Procurement Specialist

The Palestine Liberation Organization, for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority has applied for financing from the World Bank, International Development Association toward the cost of the Palestinian Market Development Project (the Project) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The Ministry of National Economy (MoNE) is the implementing agency for this project. A Project Implementation Unit (PIU) will be established within MoNE and will be
composed of civil servants and consultants in various fields to manage the overall implementation of the project. MoNE is considering the appointment of qualified Project
Coordinator, Procurement Specialist, Financial Management Specialist and Administrative Assistant for the PIU.

 

Main tasks:
-Elaborating the Project Procurement Plan in consultation with the relevant MONE entities and updating it on a periodic basis throughout project implementation to reflect actual project implementation requirements;
-Assisting in the preparation of consultants’ terms of reference, and administration of their contracts, including processing contract amendments;
-Drafting bid notices and bidding documents/request for quotations for inviting and obtaining bids/quotations for Goods to be financed under the project;
-Drafting requests for expressions of interest and request for proposals (RFPs) for inviting and obtaining proposals for consultants services to be financed under the project;
-Participating in all steps of the procurement process for each contract starting with quotation/bids and proposal opening, evaluation of quotations/bids/ expressions of interest/proposals, preparing evaluation reports, contract negotiations, etc.;
-Preparing procurement reports showing the status of ongoing procurement, including a comparison of planned and actual dates of the procurement actions
-Working with MONE Procurement staff to enhance their capacities through on-the-job training to ensure they are capable of taking over full responsibility of the needed procurement implementation by the end of the project.

Key Qualifications:
-A Bachelors degree from an accredited university in Engineering, Marketing, Business Administration, or another relevant field; in addition a master degree in a relevant field is considered desirable.
-At least 5 years of previous relevant experience in procurement of which at least 3 years of experience in procurement following World Bank Procurement and Consultants Guidelines.
-Good knowledge of technical and operational aspects of procurement implementation
-Strong supervisory, interpersonal and staff support skills. Ability to motivate and lead employees and encourage decisions to be made within a team environment.
-Excellent communication and facilitation skills, fluency in English and excellent report writing.


The consultants will be housed within MONE headquarters in Ramallah. The duration of the assignment is one year on a full-time basis, extendable to the full length of the project (4 years). The expected start date for the positions is May 1, 2012.
An individual Consultant shall be selected for each of the above-mentioned posts in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011.

Interested individual consultants are requested to send their CVs by email to:

or hand it personally to the Minister’s office at the ministry to (Mr. Ashraf Dery), by maximum April 1st 2012; COB at 3:00 PM.

Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview, and the ministry guarantees confidentiality of applications.