Call for Municipal Legal Expert

About Chemonics

Chemonics International is an international development company based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote meaningful change around the world to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. Since 1975, we have worked in 150 countries around the world, and we are currently implementing 118 projects in 84 countries. Our main partner is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and we also work with foreign donors such as the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Fund. We have more than 4,000 staff in our project offices around the world, and more than 500 staff based in our headquarters in Washington, D.C.

1.  Project Background

The Lebanon Community Support Program (CSP) is a multi-year project funded by USAID to support municipalities and underserved and vulnerable communities in providing better services and enhanced economic opportunities to improve lives and reduce tensions that contribute to conflict and violence, primarily in Lebanon’s North, South, and Beqaa regions. Under Task Order No. 3 (TO 3), the project will provide technical assistance to municipalities, civil society organizations (CSOs), the private sector, or other entities to increase capacity and ensure sustainable impact in providing key essential services. The main objective of this 5-year task order is to support Component 3 (Capacity Building) of the CSP Program by delivering technical assistance to enhance the sustainability of CSP interventions under Component 1 (Community Stabilization Support) and Component  2 (Community Development Support), and if required, under future Task Orders.

2.  Summary of Position

This consultancy’s overall objective is to support the TO 3 team in the technical assistance interventions related to municipal organizational development and financial management. The short-term expert may also assist TO 3 team in the actual delivery of technical assistance to partner communities/organizations. The technical assistance could come in the form of standard trainings, on-the-job trainings, troubleshooting, and provision of technical assistance tools such as guidelines, TIP Sheets, policies, procedures and/or checklists for the improved functioning of targeted municipalities.

3.  Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Review /analyze and provide answers on municipal legal inquiries communicated by TO 3 team and that are related to the following topics:

• Municipal /Union financial management rules and regulations
• Planning, preparing and implementing municipal/union budgets and budget reports
• Public procurement in municipalities and unions of municipalities
• Collection of municipal fees: preparation of fee schedules, reporting, collection, objections, etc.
• Management of Human Resources in municipalities and unions of municipalities

4.  Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in municipal capacity building and municipal affairs
• Experience working with municipalities and unions of municipalities across Lebanon, specifically in the North, South, and Bekaa regions
• Solid Knowledge of the municipal law
• Solid Knowledge of the public accounting law and the municipal accounting law
• Solid Knowledge of the public procurement laws
• Proven ability to indicate the legality of any suggested technical assistance intervention in the municipalities or the unions of municipalities
• Fluency in spoken and written Arabic and English is preferred

5.  Eligibility Criteria

 Interested individual experts shall have the capacity to enter a short-term technical assistance (STTA) contract and shall have a satisfactory performance record and record of integrity and business ethics.

6.  Ineligible Experts:

• Government employees.
• Individual experts that appear on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-Procurement Programs.

7.  Location of the Assignment

The expert will be liaising with CSP TO 3 team at CSP offices in Sin-El-Fil and might be traveling to project field locations to design and deliver technical assistance.

8.  Reporting

The experts will be reporting to TO 3 Municipal and CSO Capacity Building Managers.

 Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants that can legally work in Lebanon will be considered for employment based on their qualifications without discrimination.