Mission Description

As part of the Digital for innovation Team Europe Initiative, funded by the EU and implemented with Expertise France, Enabel, ESTDev, GIZ, Haus Institute and RVO, Expertise France is looking to hire a Team Leader. This project aims to support Sub-Saharan Africa’s digital entrepreneurial ecosystem across three main pillars: strengthen digital entrepreneurial policies, support for the entrepreneurship ecosystem and access to financing. Under the direction of Expertise France's headquarters, the Team Leader will be responsible for the full-time leadership, overall coordination, and operational and financial implementation of Expertise France's activities within the project. Generally, the Team Leader is responsible for ensuring the achievement of contractual objectives set between Expertise France and the EU Delegation, which ensures the overall coordination of the project. He/She oversees the implementation of activity plans and ensures their proper execution. He/She maintains constant contact with project partners and ensures their involvement. More specifically, his/her missions and responsibilities are as follows (non-exhaustive list):

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Project Team Leader is responsible for the overall management and coordination of the project to ensure a smooth joint implementation. 

The Project Team Leader heads the Project Management Unit (PMU) - and is based in Kigali.

He/she will work on a daily basis with the support of the PMU Team and will be in regular contact with DG INTPA and the Partners.

He/she will need to be able to travel regularly 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.

PMU Team Management 

§  Heads the PMU team

§  Organises, recruits and manages the PMU Team members in Kigali 

Overall project management

§  Is responsible for harmonized execution and reporting procedures for all activities, set the framework and proposes shared tools and procedures

§  Consolidates the planning of activities and resources, and prepares the pluri-annual and annual budgets

§  Prepares in collaboration with other experts, the contractual reports

§  Is responsible for the quality of the project deliverables

§  Ensures compliance with the specifications/contract, anticipates and manages risks and developments relating to the project and alerts his or her hierarchy if necessary

§  Oversees the writing and transmission of contractual reports to the donors (narrative and financial)

§  Organises and co-chairs the project’s Steering Committee

Supervision of activities of the project

§  Supervises project activities: planning, implementation, budget execution, monitoring/evaluation, audit, in coordination with the Component Leads

§  Internal and external project coordination

§  Ensures day-to-day coordination between SO Leads, to harmonise AEDIB 2 implementation between components, provide backstopping support and approve key documents and decisions

§  Day-to-day coordination between implementing agencies

§  Centralise project information and organise its dissemination to the various stakeholders

§  Leads communication with EU and keep the responsible unit at DG INTPA informed on main developments or issues requiring attention of EC services

§  Leads relations with external stakeholders (donors, partners, service providers)

§  Participates in promotional activities with project owners, donors and beneficiaries

EF internal liaison

Ensures the interface between the project and EF HQ

Represents EF in the various bodies involved in project monitoring

Monitoring & Evaluation

§  Ensure the identification, implementation and quality control of the activities under its responsibility

§  In close collaboration with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officers (SERA) at headquarters and in the field, ensure the implementation, at the start of the project, of the monitoring and evaluation system. Throughout the project, he/she uses the system as a tool to help manage the project as well as carry out intermediate and final external evaluations of the project and supervises the service provider's mission

§  Adjust, if necessary, the project's logical framework and theory of change based on data collected in the field and the needs assessment.