Based in Expertise France coordination office in Paris, with regular travels to MS coordination offices in Europe and Africa, the Team Leader will be in charge of the overall supervision, coordination and representation of the Facility to achieve the project objectives in an efficient and effective manner.

He will oversee the day-to-day management of the Facility Implementation Team (FIT), comprised of 12 staff in charge of providing technical, financial, administrative and cross-cutting support to the 3 EU Member State operational teams in charge of delivering the 3 windows of the Facility.

In close cooperation with the Liaisons Officers in charge of the overall monitoring and support to the project in each MS agency’s headquarters, the Team Leader will be in charge of coordinating all governance bodies established to steer and follow progress in the implementation of the Initiative (Initiative Steering Committee, the Technical Coordination Committee and the Partnership Meeting).

He/she will maintain regular and frequent information exchange with Steering Committee and Technical Committee Members, MS administrations, EU Delegations, beneficiary institutions and other stakeholders of the project (mainly UNESCO and African Union).

Under the supervision of the Director of the Human Capital and Social Development Department at Expertise France’s headquarters in Paris/France, the main tasks entrusted to the Team Leader are:

Responsibility 1: Strategic Management and Oversight

• Assume overall responsibility and provide strategic guidance for Facility implementation.
• Coordinate with EU Commission services and engage with international education stakeholders to secure their involvement in defining the Facility's strategic objectives.
• Prepare and facilitate the ISC (Initiative Steering Committee), the TCC (Technical coordination Committee), Partnership and the FIT (Facility Implementation Team) meetings.
• Ensure continuous alignment of the Facility with EU policies and strategies for Africa, AU's Continental Education Strategy, SDGs, and any other relevant international framework or initiative for Teacher’s policy development in Africa.

Responsibility 2: Team Leadership and Coordination

• Lead, manage, and guide the Facility Management Team, through a direct (EF) or a functional link (MS agencies)
• Facilitate team coordination mechanisms through regular and ad hoc meetings.
• Lead the process of preparing consolidated work plans and annual budgets for the Facility
• Ensure all programming, financial and administrative matters related to the Facility comply with donor and EF policies and procedures and are transparently, expediently and effectively managed in line with established processes, rules and regulations, in coordination with the Support Services Coordinator.
• Allocate duties and coordinate timely processing of technical assistance requests submitted by eligible Sub-Saharan states.
• Set goals, objectives, and deliverables for team members.
• Coordinate continuous development and revisions of program procedures and tools (including the IT based Project Management Tool)
• Supervise implementation of the Facility information management system(s).
• Ensure that agreed measures for safety and security are in place and adhered to by all staff, in coordination with the Support Services Coordinator.

Responsibility 3: Reporting, Knowledge Management and MEAL

• Coordinate and review contributions of MS agencies to contractual and ad hoc reporting.
• Elaborate and consolidate donor (interim and final reports) and internal (RPP, THEMA, etc.) reporting.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive knowledge management and learning strategy, in close collaboration with the Knowledge Management Coordinator.
• Define and coordinate the goals, resources and activities related to the MEAL strategies, with support from the MEAL Coordinator.
• Supervise any necessary monitoring, learning or evaluation exercise conducted by Expertise France (or by a body engaged by Expertise France) or the donor.

Responsibility 4: Communication and Visibility

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the operational communication strategy and 3-year action plan of the Facility, in close link with INTPA 02.
• Participate actively in communication, visibility, and knowledge management events.
• Promote visibility and best practices of the Facility in collaboration with MS agencies.

The described tasks involve the necessity to network and interact with a multiplicity of institutions from EU and Sub-Saharan countries and require readiness and ability to travel abroad when necessary.