About Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

Project Overview

Project Name: PESIG Program Laos (Partnership in Education and Skills for Inclusive Green Growth)

The purpose of the TA is to support improvements in institutional, technical, and managerial capacities at central, provincial, and district levels, enabling the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) to design and implement key general education and TVET, reforms, and to strength sector planning, performance monitoring, financial planning and budgeting.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work closely with the International Finance & Cooperation Department, MoF, and relevant departments, to produce and submit the annual disbursement requests.
• Assist MoF with collection of general conditions supporting documentation.
• Assist MoF with drafting reports on the three areas of analysis (macroeconomic, PFM, budget transparency and oversight).
• Assist MoF with the preparation and timely submission of the annual disbursement request to the EUD.
• Assist MoF with reporting/ presentations for PESIG budget support technical and steering committees.
• Build the capacity of MoF departments in understanding the EU budget support modality and in the undertaking the above reporting.
• Under the guidance of the EUD Economic/PFM Manager: Collect data required to undertake the assessments; Draft the EUD macroeconomic, PFM and transparency eligibility assessments; Draft the EUD PFM and transparency assessment report; Respond to EUD on specific requests as necessary.
• Under the guidance of the EUD and PESIG TA Team Leader: Collect State and MoES budget plans, including revisions; Produce analytical notes on annual state budget plans including a more detailed analysis of the MoES annual budget plans; Respond to EUD/TA TL on specific requests as necessary.

Qualifications, Experiences and Skills

• University degree in Economics, Finance or related area.
• At least 5 years of general professional experience related to PFM in Lao PDR.
• Knowledge of the Lao PDR PFM system.
• Excellent Lao language skills.
• Good communication skills in English.
• Experience of working with the Ministry of Finance, Lao PDR.

How to Apply

Send your resume/CV, and cover letter. In the cover letter please state on a separate page your preferred start date, names and contact details of three referees and your salary expectations for each position, to Plan International Laos, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR, or to PlanLaos.JobVacancies@plan-international.org