Due to its vast diversified resources and contacts TCA has provided its clients with hundreds of development professionals for short and long term technical assistance assignments in many countries, thus, becoming a regional center for scouting development professionals, conducting recruitment assignments, offering career counseling, etc. Our network of experts is proficient in all basic development fields: health, education, agriculture, governance, economic growth, infrastructure, private sector partnership, and improvement of government operations. In house we have the capability to train employees on procurement procedures, project compliance, proposal writing and audit response. Services include but are not limited to: Establishment and safekeeping of employment contracts and their timely annual renewal, payroll calculation taking into consideration taxes, social insurance and benefits and salary disbursement, leave balance calculation and adjustment, development of job descriptions, employees and consultants screening, annual performance evaluation, consultation to employees at time of conflict, advise on local labor laws and their amendments, also coaching and developing career paths based on annual performance.
TransCentury services typically include one or more of the following:
- Recruitment
- Labor Contracts
- Performance Evaluation
- Code of Conduct
- Compliance with Local Labor & Tax Laws
- Onboarding Orientation & Training
- Consultations
We pride ourselves on providing world-class logistical support in third world countries offered by experienced and caring professionals who are good at what they do. TCA is resourceful, adaptable and willing to accommodate its clients’ needs during challenging times to get the job done. Our support extends beyond personnel and encompasses service provision from project mobilization to handing over including registration, opening bank accounts, office space scouting, issuance of expatriates’ work permits, land and air transportation, equipping & furnishing, expediting, couriering, temping, event planning and catering.
TCA is very much familiar with the need for in-country registration required from foreign entities to legally operate. Our staff has assisted foreign contractors before to register in country and can weigh in and explain the options of registration in each case. We directly work with the best local legal counsels to advise, coach and hand hold partners to proceed with their application so that their operations can be officially legalized in country by carefully navigating the maze of local laws and regulations to find the most suitable means to our clients. Opening a bank account can be a difficult chore when there is no in-country registration. TCA can help through its US based office to advance mobilization and startup funds to projects until a bank account is opened. The delay of such an important step can postpone project mobilization and in-country operations for months especially during COVID restrictions. Our TCA premises located in the heart of downtown Cairo, Egypt, can facilitate a temporary project office in close proximity to project venues and sites in the Middle East and Africa, mostly sharing similar or close time zones until a fully-fledged office is operating.
TCA worked on multiple donor funded projects before where expatriate staff are hired to work in country. Special labor laws apply, also COVID restrictions, permits and visas that we are very much familiar with and obtained numerously on previous similar projects, are typically required from expatriate personnel. We are glad to provide such services when required. Moreover, customs clearance services for expatriate staff personal belongings procured out of country are also available as TCA personnel efficiently performed such services on donor funded projects before with excellent cost and time saving results.
Sample Projects
- USAID Egypt – University Linkages Project – ULP II labor contracts – TCA worked with Mendez England and Associates on developing the work plans of the individual researchers and the financial system of the project. TCA helped in the recruitment process of the projects key personnel and managed them as its own employees on loan to the project during their employment.
- US Department of Defense – Lockheed Martin Marietta Corp. TCA was subcontracted for the technical and administrative human resource management needed for the refurbishment of radar systems, tower building, S03 radars and M34 radars in Egypt (4 contracts).
- USAID Washington Cross Sectoral Urban Training for USAID Staff SUM II IQC Task order Mendez England TCA provided training for and Speaker Series on Making Cities Work. TCA designed technical training on municipal finance and support in delivering collaborative and cross sectoral training. TCA was a subcontractor to Mendez England.
- USAID Worldwide Sustainable Urban Management (SUM II) IQC Mendez England – TCA was a subcontractor to Mendez England for providing such services as procurement services, training, and small grants under contract program of USAID for worldwide mission support in the areas of urbanization, management, environment and health.
- USAID Ethiopia: Global Health Private Sector Project Academy for Educational Development (AED) TCA was a subcontractor to AED for providing training and institutional capacity building and procurement services.
- USAID Worldwide: People, Energy, Development (PED) IQC, Academy for Educational Development training and capacity strengthening assistance in the areas of energy and environmental sectors. TCA was a subcontractor to AED.
- USAID Egypt has contracted TCA to identify human resources to meet immediate and medium term needs of its mission in Egypt.
- USAID Worldwide Support Which Implements Fast Transition (SWIFT II) IQC PADCO TCA was a subcontractor to PADCO for providing procurement services, training, small grants under contract program of USAID for worldwide mission support in the areas of post conflict environments.
- The OPEX program in Africa implemented in about 20 countries, TCA contributed to the design of this program and its administration. This involved recruitment of several candidates for various positions required for AID projects in health, education, agriculture and other development fields.
- Provision of technical personnel under the normal delivery mechanisms of contracts and grants in various countries. These individual agreements ranged from under $10,000 to some $20 million and have extended in time from one month to 8 years.
- Swaziland National Manpower Training Program, training Swazi government employees, Swazi training institutions, private sector businesses, traditional leaders and U.S. and Third Country training for individuals in finance, business and management, science, education, agriculture, health and engineering
- – Somalia Refugee Resettlement Project recruited and expanded refugee employment by 110,000 man days, trained 100 refugees in road and water infrastructure maintenance and construction skills.