Tax Administration Expert
Role Summary
Join Magenta FZE as a Tax Administration Expert for a consultancy project focused on tax reforms in South Sudan. This role is home-based with potential onsite work in Juba.
About the Organisation
MAGENTA is preparing for a potential project, subject to funding, with the Government of South Sudan to develop a Communication Strategy and Action Plan in support of national tax reforms. To deliver this initiative, MAGENTA is engaging a Tax Administration Expert to provide technical grounding on tax reform, compliance and revenue administration, and to ensure the strategy's messaging is accurate and credible.
- *Location: Home-based, with potential on-site presence in Juba, South Sudan for consultations and validations.
- *Reporting to: Team Leader / Strategic Communications Expert
- *Start date: Anticipated October 2026, subject to project award
- *Duration: Six (6) months from contract signing. Level of effort up to 30 working days.
- *Type: Deliverable-Based Agreement
- *Remuneration: Deliverable payment based on an agreed daily rate, based on experience and qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
The Tax Administration Expert will report to the Team Leader / Strategic Communications Expert. Expected deliverables include:
Beyond specific deliverables, the consultant will be expected to attend regular project meetings and deliver presentations to the client as required.
- Advise the team on the tax administration and revenue reform context, drawing on the revenue authority's strategic plan and the wider reform programme.
- Ensure reform messaging is technically accurate across voluntary compliance, taxpayer rights and obligations, integrity and anti-corruption, and risk-based audits and modernisation.
- Inform stakeholder segmentation with an understanding of taxpayer groups and their compliance behaviours.
- Review the draft Communication Strategy for technical accuracy and alignment with revenue administration good practice.
- Support the validation workshop and provide technical sign-off on the final strategy.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in public finance, taxation, economics or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in tax administration, tax compliance, revenue administration or tax reform.
- Substantial knowledge of voluntary compliance and revenue governance reform.
- Familiarity with South Sudan's taxation system and reforms.
- Experience supporting tax or customs reforms within the East African Community or similar regional integration initiatives is an advantage.
- Ability to work effectively, respectfully and successfully with governments, clients, partners and other stakeholders in complex settings.
- South Sudanese nationals preferred. Experience in South Sudan and/or the East African Community highly desirable.
- Excellent written and spoken English required, and software fluency including Office 365.
Working Conditions
MAGENTA is committed to creating a diverse work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age. If you have a disability and require adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know — we'll do our best to support you.
- Home-based, with potential on-site presence in Juba, South Sudan for consultations and validations.
- Travel to Juba may be required at key stages of the assignment, including validation.
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in tax administration, with familiarity in South Sudan's systems preferred.
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