ANNEX 1: TERMS OF REFERENCE - FOREST REVENUE EXPERT

Under the overall responsibility of the Director of the Field Operations Division (TCO) and the direct supervision of the Chief, Operations Branch, RAFR, to whom the consultant will be directly responsible, the guidance of the designated technical and operations officers and with frequent referral to the national authorities directly concerned in the Government Executing Agency, in particular the National Project Director, the International Forest Revenue Expert will be responsible for carrying out the following tasks:

Conducting a study into the existing forest revenue collection procedures, involving:

an overall review of existing procedures and identification of specific problems;

proposals for amendments to the system required to be consistent with the new Forest Act;

proposals for creating revenue monitoring units at the two provincial offices covered by the project;

proposals for improvements to the system and upgrading of two district offices to improve efficiency and raise revenue yields, including possible incentive mechanisms for district level Forestry Department staff to collect forest revenues;

proposals for improved monitoring and reporting mechanisms for forest revenue collection; and

presentation of the findings and recommendations in a technical report.

Duration: One (1) month.

Duty station: Lusaka, with travel to Copperbelt and Central Provinces.

Qualifications and experience: Graduate with relevant professional qualification, 10 years professional experience; and, previous international level experience in Africa in revenue aspects of community management of forestry and/or wildlife resources.