Skills

Monitoring Risk Assessment Organization

Job Specifications

Organization

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Posted 20 Aug 2025 Closing date 22 Sep 2025

Organizational Setting

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is a specialized United Nations agency and international financial institution dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It supports rural people by financing projects that improve agricultural productivity, raise incomes, and foster inclusive rural transformation.

The Financial Operations Department (FOD), led by an Associate Vice-President, acts as a strategic business partner, ensuring IFAD's financial and material resources are managed efficiently to support its long-term objectives.

FOD Includes Three Divisions

Procurement Services and Financial Management Division (PFM)
Financial Controller's Division (FCD)
Treasury Services Division (TRE)

The PFM Division manages two key fiduciary functions: project procurement and financial management. It leads the development of related policies, ensures oversight, builds capacity, and manages procurement professionals across headquarters and regional offices.

Job Role

The IFAD Project Procurement Team, which supports the oversight of procurement activities in development projects financed by IFAD, seeks qualified and experienced public procurement professionals to join its consultant roster. Consultants on this roster provide technical support to IFAD financed operations and implementing partners across countries and regions. Engagements are short- or medium-term and depend on operational needs.

Consultants will operate under the supervision of a Regional Senior Procurement Officer, working with IFAD staff and implementing partners.

Selection is based on qualifications, experience, and alignment with assignment requirements. Remuneration is determined by:

Scope and complexity of the assignment
Consultant's qualifications and expertise

This call is open to nationals of IFAD member states. Member States | IFAD Members Platform

Key Functions And Results

Tasks that may require the services of procurement consultants may include:

Project Design

Assess the procurement capacities, systems and risks of implementing agencies;
Determine appropriate project procurement implementation arrangements, including determining the extent of reliance on countries' procurement systems, additional procedures to ensure consistency with IFAD's Procurement Guidelines, and prior review thresholds;
Develop the IFAD Procurement Risk Matrix (Part A: country-level, Part B: project-level)
Develop and draft the procurement section of the Project Implementation Manual (PIM);
Develop suitable project procurement supervision plans;
Develop the Project's Procurement Strategy that identify the ideal market approach, contractual solution as well as Environmental & Social safeguards for the big-ticket contracts of the project lifecycle;
Develop initial 18-month procurement plans;
Develop capacity building plans for project staff responsible for procurement;
Develop specific, actionable guidance on addressing E&S/SECAP risks (e.g. in technical specifications or bidder qualifications of the bidding documents);
Prepare the Quality at Entry Questionnaire for review by the Senior Procurement Officer (SPO);
Submit an assignment report (as per IFAD format), and any other relevant ancillary documents (including Procurement Plans, Implementation Manuals, Operation Manuals, etc.);
Support the development of key project procurement performance indicators for IFAD's project procurement activities.

Project Supervision

Conduct Project Procurement Reviews to ensure appropriate oversight of project procurement practice;
Advise on complex procurement issues, propose sound solutions to correct procurement deficiencies or deter future ones;
Assess contract administration and management procedures and review the completeness and updated nature of contract data in the Contract Monitoring Tool;
Conduct specific analysis of value for money (VFM) at all levels and the reasonableness of prices;
Identify risk flags and evidence of malfeasance in procurement by performing a procurement risk assessment as per IFAD's requirements;
Review the current Procurement Plan in order to assess it has been fully updated and upgraded in the correct IFAD template or appropriate IFAD procurement system, ascertain its completeness, its concurrence with the AWPB, Financing Agreement, Project Procurement Arrangements (PPA) and Project Procurement Strategy (especially concerning packaging and value for money) and its consistency with the country systems and/or IFAD Procurement Guidelines and Handbook;
Based on the desk review of contract data, review a minimum sample of 10% of all post-review contracts (including contracts and agreements with implementing agencies and a sample of downstream contracts) and high-risk prior review contracts during the mission for compliance;
Review the management capacity and appropriateness of addressing

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