Team Leader

at  GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH

TASK DESCRIPTION:

• Overall responsibility for the advisory packages of the contractor, which includes strategy development, partner engagement, operational planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development measures for partners in the thematic areas of Outputs 2 and 4 and module indicators 2 and 3 (partially)
• Design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development measures for local partners in the following areas: internal audit, public procurement, general Public Financial Management
• Provision of targeted organisational development measures for partner organisations in line with operational planning
• Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the contractor’s services with other services delivered by the project at local and national level
• Responsibility for taking cross-cutting themes into consideration (for example, gender equality, digital by default)
• Staff management, in particular identifying the need for short-term assignments within the available budget, planning and managing the assignments and supporting local and international experts
• Ensuring that monitoring procedures are carried out
• Regular reporting in accordance with deadlines
• Responsibility for checking the use of funds and financial planning in consultation with the officer responsible for the commission at GIZ
• Supporting the officer responsible for the commission in updating and/or adapting the project strategy, in evaluations and in preparing a follow-on phase
• Maintaining contact and coordinating with other donors active in the area of internal audit and public procurement

EDUCATION/TRAINING/SKILLS:

• University degree (‘Master’s or German Diplom’) in Economics, Finance, Political Science, Law, or similar relevant fields
• Knowledge of English, C1-level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

GENERAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 9 years of professional experience, of which 24 months acquired in the last 5 years, in the sector Public Financial Management, with considerable exposure and experience in implementing reforms in complex actor landscapes

SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 5 years of professional experience in Public Sector Auditing and/or Public Procurement

LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

• 5 years of management experience in projects, companies or other organisations with disciplinary leadership responsibility for at least 3 people

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY/REGION OF ASSIGNMENT:

• 4 years of professional experience outside Sub Saharan Africa

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE COUNTRY/ REGION OF ASSIGNMENT:

• 5 years of professional experience in Sub-Saharan Africa (in accordance with UN DESA Statistics Division)

EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION:

• 8 years of experience in development cooperation projects

Please refer the Job description for details