Procurement Officer (national)

The officer will work under the guidance of the team leader and the international procurement specialist and will assist in the implementation of all aspects of procurement under the project. The officer will:

(i) Assist in the establishment of a procurement framework with the National Procurement Commission.
(ii) Work with the Procurement Specialist (International) in implementing all aspects of procurement under the project.
(iii) Assist in the updates of procurement plan for goods, works, and services under the project, and update the Plan as and when needed (at least annually).
(iv) Assist PMO and PIU in preparing invitation for bids/ prequalification (if required), request for expressions of interest, bidding/ prequalification documents, request for proposals, evaluation reports, contracts, and other documents concerning procurement of goods, works, consultants" services.
(v) Work with the Procurement Specialist to provide operational advice on concepts, policies, and procedures for international and local procurement matters.
(vi) Assist Procurement Specialist in providing assistance on procurement matters of the project to ensure consistent application of the ADB’s New Procurement Framework (Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers and ADB Procurement Policies) and the Procurement Guidelines of the Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste as stipulated in the published Journal Decree No. 21/2022 as appropriate and acceptable (with regards to translation and interpretation of laws and decrees).
(vii) Closely monitor procurement activities in reference to the Procurement Plan timeline and the procurement approval process of the government and bring any slippage of activities immediately to the attention of the project team leader.
(viii) Assist in the preparation of quarterly reports on procurement status and procurement risk mitigation framework and arrange submission of the same to ADB for review.
(ix) Assist PMO and PIU in reviewing various project implementation and capacity development reports.
(x) Assist in preparing TORs and associated documents for other consultants, as appropriate.
(xi) Coordinate with Procurement Specialist on the conduct of diagnostic analyses on delays, inefficiency, etc. in the system, and provide recommendations to improve the same, if required.
(xii) Any other relevant task assigned by the team leader.