Key Expert 1: Team Leader (Full time, 880 input days)

Job Description

FCG Sweden, as part of a consortium lead by Sofreco, has been shortlisted to tender for the EU-funded project “ACP-EU PSD knowledge management Technical Support Function/PSD Light Structure (TSF)” in Brussels.

The purpose of the project is to provide technical and administrative support to the PSD platform in collaboration with the PSD unit of the ACP Secretariat and other PSD coordination mechanisms regarding activities in relation to the above PSD framework.

This support aims at enhancing PSD management functions, promoting ACP-EU PSD knowledge management and reinforcing an effective private sector engagement framework with learning and collaboration between key stakeholders.

All the five team members will be permanently based in Brussels, with a contract duration of 48 months tentatively starting in 2017.

Please send your application with updated CV to CV@fcgsweden.se as soon as possible, and no later than 16 June 2017. Preferably send your CV in Europeaid format.

For information about FCG Sweden, please visit our website www.fcgsweden.se.

Key Expert 1: Team Leader (Full time, 880 input days)

The Team leader (TL) will be responsible for establishing and managing the TSF. The TL will have the overall responsibility for planning, coordination, implementation and reporting for all project activities. He/She will especially follow aspects related to access to finance/blending. The TL will oversee all key and non-key experts. He/she will be supporting the ACP Secretariat in the operational management of the different PSD interventions and in the coordination of activities with the ACP Regions. The TL will liaise closely with the EU and ACP side, providing full information on the progress in programme implementation. The TL will coordinate the TSFs activities with other relevant cooperation programmes. The TL will provide technical advice and prepare work plans, progress reports and budgets. The TL will be responsible for approving reports prepared by technical experts mobilized.

Qualifications and skills

• At least a master’s degree or equivalent in economics, business administration, international law, international development or a relevant, directly related discipline
• An excellent verbal and written command of English and French
• Excellent management and communication skills are essential

General professional experience

• At least 15 years of work experience, with increasing levels of responsibility, in the field of private sector development, preferably in ACP countries

Specific professional experience

• Experience as team leader of at least one project of minimum 1 million euro of private sector development
• Experience of at least two years managing or directly involved with investment and/or blending programmes and international financial institutions
• Experience of at least 2 years of direct involvement in access to finance, financial inclusion, guarantee schemes and risk insurance mechanisms in a development context
• Experience of at least 7 years working with donors funded programmes
• Experience of at least one year in knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation
• Knowledge of the latest developments of national and international, including EU, policies and programmes in the ACP countries

Considered an asset:

• Experience in investments.
• Working experience in EU projects

About the Organization

ORGUT is an independent service provider in international development cooperation. The Head Office of ORGUT Consulting AB is based in Stockholm, Sweden and together with offices in Finland, the UK, Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania the ORGUT Group offers services worldwide. As a global actor for the past 40 years, ORGUT has a global reach of over 90 countries in Europe, Africa, Middle-East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. ORGUT is part of the Finnish Consulting Group.

Building better livelihoods is the vision of our work. We support institutions, organisations and citizens in developing their capacities to lead pro-poor and inclusive reform and implementation efforts.

Since 1973, ORGUT has built a strong reputation as a professional and experienced consultant. ORGUT delivers a wide range of services within multiple practices to support our vision:

• Formulation and Design
• Implementation and Project Management
• Fund Management
• Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

Our services are delivered within a range of practices covering:

• Inclusive and pro-poor market development
• Value chain development in agriculture and forestry
• Capacity building in international standards to promote private sector development
• Skills development and employment
• Water resources management and climate change adaptation
• Sustainable land administration and support for land rights
• Development finance to implement and mainstream financial instruments
• Public sector administration and support for good governance