MoHERST EMIS DATA MANAGER

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY (IC)

Assignment Title: Recruitment of HEMIS Technical Advisor for MoHERST

Reference No. GM-CPCU - MOFEA-470727-CS-CQS

• Project Description

• Background

The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST) seeks to engage a highly qualified Technical Advisor to provide strategic guidance and quality assurance for implementing its Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS). This role will serve as the Ministry's technical representative, ensuring the implementing vendor’s successful delivery of the HEMIS while building internal capacity and ensuring alignment with stakeholder needs across all tertiary and higher education and research, science and technology institutions.

• Position Overview

The HEMIS Technical Advisor will serve as the Ministry's technical expert, providing oversight and guidance during the HEMIS implementation process. This includes ensuring proper system specifications, reviewing deliverables, building institutional capacity, and coordinating between the implementing vendor and stakeholders including MoBSE, WAEC, NAQAA, higher education and research, and science and technology institutions.

• Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Technical Advisory

• Review and validate system architecture and technical specifications.

• Provide expert guidance on integration requirements and approaches.

• Assess and advise on security architecture and data protection measures.

• Review and validate technical documentation.

• Ensure alignment with international education management system standards.

• Quality Assurance and Oversight

• Develop quality assurance frameworks and acceptance criteria

• Review vendor deliverables and provide technical feedback

• Monitor system development progress and adherence to requirements

• Validate integration implementations with external systems

• Ensure compliance with data governance standards

• PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Required Qualifications and Experience

• Education

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

• Professional certifications in IT governance (TOGAF, ITIL, among others.)

• Certification in project management (PMP, PRINCE2)

• Technical Experience

• Minimum 12 years’ experience in IT systems management.

• 7+ years' experience overseeing education management systems implementation.

• Proven experience in technical advisory roles.

• Strong background in quality assurance and technical review.

• Experience in government digital transformation projects.

• Specific Skills

• Technical requirements analysis

• System architecture review

• Quality assurance methodologies

• Risk assessment and management

• Technical documentation review

• Capacity building and training

• Stakeholder management

• Domain Knowledge

• Deep understanding of education sector digitalization

• Knowledge of international education data standards

• Experience with African education systems

• Familiarity with government procurement processes

• Deliverables

• Vendor Selection Phase (Months 1-2)

• Technical requirements validation report

• RFP technical specifications review

• Vendor evaluation criteria and framework

• Technical risk assessment report

• System Development Oversight Phase (Months 3-8)

• Quality assurance framework

• Technical deliverable review reports

• Integration specifications review

• Security architecture assessment

• Capacity building plan

• Implementation Oversight Phase (Months 9-12)

• System acceptance criteria and test plans

• Technical acceptance reports

• Capacity assessment reports

• Sustainability recommendations

• Knowledge transfer verification report

Duration:

One (1) Year (with possibility of extension)

Full TOR Availability Notice:

The full Terms of Reference (TOR) will be made available upon request. Please send your request via email to the address provided below.

Submission of Expressions of Interest:

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA) through the Gambia Inclusive Skills and Equity Project (RISE), now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” dated September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with Individual Consultants (IC) method set out in the Consultant Guidelines. Further information and Terms of Reference can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 09:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 09:00 to 12h30 on Friday.

Expressions of interest should be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail) on or before 27th March 2025 at 12h30 GMT

Central Project Coordination Unit

Royal Insurance Building

2nd Floor, Kotu Bertil Harding Highway

The Gambia

Email: [email protected] , [email protected] and [email protected]