Skills Required and Profile of the MA Sample Clauses

Skills Required and Profile of the MA. A qualified and experienced MA, with technical expertise in SA related to basic service delivery in a developing country, program management, financial management, procurement, grant management, training and institutional capacity building and program M&E, is required for this assignment. The MA will also have substantial knowledge of the Member Country and preferably working experience in developing countries. Such expertise could be based in-house or obtained through outsourcing or partnership with domestic or international organizations. Overall, the MA should have the ability to show support, leadership and to facilitate an enabling environment for all SA actors. The MA should provide leadership of appropriate seniority with experience in civil society work, knowledge of social accountability and of the specific context. The MA should submit a substantive proposal explaining how it will approach the work outlined in the TORs. They should also provide CVs of the key staff members which would be implementing the assignment, together with an outline of how the proposed team will meet the technical criteria. All key staff of the team should be senior practitioners with at least a relevant Masters’ degree and a minimum of 7 years post-Masters experience (5 years for PhD holders). These represent minimum requirements. The technical evaluation of the key core team members’ qualifications will be made by comparing CVs of all individuals for each labor category. The ideal MA will be a consortium of international and national experts (note that under the World Bank vendor eligibility rules, an entity needs to be in existence for at least one year prior to being awarded a Grant Agreement; as such consortium, should be read as a team comprised of a prime consultant with sub-consultants; a Joint Venture or Consortium formed for the purpose of bidding on this agreement that does not meet the one-year rule will be disqualified). The MA is expected to field a team that includes the following senior key staff (minimum of Masters degree): • Sr. Program Manager • Sr. Social Accountability Expert(s) (including specialization on institutionalization and sustainability of SA and local governance) • Sr. M&E Expert • Sr. Capacity Building Expert • Sr. Financial Management Expert • Sr. Grant Management Expert • Internal Auditor It is expected that the Sr. Program Manager, Sr. Social Accountability Expert(s), Sr. M&E Expert and Sr. Capacity Building Expert may be international ...