Trainer/Technical Assistance Provider
In over 100 countries around the world, think-tanks, NGOs, community-based organizations and citizens have launched a movement to demand greater transparency and accountability in government revenues and expenditures. The International Budget Partnership (www.internationalbudget.org and www.openbudgetindex.org) was established in 1997, within the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington DC, to support this growing movement in order to improve governance and reduce poverty in developing countries.
Over the past ten years, the IBP has pioneered global efforts to support independent budget monitoring by providing a combination of training and technical assistance, financial grants, comparative research, peer networking, and a global repository of information on this growing field.
The IBP works closely with a growing network of partner civil society organizations in over 80 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and, operates from offices in Washington DC, Mexico City, Mumbai and Cape Town.
IBP is seeking a trainer / technical assistance to work with its international team.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the IBP training team in developing and achieving training and technical assistance objectives.
- Conduct assessments of the strategic environment for civil society budget work and the organizational capacity of potential partners.
- Undertake training and technical needs analysis of partner organizations.
- Design and produce training materials to assist civil society organizations to undertake applied public finance analysis and advocacy.
- Conceptualize and develop curricula.
- Provide directly and coordinate one-on-one technical assistance/mentoring to individual organizations in the targeted regions.
- Identify organizations and strategic opportunities to undertake and promote civil society budget work in the IBP targeted regions.
Knowledge, education and experience:
- Post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience in applied public finance, public policy or related subject.
- In-depth knowledge and experience in training methods, training provision, facilitation and curriculum development.
- At least three years experience in providing training in applied budget analysis and advocacy work, applied public finance, or public policy-related training.
- Several years of experience working in an international development environment.
- Ability to work in English and one other language is required, e.g. French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Please send applications to: ibp-training@cbpp.org
