Policy Reform And Business Enabling Manager

Policy Reform And Business Enabling Manager

Location: Kathmandu

Introduction
Nepal In Business (NiB) is a five-year program (July 2024 – 2029) implemented by DAI Global UK and funded by FCDO. The primary goal of NiB is to unlock economic prosperity by driving growth, expanding businesses domestically and internationally and addressing income poverty in Nepal. The Program will provide technical support to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to enhance their organisational effectiveness through improved management and productivity, thereby making them globally competitive and helping them to grow and connect in the global value chain. This will thereby lead towards achieving business growth and creating new jobs. NiB will also engage with government to create a more conductive business environment and crowd-in private investment. NiB will promote more inclusive business models and contribute towards poverty reduction by prioritising jobs for women and people from disadvantaged groups. NiB will adopt a firm focused comprehensive approach to enhance productivity and competitiveness of targeted private sectors in five priority sectors located in the three provinces and industrial corridors to make them globally competitive.

Duration

NiB runs for an overall period of 5 years, from 15th July 2024 to 15th July 2029. The Policy Reform and Business Enabling Reform Manager is initially required from 14th January 2025 as a full-time position until 13th January 2029, with the possibility of extension as the programme progresses.

key tasks and responsibilities

The Policy and Business Enabling Reform Manager will contribute to the management and implementation of policy research, advocacy and reform initiatives of the targeted sectors, as lead of the programme’s ‘BERF’ component. The Manager in consultation with the team members foster inclusive and transparent reforms by collaborating with the private sector to prioritise reforms and make the policy-making process evidence based, more inclusive and transparent by involving women, minority groups, and other concerned stakeholders of the targeted sectors in the reform process.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessment to identify and prioritise reform agenda both related to trade and investment of the targeted sectors.
• Follow and facilitate mobilisation of financial assistance (MOICS).
• Support the management of Steering Committee meetings.
• Undertake rapid assessment of reform priorities via existing literature and consultation and reaffirm reform prioritisation.
•  Coordinate with technical team to identify sector/sub-sector specific policy, regulatory, and administrative procedural reform requirements.
•  Consult within the private sector and subsequently with the respective GoN agency and other stakeholders to prioritise and validate reform agenda.
• Facilitate discussions of reform agenda through meetings, workshops, public private dialogues. Coordinate and support key stakeholder agencies in their on-going initiatives (PPDs, seminars, events) regarding policy advocacy in line with project objectives.
•  Support and advise key stakeholders to adopt transparent practices in the policy reform initiatives, conduct issue-specific political, economic analysis, gender and social inclusion analysis among others.
•  Coordinate with MEL Manager to prepare reform monitoring tools and identify and support the private sector stakeholder to adopt an online system to keep track of the progress of reform agenda in a transparent and inclusive manner.
•  Coordinate with government agencies to bring them on-board regarding the respective reform requirements.
• Work with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to receive feedback in the policy reform initiatives of the project.
• Line Management of one BERF Officer.
• Any other tasks that may be assigned to the Policy and Business Enabling Reform Manager.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required, degree in economics, finance, public policy, business administration, law or related field.
• 5 years of professional work experience is related to policy reforms and advocacy, investment climate and business climate reforms, research on economic issues.
•  Experience working with government agencies and private sector umbrella organisations.
•  Sound understanding of the private sector (market, stakeholders, and policy regulations) in Nepal.
• Experience in implementing donor-funded projects (preferably with FCDO).
•  Prior knowledge about reform requirements in sectors such as agriculture, tourism and digital services preferred.
• Knowledge about investment processes and procedures, tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, export procedure is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, written, oral communication, and presentation skills in the Nepali and English language.

supervision and location
The role will report on a regular basis to the Team Leader and be based out of the Nepal in Business Office in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Prepared by: Kate Heinrich – Jones, (Country Programme Manager)

Approved by: Joe Phillips (Programme Director)

Closing date – 1st December 2024