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Expected Outputs
The Ministry of Finance and USAID will collaborate to develop an annual work plan which will identify priorities for the Advisor to focus. The annual work plan for each coming year shall be developed by MoF and USAID at least thirty (30) days before the end of a contract year and approved by Policy LINK Country Lead. This work plan will guide the advisor’s work for the year.

The Advisor shall provide, through email, monthly technical reports within one working week of the month to Policy LINK Activity, Ministry of Finance and USAID’s Point of Contact, copying other parties identified by MoF and USAID (which may include other U.S. Government officers, and/or others, and which may change from time to time). The reports shall contain, at minimum, a detailed report of activities undertaken, progress of ongoing work and planned activities.

The Advisor shall on a frequent basis keep the USAID Point of Contact and others concerned professionals informed about the progress of his/her activities. He/she will be required to participate in quarterly meetings organized by USAID to include other Embedded Advisors of the MOFA, MOE and MOTI. The advisor shall be responsible for building and or enhancing capacity within their designated ministry. This is likely to include direct consultations with high-ranking officials (including ministers and deputy ministers) and advisors should be able to provide guidance and technical support for very large pro- grams while maintaining tact and ensuring that the ministry is taking a leading role and will be increasingly able to carry out similar programs in the future with less external assistance.
 
Place and Period of Performance
The Advisor will be based in Accra, Ghana; and must be able and available to travel within Ghana to support program activities, and, occasionally, travel internationally for consultations or conferences. The Advisor is expected to work the business hours of MoF, noting that capacity building events may occasionally require work to be performed in the evenings or on weekends. The commitment will average approximately 40 – 50 hours per week.

Reporting and Accountability
The MoF shall provide technical direction to the Advisor who is required to report to the hon. minister through the Chief Director. The advisor shall also report to the Policy LINK Activity Country Lead (based in Accra), and Activity Manager. Other U.S. Government agencies resident at the U.S. Embassy in Accra may, from time to time, make requests for assistance or information. On sector specific matters, the Advisor shall obtain guidance from the USAID Point of Contact (POC) for MoF. The advisor shall provide monthly reports to the Policy LINK Ghana Country Lead, the FAS program office, USAID POC for MoF and others found appropriate by USAID/Ghana. These should contain, at minimum, a detailed report of activities undertaken, progress of ongoing work and planned activities.

These tasks will require the Adviser to become well-versed in the most important GOG, USG, and Afri- can continent strategic documents such as:

The CARES Programme. Private Sector Development Strategy.  Ghana’s AGOA Strategy.

Illustrative areas of focus:

Industrial Transformation Agenda, including the agenda for developing Light Manufacturing and agro-processing outlined in the CARES Programme. Trade facilitation. Boosting Trade in Africa strategy.

These tasks will require the Adviser to become well-versed in the most important GOG, USG, and Afri- can continent strategic documents such as:

Power Africa Roadmap, Power Sector Master Plan produced under the Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning (IRRP) initiative (2019), The current National Medium-Term Plan of Ghana, Gas Sector Master Plan (once available), and MOF Annual Report on the Management of Energy Sector Levies. Trade and Support to Industrialization

Energy Sector Issues

Illustrative areas of focus:

Advise MoF on management of the legacy debt plan for the power sector, including an emphasis on inter-ministerial coordination to enable MOF to accurately track its evolution, Advise MOF senior management on the issue and management of the Energy Bond (compliance with terms of debt service and risk mitigation), or any other effort that MoF pursues to manage the power sector legacy debt (analysis of options, procurement procedures) Advise MoF senior management, in close coordination with the Ministry of Energy (MOE) Embedded Advisers, on approaches to prevent new arrears in the power sector payments chain; and Advise MOF, in close coordination with the MOE embedded advisor, of the potential fiscal impacts of power sector procurement and operational reforms. 

These tasks will require the Adviser to become well versed in the most important GOG, USG, and Afri- can continent strategic documents such as:

The CARES Programme, US Government Global Food Security Strategy FY 2022-FY 2026, The USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategy 2020-2025,  Global Food Security Ghana Country Plan, G-7 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition,  The current National Medium-Term Plan of Ghana. The National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP), and The AU’s Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Plan (CAADP) Framework, especially the recent 2014 Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods.

In discharging these duties, the Advisor will pay particular attention to enhancing the MoF’s effective access to and use of vital information from other line Ministries whose role is central to MoF’s man- date for effective macroeconomic management in support of the GoG’s pro-growth and transformation policies in the key real sectors. In particular, the Advisor should focus on key areas of interest in the a) Ministry of Food and Agriculture; b) Ministry of Trade and Industry and c) Ministry of Energy. Some of the key issues that USAID requires the Advisor to track and provide support for are as follows:

Agriculture Sector Issues

Illustrative areas of focus

Planting for Food and Jobs Campaign, especially input subsidy financing. The agricultural agenda under the CARES, programme, including food import-substitution, agro- processing, and youth in commercial agriculture. Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL). National Financial Inclusion Strategy. Financial Sector Strategic Plan (FinSSP). Capital markets development. Facilitating MOF’s access to Ghanaian and international economic information and expertise.