and verbal skills in English
- Knowledge of Arabic and French languages is an asset

General professional experience:
- Minimum of 15 years post graduate experience
- At least 10 years of professional experience in a senior management position in the area relevant to the assignment
- Experience in overall strategic guidance and quality assurance
- Experience in program and/or project management
- Experience of working in international or EU programs; experience with MEDA/ENPI programs would be an asset

Specific professional experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a team leader for large projects similar to the proposed project
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in organizational re-engineering
- Experience involving wide stakeholder consultation
- Experience raising public awareness and building private and public sector support for regulatory reform initiatives
- Experience in the development of implementation plans in addition to designing tailored monitoring and evaluation systems for administrative reform initiatives

Deadline for applications: 20.04.2014