Call for GESI Expert for intervention in Guyana – Public Finance Resource Centre

Location: Guyana 

Duration: 14 months 
 
BACKGROUND 
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)-funded Public Finance Resource Centre (PFRC) is a key element of the UK Centre of Expertise for Public Finance. The PFRC helps countries access technical expertise as part of HMG’s broader offer of assistance to developing countries. It provides access to world class expertise enabling the FCDO to respond quickly and flexibly to deliver high quality technical advice on tax, public financial management and broader macro-fiscal and debt management support in response to demands identified by FCDO Posts. 
 
The desired outcomes of the PFRC are:  

• More effective and equitable tax policy and administration 

• More effective public financial management 

• Transparent and open procurement processes 

• Improved transparency and accountability in public expenditure.  

Recipients of support are: 

• Partner country governments (e.g. Ministries of Finance and their agents, Public Procurement Agencies, Revenue Authorities and Supreme Audit Institutions) including subnational government entities 

• FCDO Posts (e.g. for political economy analysis and scoping studies)  

• Regional organisations working on tax and public financial management. 

Learn more about the PFRC programme here: https://pfrc.uk/  
 
About the Role 
 

We are seeking a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Expert with demonstrated experience working on GESI in revenue and taxation in middle-income countries, preferably in Guyana or the wider Caribbean region. This position would complements the technical work of tax and audit experts by helping to integrate GESI perspectives into the design of technical assistance work, capacity building, communication strategies, and stakeholder engagement. The GESI Expert will ensure efforts under this intervention are inclusive, equitable, and aligned with international best practices in gender and social inclusion. 

Further details shall be shared at a later stage.  

Required Expertise 

Please apply if you have some or all of the following expertise -  

• Strong written and spoken communication skills in English. 

• Experience working with government institutions, particularly in Guyana, the Caribbean, or comparable contexts., 

• Demonstrated understanding of revenue administration and tax compliance issues, and how these intersect with gender, social inclusion, and economic empowerment. 

• Demonstrated experience working on taxation of the extractives industry, particularly oil and gas. 

• Experience in institutional capacity development. 

• Experience designing and delivering capacity-building initiatives on gender and inclusion, such as workshops, training of trainers, or development of learning materials. 

• The ability to conduct or contribute to political economy and social inclusion analyses, identifying barriers to equitable participation and benefit-sharing in the revenue sector, is an advantage. 

• Experience in conducting GESI analyses within public sector reform, fiscal policy, taxation, or related governance contexts is an advantage. 

• Experience producing high-quality technical reports, briefs, and presentations. 

ASI encourages applications from candidates of all social backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, abilities, and orientations. Qualified female applicants and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We offer flexible working arrangements, please write to us to discuss further.  

Ways of Working 

Experts are expected to adhere to the following values and obligations: 

• At all times work collaboratively and openly with other members of the programme team, proactively providing guidance, advice and sharing experiences to solve problems, overcome challenges and manage risks together.  

• Free and open sharing of information gained from the client, beneficiaries, or other international projects with other members of the team.  

• Respect for the confidentiality of the team’s discussions, assessments, decisions and plans or agreements with the Client.  

• Adhere to decisions taken by the programme’s leadership and take collective responsibility for implementing those decisions and communicating them to counterparts or other external parties.  

• Ensure they have an accurate understanding of policies and decisions made by the Contracting Authority that relate to the programme and respect and adhere to those policies.  

• Careful coordination with other team members of communications and meetings with the Contracting Authority to ensure coherence of technical advice and an efficient use of the client’s time.  

• Constant monitoring of risks to programme delivery and achievement of deliverables/objectives, as well as the reputation of ASI and the Client, and swift referral of those risks to the Senior Programme Manager.  

• Comply with ASI’s operational and logistical procedures.  

• Comply with ASI’s Duty of Care and security procedures designed to ensure safety of personnel and notify the Senior Programme Manager of any incidence that threatens the security of personnel or assets of the project.  

• Understand and strictly adhere to ASI’s Code of Conduct.  
   

Heard Enough? Ready to Apply? 

We are keen to hear from you. Please submit a CV with detailed information on past experiences. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and provided with further details. 
 
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.