[Hiring] Consultancy on Tax Expenditures in Africa @AGORA

Role Description

Contract Duration – 8 months

Working arrangement: Home Based

This assignment will assess the scale, composition and equity implications of tax expenditures across Africa, examine how they are granted and reviewed, identify lessons from reform efforts, and support UNICEF country offices in engaging governments on the issue.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy on the detailed deliverables and expected outcomes, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0006094 TOR.pdf

Qualifications

• Master’s - Economics, public finance, taxation, public policy, development economics or a closely related field

Requirements

• Minimum seven years of professional experience in tax policy, public finance or domestic revenue mobilisation, including substantive work in African contexts.
• Demonstrated experience analysing tax expenditures, tax incentives or fiscal cost estimation.
• Familiarity with the Global Tax Expenditures Database, the Global Tax Expenditures Transparency Index or equivalent national tax expenditure reporting is a strong advantage.
• Strong quantitative and data analysis skills, including demonstrated ability to construct comparable cross-country datasets from heterogeneous national sources and to produce clear, publication-quality data visualisations.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse the distributional and equity impacts of fiscal policy.
• Experience with child-focused or poverty-focused public finance analysis is an advantage.
• Track record of producing analytical writing of publication standard for both technical and policy or advocacy audiences.
• Fluency in English is required. Working proficiency in French is highly desirable, given the concentration of detailed tax expenditure reporting in francophone West Africa.

Desirables

• Established professional networks among relevant institutions (COATE member organisations, ATAF, ATRN, ICTD, ODI Global, IISD) an advantage.

Benefits

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does.
• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.
• Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

Application Process

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal

Remarks

• UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes.
• All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.