To provide support to the feasibility study on the deployment of the government’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) to support SAGE and DRDIP beneficiary payments and operational support for DRDIP programmes.

Key Accountabilities
• Identify and assess national policies in place that would support the deployment of IFMS as a beneficiaries’ payment platform.
• Identify key technical persons that would be engaged in informatic interviews to support the feasibility study.
• Consult key Person tools that would potentially be deployed to support beneficiary payments.
• Conduct interviews with key stakeholders.
• Assess the capacity of district local government officials in the use of Government to Person payment tools and platforms.
• Analyze the current beneficiary payment modalities in place for both DRDIP and SAGE beneficiaries to identify areas for integration with national single registry and payment platforms through desk reviews and consultations
• Conduct a validation meeting with key stakeholders on findings and recommendations.
• Any other duties that will be assigned by the led Consultant.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
• Education: Advanced (Masters) University degree in financial management, Statistics, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) or in related academic field.
• Language: Proficiency in English Language and proficiency in local language(s) widely used by beneficiaries in West Nile
• At least 7 years of professional experience in social protection, government to person payment
• Experience with application of client services standards to resolve or escalate clients’ service problems
• AT least 3 years in-depth experience working with the IFMS.