Procurement Specialist

EQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) COUNTRY: Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) PROJECT ID: P507443 Project Name: Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment Post Title: Procurement Specialist Reference No.: SO-MOLSA-540049-CS-INDV Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia BACKGROUND A Procurement Specialist is required by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to support the implementation of a World Bank-funded project, Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment (BOOST You) (P507443). The selected candidate will support the government’s National Social Protection Program (Baxnaano), established in 2019 and housed at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA). The project development objective of Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment (BOOST-YOU) is to enhance economic opportunities and strengthen resilience of the poor and vulnerable. The project directly contributes to strengthening Somalia’s social protection system, expanding coverage through its support to the jobs agenda and building greater resilience to shocks through robust adaptive social protection mechanisms. The project applies an integrated approach that moves beneficiaries along a continuum from protection to production. The project aims to support the poor and most vulnerable of the population by providing targeted interventions to improve their resilience and prepare for better jobs tomorrow, while providing job opportunities now by addressing key barriers to better income-generating opportunities. The project will reach about 123,000 households in particularly climate-exposed areas, which is equivalent to roughly 738,000 individual beneficiaries. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF WORK: The overall responsibilities of the Procurement Specialist are (i) under the supervision of the Project Manager advise Baxnaano Staff on all procurement activities supported under the project; and (ii) He/she