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Key Expert 1: Team Leader and Employment Policies Expert

Training Expert
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Project Title:

Technical Assistance to Support the Reform on Employment Policies and Vocational Education and Training

Location:

Albania

Position:

Key Expert 1: Team Leader and Employment Policies Expert

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Master degree or equivalent in law, economics, public administration, social science or other relevant degree related to the project;
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken (min 2 points in the scale from 1 to 5 where 1 is excellent and 5 is basic);
  • Computer literate.

General Professional Experience:

  • Preferably 10 (ten) years but not less than 7 (seven) of professional experience in the field of employment services;

Specific Professional Experience:

  • Preferably 5 (five) years but no less than 3 (three) years of professional experience in the field of modernisation of employment services and European policies in the employment sector;
  • Experience in at least one (1) project- on training of employment service staff;
  • Experience as key expert in at least one project/contract in the field of employment services and/or VET in public institutions in EU Member States, candidate or potential candidate country in EU accession process;  
  • Experience in programs addressing NEETs and/or youth guarantee will be considered as an asset.

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Key Expert 1: Team Leader and CPD Expert

Training Expert
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Project Title:

Improving Teaching and Learning Through Continuous Professional Development Mechanism

Location:

Cyprus

Position:

Key Expert 1: Team Leader

Qualifications and Skills:

  • University degree awarded on completion of at least three years study in a University or equivalent institution; or an additional 4 years of professional experience (additional to the minimum number of years of general professional experience required below) related to competency-based teacher education.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, organisational and reporting skills.
  • In-depth knowledge of education policies of EU countries.
  • Full computer literacy.
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English.

General Professional Experience:

  • Minimum of 10 years and up to 20 years of post-graduate professional experience in the field of competency-based teacher education out of which at least 5 years acquired in a Member State of the European Economic Area or in Candidate Country.
  • Minimum of 8 years of post-graduate professional experience in leading teams in the public or private sector or in public funded projects of a similar size and duration as the present one.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • At least 8 years of post-graduate professional experience in design and implementation of continuous professional development mechanisms for teachers gained in projects of similar size and duration as the present one.

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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.