Project Title:
Location:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Position:
Key expert 3: Senior expert to support with management and coordination of the SSA MIP
Qualifications and Skills:
- A level of education corresponding to at least 5 years’ completed university studies in Economics, Political science, Social science, Development Studies or a relevant, directly related discipline;
- Demonstrated excellent communications and negotiating skills;
- Excellent writing and oral presentation skills in English;
- Excellent leadership skills and proven successful experience in project coordination and team management;
- Excellent communication skills and experience in establishing good working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at national and global levels. Experience related to Sub-Saharan Africa is an advantage;
- Expertise in project management (including coordination, planning, note-taking and reporting, liaising with experts and stakeholder groups, drafting ToRs for the provision of short-term technical expertise and organising the selection of experts, assisting the experts in the organisation of events).
General Professional Experience:
- At least 8 years of professional experience in implementation and overall management and coordination of regional and/or multi-sector development policies or programmes;
- At least 5 years’ experience in strategic coordination related to the above professional skills.
Specific Professional Experience:
- Experience and knowledge of EU development policy, cooperation programmes and procedures;
- Experience with monitoring and reporting systems of complex and/or multi-sectoral programmes;
- Experience with database management and reporting dashboards is a strong asset;
- Advanced user experience with Microsoft Excel is a strong asset.