Job Title: Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Specialist
Location: Bauchi
Job Description:
- The IGR Specialist will support the design and implementation of the State2State Activity’s IGR strategy and its implementation, including advocacy, integration, and engagement activities across and within all core states and selected Local Government Areas (LGAs) with focus on three dimensions compliance, enforcement, and public-private dialogue to expand the tax base.
- The IGR Specialist will lead technical activities to improve IGR to fund service delivery improvements in key sectors, such as WASH, health, and education.
- Such activities may include: lead public-private dialogues regarding IGR reforms; developing IGR expansion strategies for each state; conduct regular IGR forecasting and tracking, and build capacity of stakeholders to institutionalize similar processes; conduct or facilitate training for boards of internal revenue, MDAs, ministries of finance and economic development (MOFED), and LGAs on enforcement and administration; mentor officials on IGR expansion strategies, exploring innovative solutions and public-private partnerships (PPPs); evaluate the states’ taxpayer processes, identifying critical gaps/inefficiencies and opportunities; identify and map tax policy and administration challenges in the states, and proposing strategies for improving funding, logistics, administrative, systems, human resources, and compliance and monitoring; contribute to efforts to build government counterpart capacities to identify, respond to, and enhance tax, customs, and other revenue administration; work with citizens to explore the current gaps; explore opportunities and challenges to increase voluntary compliance by taxpayers as well as improve efficiency in revenue management; and other activities as directed by the State2State senior management.
- The IGR Specialist will mentor officials on IGR expansion strategies, exploring innovative solutions and PPPs and ensure innovation and quality control of IGR activities.
Responsibilities
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- The IGR Specialist will collaborate with the Technical Director Public Financial Management (PFM) and key stakeholders to ensure integration of IGR interventions into all program activities.
Reporting:
- The IGR Specialist will report to the Technical Director PFM.
Minimum Requirements
- A relevant Degree in Business, Accounting, Development Studies, or relevant field required. MBA or other relevant Master’s Degree preferable
- At least nine (9) years professional experience, with at least five (5) years of demonstrated experience in design and implementation of interventions regarding improving revenue generation
- Previous successful experience in working for or with government counterparts and/or community organizations to improve IGR
- Demonstrated effective training, capacity building and coaching skills, networking, interpersonal skills, creative problem solving, conflict, and ethical management skills
- Demonstrable experience in integrating gender into revenue generation activities
- Strong skill set in reporting, monitoring and evaluation
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; fluency in English language
- Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software (Microsoft Office).
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using “Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) Specialist” as the subject of the email.
Note: Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: August 24, 2021
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