Ref.
2026/IETATSAICSRIJ/15602
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Service contract
Deadline date
2026/06/15 23:55
Duration of the assignment
Short term
Contract
Freelancer
Duration
18 working days
Individual expert ( Technical assistance to support an inclusive civil service reform in Jordan) (M/W)
Département Géographique - GEO > DP - Liban/Jordanie
Published on : 2026/06/07
NORTH AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
JORDAN
Mission description
I. Context and justification of the need
Since 2018 the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has indeed embarked on a program of reforms, one of which being the adoption in 2022 of the Public Sector Modernization Roadmap (PSMR, 2023-2033), under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II. This vision of public sector modernization for the next ten years is built around a strong marker: “An empowered and effective public sector that works as a single unit to develop Jordan and attain citizen well-being.” It has three main pillars: modernizing public services, strengthening the institutional framework and human resources management, and updating the legislative framework. A first three-year action plan has resulted. This reform is also consistent with the government's two other major strategies: the Economic Modernization Vision (EMV) and the political modernization process.
In 2024 AFD granted the Jordanian government a Development Policy Loan (DPL), a central component of which focuses on civil service reform and human re-sources management. This support aims to assist the authorities in the effective implementation of state modernization (PSMR and adoption in April 2024 of a new civil service law: HRM by-law), in particular as regards aspects linked to administrative performance and transparency of public action.
In Feb 2026, the government has launched the Second Executive Program of the Public Sector Modernization Roadmap. It includes 111 projects distributed across seven reform components: Human Resources and Leadership (26 projects), Government Services and Procedures (21 projects), Data and Emerging Technologies (16 projects), Policies, Legislations and Decision-Making (15 projects), Governance and Regulatory Environment (12 projects), Institutional Culture (11 projects), and Spending Efficiency (10 projects). The program has an indicative total cost of approximately JOD 150 million. A portion of this amount is already costed and financed. Component One carries the highest weight, representing 41% of the total, while the remaining components each account for less than 15%. This confirms the need for a dedicated financial screening to clarify funding coverage, identify financing gaps by component and project type, and support more strategic prioritization, resource allocation (including national budget according to annual budget laws) and donor coordination for the implementation of the PSMR through 2029 and beyond. Therefore, the technical assistance will assist the Prime Minister’s Project Management and Implementation Office (PMIO) to monitor the financial and budgetary implications for the second executive action plan for PSMR 2026-2029. This support responds to the country need to understand how financial resources are mobilized, allocated and used across the PSMR, and to identify indicative financing gaps, sustainability risks and practical options for strengthening resource allocation. The assignment will build on PMIO's monitoring system and available project cards, including the costing work and financing information already compiled for the 2026-2029 Executive Program.
Project or context description
I. Objectives and desired results
1) General objective
To strengthen PMIO's capacity to assess and communicate the current and projected financial implications of implementing the Public Sector Modernization Roadmap, with a particular focus on the Executive Program II (2026-2029), and to support evidence-based financial planning, prioritization and donor coordination. Also, to examine the country budget contribution with regards to financing gaps.
2) Specific objectives
The assignment has the following specific objectives:
1. To assess short (2026-2027) and medium-term (2028-2029) financial sustainability considerations for the implementation of the PSMR Executive Program II, with reference to the longer-term PSMR horizon to 2033 where data permits. The expert will refer to PMIO costing documents and projects cards to classify how many of them have a validated cost estimate, and how many have identified financing source or not yet.
2. To design three financing scenarios and propose practical recommendations for prioritization, sequencing, resource allocation, expenditure efficiency and financing sustainability dimensions address to recurrent vs. capex pressure, debt-service implications, fiscal-space envelope, donor concentration.
3) Anticipated results
This assignment will contribute to strengthen PMIO and relevant government stakeholders will have a better understand the financial implications of implementing the PSMR Executive Program II, and a practical, evidence-based and guidance tool to make decision on implementation and sustainability of the PSMR reform. The final output should support periodic monitoring of the reform, improve the visibility of financing gaps and risks, and inform financial planning, prioritization and coordination with development partners.
II. Description of the assignment
1) Planned activities
The consultant must perform the following activities:
Activity 1 - methodological framework for screening the financial implications for PSMR -II executive program
- Develop a simple methodological framework for assessing financial implications, drawing on relevant tools used by OECD or INFF financing landscape assessment principles and adapting them to the scope and timeframe of the assignment. The expert can clarify in the technical offer which framework is the primary anchor.
Activity 2 – Desk review and consultations
- Review available documentation and data related to the PSMR Executive Program II (at least 10 documents), including project cards, costing information and the indicative financing gaps based on available information on II executive program by PMIO, monitoring reports, relevant budget documents and financing information.
- Conduct up to eight key informant interviews and technical consultations with PMIO, MOPIC, the Ministry of Finance or General Budget Department, selected implementing government entities (Min 4 selective entities), think tanks experts and focal points and/or public finance experts.
Activity 3 – drafting concept paper that describes three scenario analysis and recommendations
Based on the desk review and consultations, to develop a policy paper explaining three scenarios has various parameters (macro assumptions, donor commitments, government allocation, prioritization rule and time horizon split in (annual cash-flow profile through 2029), and the unit of analysis (component tier). For each scenario, propose practical recommendations related to project prioritization, sequencing, resource allocation, efficiency gains, donor coordination, financing-risk mitigation and sustainability of reform implementation. The constrained scenario should include resilience and recovery recommendations, drawing on two to three relevant international benchmark where feasible. For this particular purpose, the expert will coordinate with public international expert who will provide support to consolidate recommendations by showing models from OECD countries such as Morocco public administration reform financing, Tunisia civil-service modernization, Egypt ERRADA, OECD MENA Governance country reviews.
