National consultant on regulatory costing and fiscal impact assessment

The consultant will conduct an independent, comprehensive costing analysis and fiscal impact assessment to elaborate the Financial and Economic Explanatory Note for the draft legislative package on the protection of women and girls with disabilities from violence in Kyrgyzstan. The role involves developing a dynamic Excel costing model, engaging with inter-agency working groups, and supporting parliamentary consultations and government review processes.

Responsibilities

• Establish a standard gender-responsive and disability-inclusive unit-costing methodology and review analytical baselines and international best practices.
• Participate in inter-ministerial working group meetings and administer financial questionnaire tools to extract budget data.
• Develop a granular, dynamic Excel costing model applying activity-based and bottom-up unit costing across core reform mandates.
• Prepare the formal statutory Financial and Economic Explanatory Note adhering to Kyrgyz legislative drafting guidelines with budget scenarios across a 3-year Medium-Term Expenditure Framework.
• Present costing analysis and fiscal impact findings during stakeholder consultations and parliamentary hearings.
• Support the legislative team in addressing feedback from Ministry of Finance, parliamentary committees and government departments and revise documentation accordingly.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in public finance, economics, public administration, econometrics, law or a closely related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in public finance management, regulatory impact assessment, budgetary costing analysis, and medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEF).
• Demonstrated experience in conducting costing studies, financial and economic justifications or fiscal assessments for social, justice, gender equality, disability inclusion or human rights legislation in Central Asia (Kyrgyz Republic experience strongly preferred).
• Fluency in Russian (required for official state documentation, draft laws and inter-agency working groups).
• Working knowledge of Kyrgyz is a significant asset.
• Working knowledge of English is desirable.

Skills

• Public Finance
• Regulatory Impact Assessment
• Budgetary Costing Analysis
• Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks
• Costing Studies
• Fiscal Impact Assessment
• Financial Justification
• Economic Justifications
• Legislative Costing
• Excel Modeling
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Parliamentary Consultations
• Government Review Processes
• Public Administration
• Econometrics
• Legal Analysis

Languages

Russian, Kyrgyz, English