Team Leader/ Public Administration Expert (m/f/d) - Technical Assistance Facility II in Lebanon

Job Description

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a service enterprise for development cooperation with international operations and global experience. Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, the organization operates as a private-sector enterprise with a development policy mandate: to make sustainable improvements to the living conditions of people in the countries we operate in. The organization’s business area - GIZ International Services - is the vehicle for offering GIZ’s services to international clients.

GIZ International Services intends to apply for an EU-funded project “Technical Assistance Facility II” in Lebanon.

The Technical Assistance Facility II (TAF II) is a fee-based service contract aiming at enhancing the Lebanese Government capacities in meeting the EU benchmarks of fight against corruption through the provision of demand driven technical assistance.

The TAF II is designed to provide standing, demand driven training, technical and legal assistance on public administration related issues.

The assistance provided would cover a wide range of issues depending on need and context, in line with the EU-Benchmarks, the National anti-corruption strategy and in complementarity with EU’s on-going support.

Please note that this project is still in the stage of pre-qualification. Therefore, the Terms of Reference are not published yet. We expect the Team Leader profile to look approximately like this:

Qualifications and Skills

• University degree in a field relevant to the assignment, for example public administration, political science, economics, law or equivalent
• Excellent command of written and spoken English; Arabic would be desirable
• Full computer literacy;

General Professional Experience

• Minimum 12 years of professional experience in the field of public administration
• Experienced in institutional capacity building in the field of public administration;
• Approximately 5 years of experience as team leader and/or managerial position in implementation of projects; including at least one experience as team leader in an EU-funded project

Specific professional experience

• Experienced in the development/ implementation/ or monitoring of public administration reform/ strengthening policies
• Experienced in working on Institutional and organizational assessments and studies
• Experienced in effective communication and negotiation with multiple stakeholders from different publish institutions
• Experience with cross-cutting topics such as gender equality
• Knowledge of the Lebanese context

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GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.

About the Organization

We create prospects for people and with people. As GIZ has an international mandate, we offer a multicultural working environment. We are committed service providers and dedicated professionals, even under difficult circumstances. We take pride in enabling our employees to develop their professional and personal skills. There are plenty of reasons to join our motivated team – ranging from the diverse challenges you will face on a daily basis in one of our 130 partner countries, to the broad scope you will have for shaping your work.