National consultant on regulatory costing and fiscal impact assessment
Organizational Context
The UN Secretariat, specifically the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), is supporting the Kyrgyz Republic's legislative initiative to enhance protections for persons with disabilities from violence. This role contributes to ensuring that proposed legal amendments are financially viable and supported by robust fiscal assessments.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive costing analysis and fiscal impact assessment for a draft legislative package aimed at protecting women and girls with disabilities from violence in the Kyrgyz Republic. The expert will quantify budgetary implications, identify expenditure baselines across state agencies, and develop a Financial and Economic Explanatory Note. This note is crucial for legislative review, inter-ministerial agreement, and parliamentary endorsement, ensuring that reforms are financially sound and implementable. The role directly supports the successful enactment of vital human rights legislation.
Responsibilities
Develop a dynamic Excel costing model and inter-agency dataset for fiscal projections. Draft a Financial and Economic Explanatory Note aligned with the draft law for legislative submission and consultations. Prepare a parliamentary presentation package and technical brief on fiscal impact. Quantify direct and indirect budgetary implications, identifying capital and operational expenditure baselines across responsible state bodies. Model medium-term expenditure frameworks and draft the official Financial and Economic Explanatory Note for parliamentary hearings and government review. Revise the note and model based on feedback to secure final financial clearance and adoption.
Work Experience
A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in public finance management, regulatory impact assessment, budgetary costing analysis, and medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEF) is required. Demonstrated experience in conducting costing studies or fiscal assessments for social, justice, gender equality, disability inclusion, or human rights legislation, particularly in Central Asia (Kyrgyz Republic experience preferred), is essential.
Skills
Public finance management, regulatory impact assessment, budgetary costing analysis, medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEF), financial and economic justification, fiscal assessment, legislative analysis, data modeling (Excel), inter-agency coordination, Russian language proficiency.