[CivilSoc] Romania Position for Civil Service Remuneration/Salary Expert

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CIVIL SERVICE REMUNERATION/SALARY EXPERT--ROMANIA
The project is expected to commence October 2003 and the project period will
be 12 months from this date.
The location is Bucharest. However, some activities may take place outside
of Bucharest.
PLS RAMBOLL is looking for a short-term civil service remuneration/salary
expert for the Phare project "Design and Implement Mechanism for the Full
Application of the Civil Servants Statute Law".
Curriculum Vitas should be addressed to Mr Kasper Freund, PLS RAMBOLL
Management, International Division at kfr at pls-ramboll.com. Deadline is 29
August 2003.
Please note that participation for this project is ONLY open for natural and
legal persons of:
* EU Member States
* The recipient States of the Phare programme: Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and
Slovenia.
1. Project information
The overall objective of the project is to assist the Government in its
efforts to develop a democratic and efficiently functioning public
administration by the establishment of a politically neutral, stable and
professional body of civil service - a merit based civil service. In order
to achieve this overall objective the project is aimed strengthening the
capacity of the Civil Servants National Agency (CSNA) in field of HR, in
preparation of secondary and tertiary legislation, and most of all in the
implementation of the various legal regulations.
The project has three components:
1) Component 1: System of merit-based selection and recruitment
2) Component 2: Merit-based career system (including promotion and
motivation)
3) Component 3: Human Resources planning system for the civil service
Since the ultimate beneficiary of the project is the corps of civil
servants, which includes employees of both central and local governments,
the geographical area to be covered is the territory of Romania. However,
the overwhelming majority of activities will take place in Bucharest at CSNA
venue.
2. Personnel requirements
Civil Service Remuneration/Salary expert
The remuneration/salary expert is supposed to be an international expert,
hired for a period of 2 months and a half. He/she must have relevant
qualification and experience in assessing the various pay schemes especially
related to the budget impact of an overall pay increase and potential way of
financing for civil servants. The expert must be fluent in English.
Knowledge of Romanian and/or French would be an advantage.
The expert is expected to have:
* Preferably a macroeconomist or other relevant educational background
* Strong skills and knowledge in the continental law systems;
* Knowledge and experience with West-European civil servants  remuneration
systems;
* Knowledge of and/or experience with Central-East European civil servants
remuneration systems and the development of these in the past decade;
* Ability to compare various schemes of remuneration and to propose ways of
increasing the salaries of the  civil servants.