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1. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
The Government of Mongolia is implementing the Loan 3594-MON: Sustaining Access to
Quality of Education during Economic Difficulties Project financed by Asian Development
Bank (ADB). The project objectives are to minimize the negative effects during the difficult
economic period by (i) narrowing the gap in the enrolment capacity of schools and
kindergartens in Ulaanbaatar and some aimag centers, (ii) supporting the completion of
unfinished curriculum reform and associated assessment system reforms, (iii) ensuring
the provision of teaching and learning materials (TLM) that accompany the new
curriculum, (iv) upgrading the skills and knowledge of teachers and managers for the new
curriculum and assessments, and (v) strengthening systems for planning and managing
education services. The project executing agency (EA) is the Ministry of Education and
Science (MES), and the implementing agencies (IAs) are the MES and Ulaanbaatar
Metropolitan Education Department.
The EA invites the qualified candidates to apply for the following positions at the Project
Implementation Unit:
1. Project Assistant
The EA intends to recruit a qualified Project Assistant (8 person months, with possible
extension) a full-time staff in the project implementation unit (PIU) stationed in
Ulaanbaatar city. The Project Assistant will fulfill its duties according to the government
and ADB regulations, procedures and requirements. S/he will support the Government of
Mongolia and the PIU in implementing the project successfully.
Roles and Responsibilities:
(i) Assist the PIU staff and maintain PIU’s day to day activities;
(ii) Assist and support consultants recruited under the project with administrative
support;
(iii) Carry out basic office tasks to ensure smooth project implementation, such as
coordinating and scheduling meetings, providing interpretation/translation services
for meetings, arranging travels, printing and photocopying, organizing and filing
documents and records, preparing meeting minutes and memos, handling routine
correspondences and e-mails, editing reports and documents, etc.;
(iv) Manage petty cash for PIU operations and monitor costs of the project vehicle
(petrol, driver, etc.);
(v) Be responsible for handling finance settlements and bookkeeping;
(vi) Purchase and distribute office supplies to the PIU staff and monitor proper
maintenance of office furniture and equipment;

2. (vii) Assist the Procurement Specialist in advertising invitations for bids and consulting
service requirements in newspapers, government and other professional websites,
and ADB system, and preparing small service contracts;
(viii) Assist to organize workshops, seminars and training including preparing
documents and materials, arranging venues, facilitating communication and
coordination;
(ix) Assist to prepare project’s reports and required documents, translate, and facilitate
to have approval and signatures from MES, Ministry of Finance and other other
relevant government agencies; and
(x) Undertake other tasks assigned by the Project Coordinator and PIU staff.
Qualification Requirements:
• Bachelor degree in public administration, finance or other relevant discipline;
• At least 3 years of working experience in projects and business operations or
similar positions;
• Have a good command of written and oral English and Mongolian languages; and
proficiency with Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point) and
internet searching skills are required.
2. Environmental Specialist
The EA intends to recruit a qualified Environmental Specialist (8 person months, with
possible extension) a full-time staff in the project implementation unit (PIU) stationed in
Ulaanbaatar city. The Environmental Specialist will fulfill its duties according to the
government and ADB regulations, procedures and requirements. S/he will support the
Government of Mongolia and the PIU in implementing the project successfully.
Roles and Responsibilities:
(i) Review the initial environmental examination (IEE) and project environmental
management plan (EMP) to understand the environmental issues associated with
the project area and the planned works; identify if there are any changes in the
project sites of baseline environmental conditions; review and monitor
implementation of the EMP and update IEE/EMP, if required;
(ii) Review the bidding documents to ensure compliance with environmental clauses
in the concerned documents (EMP, loan agreement);
(iii) Establish a grievance redress mechanism (GRM) in accordance with GRM
procedures defined in the IEE; act as a focal person in the PIU for coordinating the
GRM and for receiving and addressing grievances and complaints from
stakeholders and residents; ensure that all complaints are promptly reported to the
PIU, EA, IAs and ADB.
(iv) Review, comment and clear site-specific EMPs prepared by civil works contractors;
(v) Undertake environmental monitoring visits to supervise the implementation of

