General description of the position:

The Team Leader (national, full time, 12 months renewable up to 30 months) will be in charge of the overall strategic planning and coordination of the Action’s implementation (60%) and the provision of expertise in the field of public participation (40%). He/she will work in close coordination with all stakeholders and target groups as well as the AFD and the EF’s Headquarter team.

 The Team Leader will have the following missions:

 Overall strategic planning and coordination (60%)

• Ensure project management and execution, in particular by establishing smooth and constructive trust-based relationships with project beneficiaries (national authorities, ministries, school of magistrates), and other stakeholders (EF, AFD, partners);
• Ensure a strategic vision of the project and identify needs and orientations;
• Coordinate the initial diagnoses and design the work plan of activities during the inception phase (the first six months of the contract);
• Ensure the smooth and timely implementation of activities for the 3 components of the project;
• Coordinate the project team and the interventions of experts, including drafting terms of reference, organising missions;
• Coordinate the production of deliverables and ensure their quality; draft documents related to the project (notes, newsletters, interim and final reports, etc.);
• Approve expenditures in line with EF procedures and ensure compliance with the contractual obligations of the project;
• Contribute to the project’s visibility by representing the project and participating to relevant events;
• Coordinate project monitoring and evaluation including the preparation of interim monitoring reports (with the follow up of the logical framework indicators) with the support of a M&E expert and the headquarters;
• Set up the committees, commissions and working groups required to implement the project;
• Supervise the organization of workshops, training sessions and study visits;
• Supervise, with the support of an administrative and financial manager, the implementation of grants for civil society organisations including drafting the tenders’ terms of reference, leading the selection of the eligible organisations and following up on their respective implementation (component 3).

Provision of expertise (40%)

•          Provide expertise on citizen participation on environmental and climate matters (component 2):

o   Analyse the needs and expectations regarding public participation (initial diagnosis);

o   Select, with competent central authorities, the pilot municipalities in Albania and North Macedonia that will benefit from the project’s extended support during the first year;

o   Work in close collaboration with the selected pilot municipalities and competent central authorities to identify challenges, needs and expectations;

o   Develop tools and trainings for the benefit of the pilot municipalities’ staff and support the implementation of the developed tools;

o   Capitalize on the tools and trainings and formulate recommendations for their generalisation at the national levels;

o   Coordinate the development of national participation toolboxes;

o Identify needs to specific expertise, and mobilise national, regional and international experts.