AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT – FACILITATOR FOR VAT FRAUD COURSE

Financing Agreement reference: African Development Bank Grant no: 2100155032416

Project ID No.: P-Z1-K00-059

 

 

African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Regional Institutional Support Project on Public Financial Governance (RISPFG).

ATAF seeks to procure the services of an Individual consultant to facilitate the VAT Fraud Course.

The responsibilities of the individual consultant are as follows :

  • Development, review, and update of training materials for the foundational module ;
  • Co-facilitate both intermediate and advanced modules with other facilitators as per the annual calendar and delivery mode. Delivery mode may either be face-to-face where travel will be required to a country which will be hosting the training event or may be delivered virtually ;
  • Attend Train-the Trainer refresher training on presentations skills and any other technical trainings as and when appropriate ;
  • Review the programme and make recommendations for further action and Prepare a summary report of the training programme soon after each training.

ATAF now invites eligible candidates to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested applicants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services.

The Individual Consultant is expected to have among others the following key competencies :

  1. A University Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics, or any other related field ;
  2. Post Graduate Diploma/certificate in fraud examination, Financial Crime Investigations, or other relevant discipline ;
  3. A minimum of 5 years working experience in Tax investigations in the tax administration ;
  4. Evidenced knowledge of the subject matter (Through on-job experience including retired officers from law enforcement agencies) ;
  5. A demonstrable experience in developing training materials and classroom delivery of Training ;
  6. Currently working in the tax administration and actively involved in tax investigations ;
  7. Able to communicate in French or English ;
  8. Working experience in International Taxation (Transfer Pricing, Tax Treaties and Exchange of Information) will be an added advantage.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants”, [May 2008 Edition, Revised July 2012], which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.

Interested individual consultants may obtain further information at the email address below during office hours.

Expressions of interest must be sent via email to the address below by the 25th of February 2021. The email subject should be Facilitator – VAT Fraud Course

Attn: Procurement

Desire Ottner or Nune Mandala

E-mail : [email protected]

333 Grosvenor Street, Block G, Hatfield Gardens,

Tel : +27 12 451 8820