Senior Economic Consultant (Fees and Charge Modeling)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Economic Consultant (Fees and Charge Modeling)
• Scope: Support for review of fee and charge administration and updated modeling (delprojects c and d)
• Position: 1 senior consultant (100%); may be reduced up to 50%
• Desired start: 1 November 2026 to 1 June 2027, with options to extend by 2+2+2 months
• Workplace: Primarily Oslo (Helsfyr, Grensesvingen 26); some home office possible

Description

Support the full review and update of DMP’s administration of sector fees and charges. The goal is to set fee rates so that actors pay what it costs (not more), ensure sector charge percentage rates do not exceed the costs of the funded measures, and improve oversight of how budget appropriations are linked to fee/charge posts. The assignment includes mapping income and expenditure appropriations versus DMP costs and establishing an updated fee and charge model for times, cost concepts, time-registration principles, fee rates, and percentage-rate bases.

Responsibilities

Delproject 3: Mapping income appropriations, expenditure appropriations, and DMP costs

• Identify which parts of expenditure appropriations correspond to different fee/charge positions, which are earmarked for special purposes without being covered by fees/charges, and whether any funding is general with no bindings.
• Map DMP resource usage to fees/charges by converting full-time equivalents and hours into the relevant expenditure categories (“stikkord”) defined in legislation and the annual budget proposition; compare against income appropriations and accounting figures to support budget submissions.
• Assess flexibility in how appropriations can be used, including how financing purposes constrain usage and the scope for alternative allocation not bound to fees/charges, by interpreting R112 and guidance in Prop. 1S and clarifying how it must be operationalized.

Delproject 4: Fee and charge model

• Establish updated fees and charges in line with R112/15 and guidance in regulations and Prop. 1S, using conclusions from the other delprojects.
• Review the current fee portfolio (around 80 fees) and phase out irrelevant fees, adjusting and supplementing with new ones as needed.
• Operationalize R112 for what time/hours may be included in fee/charge calculations and what cost types may be covered.
• Define modeling components:
  • Timesatser: create time rates (including how many are needed for sufficient accuracy), define the cost concept (included vs. excluded costs), and decide whether the latest-accounting-figures approach can be used.
  • Timeregistrering: set principles for which types of time can be included; likely run time studies per fee; define rules for averaging time use across cases within the same fee type.
  • Gebyrsatsene: review current fee rates and decide what to carry forward, updated for new time rates and time-registration rules; assess and develop new fees as required.
  • Prosentsatser: review and assess the basis for percentage rates against income appropriations in the state budget, and develop a suitable administration model.
• Other relevant tasks may arise during the assignment.

Benefits

• Consulting contract with extension options (2+2+2 months at a time)
• Primarily on-site in Oslo with possibility for some home office