Job Overview
USAID LPFM TOR – PFM Component
Position: Local Central Bank Expert
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BACKGROUND
USAID’s Libya Public Financial Management (LPFM) Program is a 5-year initiative designed to address critical macro-fiscal, electricity sector, and enabling environment constraints facing the post-Arab Spring Libyan economy. The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has responsibility for Libya’s monetary system, foreign exchange rates, bank supervision and banking sector early warning systems, measures for anti-money laundering, and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), and balance of payments data collection and analysis.
This expert will assist the lead expert in managing and coordinating LPFM’s CBL team and the local planning and implementation of activities. Specifically, he will support all project experts contributing to the quality and process compliance oversight with CBL and LPFM environmental and social standards. He will also oversee LPFM’s communication strategy related to CBL activities and identify enabling regulation, law and policy issues, and concerns for effective CBL operations.
QUALIFICATION
- A bachelor’s degree in economics, business, or related field, graduate degree in economic or business preferred,
- Ten-to-fifteen-year experience in the banking or financial services industry.
- Central Bank of Libya experience preferred.
- Fluent in English, native Arabic speaker
- Excellent written communication skills in English and Arabic
- Excellent computer usage skills in particular Microsoft Office Suites
- Ability to work on more than project simultaneously.
SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES
- Maintaining continuous communication with key CBL counterparts and assists in the coordination of all activities and deliverables
- Providing guidance on how to create an effective communication strategy related to LPFM’s CBL activities that follow the SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely) The communication strategy should clearly outline the objectives, key messages, audience, stakeholders, channels, M&E and a budget
- Contributing to ensuring that LPFM and other project-related reports are promoted regularly and timely published and disseminated to donors and the public at large
- Providing support on CBL and regulatory reforms related to the implementation of international standards and conventions related to central bank operations and facilitating/supporting the drafting and adoption of regulations, bylaws, and legislation in cooperation with the relevant experts.
- Contributing to the AML/CFT experts assessment, strategy, training and advocacy activities to reform and expand the CBL Banking Supervision Department’s AML/CFT capacity
- Collecting project data from the relevant CBL departments
DELIVERABLES
- Contribution to the AML/CFT project activities successfully carried out. Contribute to the assessment of the organization and capacity of Libya’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the AML/CFT function of the BSD, with recommendations – as needed – for the reorganization, staffing, and training submitted to CBL.
- Periodic public outreach success stories and thought pieces related to LPFM CBL reform support activities
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND LEVEL OF EFFORT
Full time from September 20, 2021, through September 30, 2022
How to apply
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their application to libyarecruitment@pragmacorp.com & recruitment@pragmacorp.com no later than 13th of October 2021. “Local Central Bank Expert” MUST BE included in the subject line of the application email to be considered.