BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT

Credit No. IBRD 8906 BA

Assignment Title: Accountant and Financial Specialist

Reference No.: P143580-BA-BEEP-8906BA- RFP-IC-21-96-RS

Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Borrower, and Republic of Srpska, through a subsidiary agreement with the Borrower, has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Energy Efficiency Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.  The project development objective is to demonstrate the benefits of energy efficiency improvements in public sector buildings and support the development of scalable energy efficiency financing models.

The Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology Republic of Srpska intends to hire an Accountant and Financial Specialist (Consultants) to assist the Ministry in implementation the Energy Efficiency Project for works, goods and services. The Accountant and Financial Specialist will support the implementation of the project. Consulting services are required full time for the period of one year with the possibility of extension. The type of contract will be Time Based. Monthly salary will not exceed salaries of the employees in the Ministry of similar rank and years of service.

The qualification criteria are:

The Accountant and Financial Specialist should have minimum Bachelors’ University degree in, economics, business, finance (at least 240 ECTS), with at least seven (7) years of relevant work experience in financing and accounting, Good knowledge of local legislation in the area of accounting, Experience in working on World Bank projects is considered as an advantage. Good knowledge of written and oral English. Advanced computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Power Point). Willingness to learn.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, revised November 2017 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultants set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form at the address below (in person, by post/courier or email) by June 30, 2021.

For more information in the arms of the Terms of Reference is posted on website: www.beep.rs.ba

Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and Ecology of Republic of Srpska

Trg Republike Srpske 1 (IV floor, room number 17), BEEP Project Implementation Unit, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

E-mail: beep1@mgr.vladars.net

Ref. 15.05-360-16-676a/21, June 17, 2021