Ref.
2023/PMSL/10198
Job offer type
Field staff jobs
Type of contract
Fixed-term contract (CDD)
Activity sectors
Sustainable development
Deadline date
2023/12/10 23:59
Contract
Employee
Duration
12 months (renewable until the end of the project)
Département Développement durable - DD > Développement Urbain et Economie circulaire
Published on : 2023/11/07
To support the implementation of project activities, Expertise France will set up a Project Team based in Colombo. Under the supervision of the Head of Unit, the Project Manager is responsible for the overall management and coordination of EF’s part of the “CIRCULAR : Promoting a Circular Economy in the Food Sector” programme in Sri Lanka, funded by the European Union.
The Project Manager heads the Project Team - and is based in Colombo. He/she will work on a daily basis with and will manage the Technical Coordinator; 3x Technical Specialists; a MEAL Officer; a Financial and Administrative Manager; and a Project Assistant. The Project Manager will be in regular contact with the HQ-based Steering Unit (Director of Department; Head of Unit; Project Officers).
He/she will need to be able to travel regularly within Sri Lanka (Colombo and Galle Districts) to meet with stakeholders and contribute to the smooth running of the project. The position implies a high degree of autonomy, and interpersonal skills appropriate to working in an international and multicultural environment.
Working with the project team, the Project Manager will be responsible for the following tasks:
Management of the Project Team
Overall project management
External project coordination
EF internal liaison
This job description is not exhaustive. Generally speaking, the project manager is responsible for ensuring that the project's contractual objectives are met, and for carrying out all the activities required to ensure that the project runs smoothly. The signature of the contract for this position will be subject to the signature of the Agreement between the European Union and EF.
Expertise France is the French public international cooperation agency. It designs and implements projects which aim to contribute to the balanced development of partner countries, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda and the priorities of France’s external action.
The EF project is part of a threefold umbrella “CIRCULAR” programme funded by the European Union (EUD-Sri Lanka), for a period of 40 months (2023-2027). This umbrella programme will be implemented by the three following Implementing Partners (IPs) : Expertise France (EF), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
CIRCULAR takes an integrated approach to “promote a circular economy in the food sector” in Sri Lanka, especially aiming at the reduction of food waste and loss, as well as the reduction of Single-Use-Plastic.
The Specific Objectives (outcome) of the Action are twofold:
Only SO1 is tackled by EF, SO1 will be tackled by FAO.
The Outputs necessary in order to achieve SO2 are:
Expertise France (EF) will work on reducing Single-Use Plastic (SUP) in the food sector by raising awareness of actors along the SUP supply chain via Output 2.1., and enabling access to finance for growth- and expansion-stage companies via Output 2.3; whereas FAO will implement Outputs 1.1, 1.2 and 2.1 (with focus on food waste/loss); and GIZ will mainly work on Outputs 2.2, 2.3 (with focus on early-stage companies) and 2.4.
EF, FAO and GIZ will work jointly to implement as “one programme” with the respective distribution of tasks mentioned above but feeding and complementing each other for the overall success of the programme. GIZ will assume a coordinating role to ensure that implementation between the three partners happens in an integrated fashion and that activities mutually strengthen one another.
Specific knowledge, experience, skills or competences
Soft skills
What we offer
Provisional calendar
How to apply
Deadline for application : 2023/12/10 23:59
Expertise France is the public agency of French international technical cooperation. The agency operates around four priorities:
In these areas, Expertise France carries out engineering and implementation missions for capacity building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as an aggregator of projects involving public expertise and private know-how.
With an activity volume of 233 million euros, more than 400 projects in portfolio in 80 countries, and 63,000 days of expertise, Expertise France focuses its action towards France’s solidarity policy, influence and economic diplomacy.