3. environmental mitigation and monitoring measures as specified in the EMP,
propose corrective actions to contractors or relevant parties in case
noncompliance is identified;
(vi) Provide on-the-job training for the PIU, contractors, and other stakeholders as
needed to ensure that all agencies are aware of their roles and responsibilities for
implementation of the EMP, including the grievance redress mechanism (GRM);
(vii) Prepare semi-annual progress reports on the EMP implementation (including
compliance of contractors with obligations, inspection activities and findings,
problems encountered during construction and operations, and relevant corrective
actions undertaken);
(viii) Conduct public consultations with relevant stakeholders as required, informing
them of imminent construction works, and updating them of latest project activities;
(ix) Carry out construction completion audits to confirm the regularity and safety of
each school and kindergarten construction and expansion site, and Institute of
Teachers Professional Development with the involvement of relevant government
agencies;
(x) Assist the Project Coordinator in preparing annual action plans and budgets for the
Project concerning activities related to environment safeguards; and
(xi) Assist the M&E Specialist in preparing sections on environment safeguards and
loan covenants to be included in quarterly and annual progress reports.
Qualification Requirements:
• The specialist should have a bachelor or master’s degree in environmental
sciences and other relevant disciplines;
• Minimum 5 years of experience in conducting environment assessments,
preparing environmental management plans and other environmental safeguards
documentations;
• Experience in working international projects and programs financed by IFIs,
including ADB proficiency with cost estimate software/programs;
• Proven understanding and knowledge of the laws and regulations of the
Government of Mongolia as well as ADB policies and guidelines;
• Good command of written and spoken English; and proficiency with Microsoft
Office (MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power Point) and web skills are required.
3. Cost Estimator
The EA intends to recruit a qualified Cost Estimator (8 person months) a full-time staff in
the project implementation unit (PIU) stationed in Ulaanbaatar city. The Cost Estimator
will fulfill its duties according to the government and ADB regulations, procedures and
requirements. S/he will support the Government of Mongolia and the PIU in implementing
the project successfully.
Roles and Responsibilities:

4. (i) Together with the Civil Engineer, review building and engineering designs,
drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for school and kindergarten
construction and expansion, and refurbishment of laboratories; prepare technical
specifications and detailed cost estimates of school and kindergarten furniture and
equipment; and provide inputs to preparation of bidding documents for
procurement of civil works, furniture and equipment;
(ii) Support the Procurement Specialist and bid evaluation committees to review and
evaluate qualifications of bidders and bids;
(iii) Together with the Civil Engineer, personally monitor the progress of the
construction work by conducting visits to the civil works sites;
(iv) Review the civil work physical progress against plans, cost estimates, and reports;
closely monitor actual costs; review invoices and quantities of executed works and
endorse payment requests;
(v) Together with the Civil Engineer, identify additional items and estimate the costs;
assist the Civil Engineer and Procurement Specialist in preparing and processing
variations to civil works, furniture and equipment supply contracts;
(vi) Review construction supervision plans, cost estimates, and supervision reports of
the Construction Supervision Engineers (consultant), and provide timely guidance
for conducting supervision, identifying and reporting problems encountered during
civil works, especially related to costs;
(vii) Assist the Project Coordinator in preparing annual action plans and budgets for the
Project concerning activities related to civil works;;
(viii) Support the M&E Specialist in monitoring project activities related to civil works,
and prepare relevant sections of quarterly and annual progress reports; and
(ix) Support and work together with the Finance Specialist in managing all the civil
works related financial transactions and disbursements, and ensuring timely
processing of payments, and maintaining complete records.
Qualification Requirements:
• The specialist should have a bachelor degree in civil engineering or related
engineering fields or other relevant disciplines, cost estimator’s license and stamp;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in working as cost estimator; experience with
estimating costs of school and kindergarten construction and expansion, universal
designs (e.g., disabled access), energy efficient and disaster resilient measures;
• Background of accounting; proficiency with cost estimate software/programs;
• Written and oral translation skills in both Mongolian and English;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power Point) and
web skills are required; and
• Knowledge of relevant Mongolian laws and regulations, government decrees, ADB
rules and guidelines.
Application Procedure:

5. All interested candidates are encouraged to submit a cover letter (maximum two pages)
supported with the detailed CV, copy of diplomas or certificates and a reference letter
from at least the last employer. The application deadline is 15:00 (GMT+8) on 3 May 2021.
Only successful candidates shall be contacted and interviewed. Please submit the
applications in person or via email to the below address:
Name: Enkhbayar B., Specialist of the External Cooperation Department, Ministry of
Education and Science of Mongolia
Address: Room 212, Government Building-III, Baga toiruu-44, Sukhbaatar district,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Tel: +51 260726
Email: enkhbayar@mecs.gov.mn