Federal Republic of Somalia Procurement Specialist (to support ICT Support Project)

Federal Republic of Somalia Procurement Specialist (to support ICT Support Project)

Federal Republic of Somalia

Ministry of Post and Telecommunications

Request for Expressions of Interest / Applications
 

Country: Somalia

Project Name: Information and Communications Technology Support Project

Grant Number: P148588

Assignment Title: Procurement Specialist to support the Information and Communications Technology Support Project

Type of Appointment: Individual Consultants

Duration: 100 days over the course of one year

Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia, with travel to Federal States (Puntland, Jubbaland, Southwest) and emerging States (Shabelle, Central, etc.)

Expected Date of starting: June 1, 2015

Reference Number: MOPT/ICT/SERV/2014-15

The Federal Government of Somalia, through the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has requested the World Bank to support the preparation and implementation of the Somalia ICT Sector Support Project, Phase II.

The overarching Project Development Objective (PDO) for this series of projects is “to support the ICT Sector in Somalia by contributing to establishing an enabling environment and by encouraging efficiency and equity in access to connectivity”.
This remains unchanged from the PDO for phase 1 of the program.
The higher level objectives are as follows:
Establish an enabling policy and regulatory environment, including for mobile money;
Increase the contribution of the ICT Sector to the public treasury;
Support institutional capacity building in high priority economic foundations; and
Promote equity and access to internet connectivity, especially for higher education.
The project will comprise of three (03) components:
i) Enabling Environment focusing on supporting the regulatory and governance framework for the sector, following the anticipated passage of the new Communications Law;
ii) Efficiency and equity in access to connectivity which will see the extension of the establishment of communications rooms in key ministries across different economic zones and the establishment of a framework for SIM card registration and will seek to make optimal use of the undersea fibre cable arriving in Mogadishu by supporting the Somali Research and Education Network; and
iii) Support and Capacity-Building for the Project Implementation Unit

The Federal Government of Somalia invites applications from qualified candidates for the following positions in the Project Implementation Unit (PIU).

Further information and detailed Terms of Reference can be obtained on the following website http://www.hiiraan.com
Post Title: Procurement Specialist
How to Apply

Expressions of interest/applications and attachments: a CV, two referees and scanned copies of testimonials must be delivered to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail to pmt@mipt.gov.so) by 1400 hours on Wednesday May 20, 2015.

Attention
Mr. Mohamed Ware
Project Manager
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications Federal Government of Somalia,
Mogadishu, Somalia
Tel: +252-617-344351