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Key Expert 1: Team Leader and Regional Development Planning Expert

Training Expert
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Project Title:

Technical Assistance for implementation of the EU4Lankaran Programme, Azerbaijan

Location:

Azerbaijan

Position:

Key Expert 1: Team Leader and Regional Development Planning Expert

The KE1 will be in charge for overall management of the project in terms of priorities, content, policy dialogue, overall coherence of approach, liaising with all stakeholders and local offices of other donors, ensuring adequacy of activities towards attaining objectives and purposes of the project and delivering timely and quality outputs. He/she will also be managing the selection of non-key experts and support staff and supervising all expertise and coordinating reporting activities. He/she will closely coordinate the work with the EU Delegation.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • At least a university degree relevant to this tender or 3 years professional experience in regional and/or territorial development above the required general professional experience;
  • Excellent spoken and written English (at least level 2 on a scale of 1 [excellent] to 5 [basic]);
  • Working knowledge of Azerbaijani, Russian or Turkish would be an advantage.

General Professional Experience:

  • At least 8 years of professional experience in regional and/or rural development in the last 12 years;
  • Relevant work experience in the above subjects working in the EU or EU candidate countries would be an advantage.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • Demonstrated experience as a team leader in managing multidisciplinary team of experts in at least one project with a budget of minimum EUR 3 million with minimum 200 WD input in the last 8 years;
  • At least 4 years of professional experience in the design and /or monitoring and/or evaluation of integrated regional development11 programs/plans in the last 8 years.

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Key Expert 1: Team Leader

Training Expert
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Project Title:

Support to basic and upper secondary education

Location:

Kosovo

Position:

Key Expert 1: Team Leader

Qualifications and Skills:

Master’s degree or equivalent in education or directly related discipline (social and political sciences and humanities, public administration), or 5 years of relevant professional experience on top of the 8 years of general professional experience required. A PhD in the project related field in basic and upper secondary, general Pre-university education is an asset.

General Professional Experience:

  • Minimum 8, but preferably 10 years of professional experience in education sector in basic and upper secondary, general pre-University education.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • Minimum 3, but preferably 5 years of professional experience in the area of teacher recruitment and/or in-service teacher professional development in basic and upper secondary, general Pre-university education.
  • Experience as team leader in at least 3 projects18in the field of teacher and school director recruitment and/or their professional development in basic and upper secondary, general Pre-university education.

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Key Expert 1: Programme Co-ordinator/Team Leader

Project Title:

Technical Assistance to support the Human Capital Development Programme for Bangladesh 2021

Location:

Bangladesh

Position:

Key Expert 1: Programme Co-ordinator/Team Leader

This expert will be in charge of the coordination between the different result areas and will be in the lead for the activities under Result 3. He/she will play a significant role in facilitating a smooth and timely implementation of the HCDP-21 programme and in supporting the EUD in a more effective and strategic policy dialogue. On a needs-based basis, the Programme Co- ordinator/Team Leader will support the relevant GoB bodies in the adoption and implementation of the education reform agendas with expert opinions, recommendations and analytical research. He/she will also be responsible for assuring the quality of the work of its team members and in supporting the TACC in mobilising appropriate experts from the pool of non-key experts. Finally, he/she will update the EUD project manager and the TACC on a regular basis on the progress made and liaise with and between the different stakeholders when required.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Master’s degree in education, social sciences, public administration, economics or other relevant field (or in the case of a Bachelor’s degree, additional 5 years of relevant professional experience);
  • Excellent command of oral and written English. Full computer literacy and excellent reporting skills.

General Professional Experience:

  • A minimum of 12 years of experience in the education and/or TVET/skills sector. Experience in both sectors will be considered an asset;
  • Evidence of experience in the design and implementation of EU budget support programmes, covering assignments of similar complexity and nature that took place in the last 5 years;
  • Evidence of experience of EU aid delivery methods, covering assignments of similar complexity and nature that took place in the last 7 years.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • A minimum of 5 years of experience as Team Leader and/or senior managerial position in implementation of programme or projects in a developing or middle-income country context;
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in the education and/or TVET/skills sector in a developing or middle income country context;
  • Previous experience in South Asia will be considered an asset.

Key expert 1 is to be available for the full duration of the project and will provide a minimum of 750 days input.