Consultancy

The objective of this consultancy service is to audit HESPI overall account for the year 2023 and to produce specific audit report for the SIDA project for the period January 2023 to June 2024. The audit exercise will assess the soundness of financial management and internal control systems through enabling the Auditor to access all the financial records and express a professional opinion on the project’s Financial Statement for the indicated period.

The objective of this consultancy assignment is to prepare a Program Management Manual (PMM) to guide the development and management of HESPI programs/projects. The scope of the work will include (i) Assessment of program/Project management practices of HESPI to understand the culture, gaps, needs and opportunities for effective program/project management (ii) Developing a well-written PMM/guideline (iii) Train relevant staff members on the PMM usage/application

The objective of this assignment is to develop a Result Measurement, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manual (RM/MEAL) guideline for HESPI. The consultant will define the RM &MEAL standard/Framework to provide necessary directions for users (Program and M&E staff) of HESPI. The scope of the assignment will include assessing the operational context and defining the guideline scope, producing a well-written guideline, providing hands-on training for relevant HESPI staff members on the tenets of MEAL

The objectives of this consultancy assignment are to (i) support in the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) into the HESPI financial function and (ii) produce an updated financial and accounting procedures manual for the Institute. The scope of the work will include (i) Adopting and Implementing IPSAS (ii) updating the HESPI Financial and Accounting Procedures Manual and (iii) Training of relevant staff on implementation of IPSAS.

In the effort of realizing this transformation, the Institute hereby invites consulting firms or individual consultants to provide a consultancy services for Climate Adaptation Research Service . This is a dynamic role for 2 years based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the successful candidate will be responsible for providing her/his support to the HESPI research team in four fronts (i) Technical Capacity Building in Adaptation research (ii) Strategizing the Institute’s climate adaptation research portfolio (iii) Climate Finance Mobilization, and (iv) Networking and partnership building.