Activity 4 - Validation and finalization (two stages)
The expert will more describe this activity in the technical offer, for example we propose a two-stage validation: a technical half-day with PMIO on methodology and assumptions, followed by a steering-level day on recommendations and prioritization.
a. Anticipated deliverables
All deliverables will be prepared in Arabic. Only the final versions will be translated into English by the expert for submission to the donor.
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Deliverables |
Estimated end date |
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1. Inception and methodological note, including analytical framework, data requirements, consultation plan, classification criteria and scenario assumptions (10 pages) |
1st Jul 2026 |
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2. Summary of the desk review and consultation |
30th Jul 2026 |
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3. Draft financial implications concept paper, including preliminary findings, financing-gap analysis, key risks and scenario-based analysis |
20th Aug 2026 |
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4. Final financial implications concept paper, incorporating comments from PMIO, Expertise France, AFD and relevant stakeholders |
15st Sep 2026 |
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5. A structured matrix of current and pipeline donor commitments to PSMR components. |
15th Oct 2026 |
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6- final presentation to be used by PMIO in future |
20th Oct 2026 |
b. Coordination
The applicant shall designate a single contact person for assignment implementation purposes. The expert(s) will work under the supervision of Expertise France and in close coordination with PMIO. Expertise France will facilitate and coordinate meetings with relevant stakeholders and provide quality assurance on deliverables. PMIO will provide available project cards, monitoring tools, financing information and relevant documentation required for the assignment. The expert(s) shall maintain strict confidentiality and use financial and institutional information only for the purposes of this assignment. The expert will coordinate with public international expert who will provide guidance to consolidate the recommendations and display for finance-blended use from social and economic development from OECD countries or France.
In addition, the expert should be aware to coordinate proactively with: OECD/EF consultant on the PSI Indicator (includes Spending Efficiency), GIZ/E4DE (cost-recovery implications), and the PWC/JSF costing work to avoid overlap and build common understanding.
2) Place, duration and terms of performance
a. Estimated implementation periods:
The assignment will be implemented between Jul and Oct 2026, over a total of 18 working days.
b. Estimated start date : Jul 2026
c. Estimated end date: Oct 2026
d. Estimated schedule/program:
The provisional program for assignment implementation is as follows:
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Activity |
Place |
Indicative period |
Estimated duration (days) |
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Methodological framework report |
Amman |
Jul 2026 |
2 |
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Desk review and consultations and project classification summary report |
Amman / |
July- Aug 2026 |
8 |
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Draft the concept paper includes three scenarios analysis and recommendations. (the concept paper 20-25 pages excluding annexes) |
Amman |
July-August 2026 |
5 |
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Validation, finalization and presentation of findings in a workshop |
Amman |
Sep 2026 |
3 |
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Total |
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18 |
Required profile
1) Required expertise and profile
a. Number of expert(s): one expert may be assigned to the consultancy, provided that the total estimated number of man-days is respected.
b. This call for proposal is intended for one individual expert to deliver the services described in this ToR. Applications from companies, consortiums, or unregistered groups will not be considered.
c. Profile of the designated expert(s) responsible for contract execution
A. Qualifications and skills
- The designated expert(s) shall demonstrate the following qualifications and skills:
• PhD/Masters degree in a relevant field, with extensive experience in financial and economic analysis.
• 6+ years of experience working on Jordanian laws and regulations, especially budget laws.
• Has proof experience in preparing researches, policy papers on public financial management, and fiscal policies
B. Professional experience
- The expert(s) should have the following professional experience:
• 10+ years of professional experience in public financial management, development finance or financing of public sector reform programs.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing the financial implications of national strategies, reform programs, multi-year implementation plans.
• Familiarity with development finance assessments, financing landscape analysis, SDGs and development or related public finance diagnostic tools would be an asset.
• Knowledge of Jordan's and MENA public sector reform, public budgeting system, PSMR or donor coordination architecture is arguably a requirement.
• Strong facilitation and consultation skills with senior government stakeholders and development partners.
• Arabic is the working official language, only the final document of each deliverable will be translated.
C. Selection criteria
- EF is seeking a highly qualified individual consultant to deliver the services outlined in this ToR. The selection will be based on the following scoring and criteria (but not limited to):
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Scores |
Details |
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CV and experience |
40 |
Relevance and depth of experience in public financial management, public finance, development finance and reform financing; experience in Jordan or comparable contexts will be considered an advantage. |
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Methodology |
40 |
The methodology should demonstrate. Quality, clarity, and feasibility of the proposed methodology, including scenario analysis, approaches for sustainable reform. The applicant should also describe the forecasted content of the concept paper, outlining the key questions to be addressed and the rationale. |
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A financial proposal |
20 |
Cost effectiveness and coherence of the financial offer with the proposed level of effort and expected deliverables and with allocated budget. |
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The complete application package shall be sent by June 15th 2026 at 11:59 P.m. UTC through our Gestmax platform ( EF website ) Note: Please consolidate all application files into one document so that you can upload a single file.
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Selection criteria for applications
The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :
- Candidate’s training/skills/experience
Deadline for application : 2026/06/15 23:55
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