19th December, 2018 The Government of Tonga has secured financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Tonga Climate Resilience Transport Project (TCRTP). The Project development objective is to “improve the resilience of the transport sector in the Recipient’s territory, and in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to provide immediate response in such Eligible Crisis or Emergency”
The Ministry of Infrastructure is the Implementing Agency for the TCRTP and is responsible for the achievement of the Project Development Objective and the implementing of works and securing services and goods in order to effectively and efficiently implement the Project. The TCRTP is funding works on the outer island ports including dredging, the Ha’apai airport runway as well as obstacle limitation study for the ‘Eua airport, road works on selected priority roads across Tonga’s road network including road safety works and a road sector vulnerability study, studies in the transport sector and transport management area, transport sector safety campaigns, advisory services and training and capacity building.
The Ministry of Infrastructure on behalf of the Government of Tonga intends to apply part of the proceeds to contracting of staff for the Project Support Team (PST). The PST is part of the operational structure of the Ministry and is responsible for the implementation of the Project’s plans and activities and reporting to the Ministry.
The PST consists of the following staff:
Project Manager responsible for the overall coordination, monitoring and oversight of Project implementation and reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry
Contract Manager responsible for managing contracts under the Project
Procurement Officer responsible for the procurement process under which works, goods and services are procured
Accountant responsible for financial management
Communication & M&E Officer responsible for communication and public relations and monitoring and evaluation of Project activities
Safeguards Specialist responsible for ensuring compliance with the safeguards requirements of the Government of Tonga and the World Bank\
Administrative Assistant providing the administrative and secretarial support
The following positions are available for an initial period of 2 years and a possible 1-year extension. The occupants of the positions are full-time consultants under contract to be signed between the Ministry and the individual consultants:
Contract Manager
Procurement Officer
Accountant
Communication and M&E Officer
Safeguards Specialist
Administrative Assistant
For those who wish to express interest in applying for the consultancy positions above should send their ‘expression of interest’ addressing the selection criteria in the ‘terms of reference’ for each position and their CV to the following contact:
Filipina Vaka
Ministry of Infrastructure
By-pass Rd
Vaololoa Tongatapu
Or the following email: pinavaka@gmail.com
The TORs can be requested from Filipina Vaka at the email address above.
All applications should be received by 21st January 2019 at 4:30pm.