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Key Expert 1: Team Leader and Institutional Capacity Development Expert

Required full time, minimum 880 working/man days over three years.

Project Title:

Education for Employability (E4E)

Location:

South Africa

Position:

Key Expert 1: Team Leader

Qualifications and Skills:

  • A Master’s Degree in education, development studies, organisational development, business administration, management or a related discipline is required;
  • In the absence of a Master’s Degree, a Bachelors’ degree or equivalent qualification with at least 15 years’ experience in the fields listed above or related disciplines will be considered;
  • Good communication skills in English- written and spoken;
  • Competent in MS Office;
  • Excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills.

General Professional Experience:

  • At least 12 years general experience in institutional strengthening and capacity development or strategic management or project and programme management in sectors related to education, skills development and training, youth employment or placement services;
  • At least 5 years of the above experience should be in South Africa or in an upper middle income country;
  • At least 2 years of the above experience should be in government/public sector.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • At least 2 experiences in policy/strategy issues related to the education sector;
  • At least 2 experiences in policy/strategy issues related to the employment sector;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in monitoring and evaluation is required;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in providing technical support on organisational development and institutional capacity development is required;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in project/programme management in public sector is required;
  • Experience and exposure to work with TVET colleges or ECD or youth employment or labour placement services will be an added advantage;
  • Managerial experience in the public or private sector will be an added advantage.

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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.