Monitoring Specialist

About Ministry of Finance

The Payments Automation and Integration of Salaries in Afghanistan (PAISA) Project has four components to the project, the first component being Biometric identification system for civil servants and pensioners. This component will support the biometric registration and issuance of a unique registration number (URN) to recipients of government salaries and transfers, which will be managed by NSIA. The second component is the integration of the identification, verification and payment systems. The component will focus on the integration of various systems playing different roles in the salary payments. process to achieve full-fledged straight-through processing (STP). This component includes two subcomponents: integration of public financial management infrastructure with digital ID and payments ecosystems, and integration of the national payment’s infrastructure with digital ID Infrastructure. The third component is the expansion of financial services and access points. This component aims to ensure that, with the shift to electronic payments, civil servants, including those hitherto paid by ‘bonded trustees’, and pensioners can either: (i) withdraw cash from their account from safe and convenient locations; or (ii) use their account balance to make cashless payments for goods and services. Finally, the fourth component is the project management. This component will be implemented by MoF and support the provision of resources to carry out the coordination, administrative, social and fiduciary aspects of the project.

About NSIA

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) was established in 1972 as an independent governmental administration to create an integrated scientific system for statistics, ensuring harmonization and coordination of all statistical activities and information management of Afghanistan. As a consequence of the expertise in biometric data collection and data management and based on the Presidential Decree 2855 from 11.03.2019, NSIA became the sole government entity responsible for collection and management of biomentric data. In February 2020, the responsibility for the electronic Tazkera was transferred from MCIT to NSIA, followed by the authorization to monitor and oversee the Information Systems development across all government agencies.

The Payments Automation and Integration of Salaries in Afghanistan (PAISA) Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) with funds from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group and the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ART). The PAISA project aims to establish a government-wide comprehensive framework for digital payment of salaries of Civil Servants (CS). The approach consists of 3 components:

1.Establishing a biometric identification system for CS and pensioners, hosted and managed by NSIA, extensible to other recipients

2.Integrating the identification system with the CS verification and payment systems

3.Providing support and incentives for the expansion of financial access points

The PAISA project will concern salary payments only for civil servants (excluding the military or police), and pension payments. However, the infrastructure and delivery channels supported by PAISA will benefit all G2P payments if paid electronically.

The activities of NSIA in the scope of the PAISA project consist, amongst other, of the

·Establishment of a robust legal and regulatory framework including data protection to govern the proposed biometric ID system and underpin digital identification more broadly

·Updates to the current eNID infrastructure, including to support digital identity verification and authentication for G2P payments

·Enhancement of the overall technology platform's data security and privacy-by-design features, including secure data storage

Job Summary

The Monitoring Specialist will lead the M&E activities of NSIA in the scope of the PAISA project. Working closely with the PAISA project leadership and team in NSIA to ensure adequate quality indicators are defined and monitored and quality data concerning the progress of the project is provided to the stakeholders involved, amongst other, the Core Reform Implementation Team (CRIT), the body which oversees the implementation of the PAISA project. The Monitoring Specialist will be responsible for data analysis and defining the M&E plan for monitoring the project progress.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Project Monitoring Specialist will

• Develop a clear understanding of the business objectives of the PAISA project and the role of NSIA in the project
• Support the implementation progress on key NSIA-led activities and coordination across stakeholders
• Collect and edit information from technical staff, senior management, and other sources as necessary in order to monitor project progress
• Produce reports and work plans for activities
• Update and maintain project data in the project management tool of NSIA
• Monitor activity progress and inform project senior management of any potential issues in implementation
• Prepare both routine and customized reports for project management, and collaborating agencies.
• Collect and compile data to gain oversight over the implementation processes and develop reports
• Define and implement a project M&E plan, including indicators
• Crosscheck the successful enactment of standard indicators throughout technical implementation
• Track and monitor events, workshops, focus group discussions and trainings sponsored and conducted by the PAISA project
• Develop and maintains various M&E data tracking worksheets and maintains the accuracy of the data
• Contribute to the development of various contractual reports including final report by presenting accurate and reliable data

Job Requirements

The successful candidate should possess the following experience and qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Economy, Business Administration, Project Management, or similar with 2+ years of professional work experience or Bachelor degree with 4+ years of professional work experience
• Previous work experience in the government sector
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in the 3 languages English, Dari and Pushto
• Excellent written Dari / Pushto
• Experience with MS Office
• Skills in the use of database management, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.
• Experience with project management tools

Submission Guideline

Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their CV with a detailed application letter and a contact details, no later than  5 July, 2021 to below e-mail.

Please clearly indicate “position name vacancy number in the subject line.

Please do not attached your education and working experience document”

Functional Area

Business Administration

Computer Science

Countries

Submission Email

vacancies.hr@mof.gov.af

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