This activity will support hiring of a Financial Management specialist to support the Project Delivery Team (PDT).

The Government of Botswana is undertaking the Promoting Participation and Enhancing Learning (PROPEL) (P513800) project supported by the World Bank.

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase participation in preprimary and senior secondary education and improve learning conditions in supported schools, particularly at the junior secondary level. The Project consists of the following four components:

• Component 1: Increasing participation in education
• Component 2: Enhancing the learning environment
• Component 3: Strengthening system capacity for quality education service delivery
• Component 4: Project management and implementation support

The Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education (MCWBE) is the implementing entity for the Project. A Project Delivery Unit (PDU) (or Program Coordinating Unit) is being established within MCWBE to support the effective implementation of project activities, including procurement and contract administration; monitoring, evaluation and reporting of progress under the project; fiduciary management; and environmental and social risk management. Specifically, the PDU will be responsible for ensuring that financial management aspects under the Project are conducted in an efficient, transparent, and compliant manner. To strengthen implementation capacity and support timely delivery, the Client seeks to engage an Individual Financial Management Consultant as a core member of the PDU.

The objective of this assignment is to provide financial oversight, maintain a financial management system and prepare financial statements in accordance with consistently applied accounting standards acceptable to the Bank and the Government of Botswana. Specifically, the consultant is expected to handle and provide support for all the financial and accounting components of the Project including the timely processing of payments, submitting disbursement requests and documentation of expenditures, monitoring expenditures re-imbursement...