Midstream Oil Sector Advisor - Administrative Reform Project

Job description / Role

Midstream Oil Sector Advisors - Administrative Reform Project, Baghdad

Company Profile:
MSI is an international development firm in the Washington, D.C., metro area with a 30-year history of helping to deliver results across the developing world. In 2008, we became part of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with Coffey's international development offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging political and economic climates in the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Sudan. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance, and anti-corruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website.

Project Summary:
MSI is implementing the Iraq Administrative Reform Project (Tarabot). The Tarabot project works to improve the functions of the Government of Iraqs (GoI) public institutions in order to improve service delivery processes through better governance and resource management approaches.

Position Summary:
Tarabot is currently seeking a number of short- or long-term consultants to serve as Midstream Oil Sector Advisors to the Government of Iraq. The Midstream Oil Sector Advisor is expected to provide analyses, advice, and solutions to representatives from the GoI Ministry of Oil (MoO) as well as the management of Tarabot. Work includes a variety of complex analyses and creative problem-solving focused on issued facing the MoO, particularly in its midstream operations (piping, storage, transport management, export/wholesale marketing). The advisor will be required to establish and maintain relationships with high-level GoI counterparts. These positions are based in Baghdad, Iraq.

Responsibilities:
- Assist the MoO to improve its goods and services sourcing systems through the use of internationally-recognized supply chain management processes within boundaries of relevant laws and regulations, approved GoI budgets and, where applicable, existing agreements.
- Assist the MoO with the development of Contracts and Procurement Plans (CPP) with demand data, focusing on midstream needs (pipelines, storage, and wholesale marketing of petroleum).
- Work with MoO officials to align its CPPs with Iraqs most current development plans.
- Assist MoO officials to develop demand forecasts for goods and services aligned to current development plans, incorporating demand data into the CPPs.
- Provide capacity building and advisory services to MoO officials to improve sourcing activities- this might include improving ministry systems for the development of bid packages, bid proposal evaluation, analyzing bid results, and compiling recommendations to award to secure relevant internal and external approvals.
- Mentor MoO officials responsible for post-award contract management and administration. This may involve examining and suggesting reforms to existing MoO administrative systems in order to secure speedy resolution of queries, timely supplier invoice approvals, processing and tracking supplier change requests, monitoring contract expiration dates and ensuring extensions or renewals are executed to support continuing service delivery to the business.
- Support the MoO in supplier performance management activities, such as performance indicator tracking, conducting performance review meetings, supporting MoO contract managers, and other activities intended to drive better supplier performance.
- Support the MoO to approach the broader supply market with approved RFP documents, and to assess and respond to bidder clarification requests.

Requirements

- Advanced university degree in engineering, procurement or other technical discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in the oil and gas sector, with emphasis on project management, procurement, and supply chain management.
- Previous work experience in oil and gas industry in the Middle East/North Africa region.
- Full fluency in English, written and spoken, is required. Proficiency in Arabic is advantageous but not required.
- Professional PSCM qualification (MCIPS) or equivalent is preferred.
- Knowledge of international oil sector supply chain management systems, such as Ariba, Backbone, SAP and the MS software suite, SharePoint, Access, etc is beneficial.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

About the Company

We are always driving toward results. For the last 30 years, MSI has helped to deliver development results across the developing world. We care deeply about the global issues we tackle. Our projects drive governments and organizations toward better results, helping the people they serve to live better lives.

We work in partnership. We are proud to have worked with USAID, the private sector, local organization partners, universities and foundations to create solutions to global needs. We collaborate with our partners in some of the most challenging political and economic climates in the world.

We are defined by our staff. They are global citizens. We hail from 20 countries, speak more than two dozen languages and have a grounded feel for the places in which we work.

We believe in sustainability. Today, we work hand in hand with local partners, including local, regional and national governments, media and civil society organizations, in South Sudan, Pakistan and Afghanistan and more to provide the tools and know-how to sustain the reforms long after we depart. Our staff are development experts. We possess a core group of development experts in the fields of monitoring and evaluation, public sector reform, governance and anti-corruption who forge close relationships with our clients and partners to achieve the most effective development outcomes. More than 80 percent of MSIs core technical work is performed by a group of 100 in-house professionals. Weve expanded our global reach. In 2008, we became part of Coffey International Limited joining forces to bring effective international development solutions to clients including DFID and AusAID. This has given us global reach to offices in Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Asia Pacific and, most importantly, enables us to act nimbly and swiftly when clients call upon us.

We focus on the outcomes. Our innovative tools and methodologies build capacity and ensure sustainability all with a focus on development effectiveness. We see the future. Ultimately, we aspire to create a poverty-free world in which governance and rule of law are the basis for a better life.