IV.               ORGANIZATION

The ministry of Reconstruction and resettlement (MR & R) will be led by a Minister, and supported by the Minister of state and the Deputy Minister. The ministry will be responsible for ensuring its overall goals, vision, and mission. It will keep the rest of the government informed about its activities and will ensure co-ordination at the highest levels. The ministry will be the public face and in this capacity will meet with a broad range of its partners and beneficiaries to build participation and understanding. It will help develop policies and strategic plans and will work to ensure they are carried out. The minister, being the head of ministry, will work directly with senior donor representatives to assure funding for national reconstruction and sustainable development and will be the final authority within MR  & R on all matters pertaining to the Ministry.

The Deputy Minister will have the authority to act as a substitute for the Minister in his absence, and therefore, should be fully involved in all policy matters and at all times

1)     MR &R’s Professional Staff

In addition to its professional staff needs at the headquarters in the capital city of the nation, MR&R needs to hire employees for its regional and district-level offices. At the minimum, MR&R will have:

-          A Director General

-          Directors

-          Legal Advisor

-          Managers

-          Project officers

-          Monitoring and evaluations officers

-          Financial management and procurement staff

-          Regional co-ordinators

-          District co-ordinators, one in each district in the country

-          Community development officers

-          Civil engineers

MR&R will seek international support to hire a number of experience technical advisers to support the professional staff. The technical advisers will work closely with the offices of the ministry, Deputy Minister and General Director.

2. MR&R’s Support

The professional staff in the headquarters and district offices will be supported by data clerks, secretaries, drivers, office attendants, security guards, radio camera technicians and others.