These Terms of Reference (ToR) are published as part of Expertise France's response to a request for Technical Assistance from AFD.

The mobilization of the project manager and the related tasks as described in the present ToR will only be effective once Expertise France has been definitively mandated for the TA mission and the ToR have been validated by the stakeholders. The job description may therefore be subject to change.

Based in Brazil, and reporting to the Head of Expertise France's Economic and Trade Policy (PEC) Unit at headquarters (Paris), the Project Manager will be responsible for the overall coordination as well as the operational and financial management of the activities entrusted to Expertise France. For the successful implementation of the “Amabio” project, he/she will be responsible for the following tasks:

1- General coordination :

• Ensure overall project coordination with Brazilian, Bolivian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Peruvian and French project partners, the AFD agency in Brazil, and the complementary programs of other donors present in the Amazon basin;
• Organize and participate in steering committees, other project coordination bodies and any other meetings representing the project, and monitor the implementation of recommendations;
• Ensure the quality, internal and external coherence of the project, in particular with other programs underway in Brazil and the region.

2- Strategic and operational project management:

In close collaboration with the partners involved in the program, the Project Manager will be responsible for the planning and technical management of the activities entrusted to Expertise France, in compliance with the Technical Assistance ToR and steering committees guidelines:

- Define the operational orientations and strategies, carry out the technical and budgetary planning of the project in liaison with the national partners, and monitor its implementation, as well as the updating of all useful “project documents”;

- Facilitate the building of a common vision within the program and support the appropriation of activities by project partners;

- Coordinate the various components of the Amabio project;

- Support local partners in implementing activities;

- Identify needs in terms of short-term expertise, prepare terms of reference for services and ensure the mobilization of experts;

- Supervise the experts and operators recruited and coordinate the successful completion of assignments;

- Co-animate, guide and monitor the work of local partners in implementing activities;

- Prepare Steering committees in coordination with local authorities and the donor.

- Manage a project team: mobilization/evaluation, workload management, activity planning, organization of team meetings, etc.

- Coordinate the evaluation and capitalization of the project as part of the Monitoring & Evaluation system;

- Ensure the smooth flow of information between team members, stakeholders in the countries concerned and AFD;

3- Administrative and financial management:

In coordination with the administrative/financial/logistics team, the Project Manager oversees the administrative and financial management of the project and ensures compliance with procurement procedures:

- Coordinates administrative and financial follow-up for the mobilization of short-term expertise, technical assistance contracts, subsidies, framework contracts, public procurement, logistics, travel, audits, accounting, etc. ;

- Coordinates and participates in the management of various contracts in compliance with procurement procedures (services, goods, works, expertise, etc.): procurement plan, contribution to the preparation of contract-related documents, contract negotiations, contract quality control and monitoring of contractual commitments, financial monitoring, etc. ;

- Ensure project reporting to AFD: quality of deliverables, interim and final technical and financial reports;

- Ensure Expertise France's internal reporting: follow-up of activities with resident expertise, financial follow-up, budget forecasts and closings.

This job description is not exhaustive. Generally speaking, the Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that the project's strategic, operational and contractual objectives are met, and for carrying out and/or supervising all activities required for the proper execution of the program.

4- Project team management:

- Recruits and manages the project team;

- Organizes team meetings;

- Ensures team training, cohesion and integration with partners;

- Supervises the project team, sets and evaluates their objectives;

- Coordinate work within the team, manage the team's workload and support it in carrying out its various functions;

- Ensure conditions are adapted to the context and working environment.