Ref.
2025/RAEFPP/12570
Job offer type
Headquarter positions
Type of contract
CDDU
Activity sectors
Education, Higher Education and Research
Deadline date
2025/03/10 10:51
Duration
12 mois
Département Capital humain et Développement social - CHDS > Education, Enseignement supérieur et Recherche
Published on : 2025/01/23
Based in the Expertise France coordination office in Paris, the Administration & Finance Manager will oversee and manage the comprehensive grant, financial, administration/HR, logistics and procurement framework of the project in cooperation with implementing partners (ADEA and EDUFI), while supervising specifically EF contract with European union. This includes establishing and monitoring grant systems, ensuring compliance, managing financial planning, supervising administrative functions, and providing day-to-day management to the Support Services Unit in charge of providing financial and administrative support to the project. Additionally, the Administration & Finance Manager will collaborate closely with 2 support staff located at the coordination offices in Arusha (Tanzania, EAC Headquarters) and Abuja (Nigeria, ECOWAS Headquarters).
Reporting to the Team Leader at the PEERS coordination office in Paris, the Administration & Finance Manager is assigned the following primary responsibilities:
Responsibility 1: Grant Management
Responsibility 2: Finance
Responsibility 3: Administration/HR
Responsibility 4: Logistics and Procurement
Responsibility 5: Team Leadership and Coordination
The described tasks involve the necessity to network and interact with a multiplicity of staff and institutions from EU and Sub-Saharan countries and require readiness and ability to travel abroad when necessary. These tasks will also be aligned with the Expertise France Headquarters calendar. The Administrative and Finance Manager will have to collaborate with the HQ staff whenever necessary.
The Africa-Europe Partnership to Exchange on Education Reforms (PEERs) is a project funded by the EU through the Education Section (G3) and the Regional and Multi-Country Programmes for Africa Section (A2) of DG INTPA. The project aims to accelerate progress toward SDG 4 by fostering enhanced regional cooperation in education across Africa and between Africa and Europe. It specifically supports two Regional Economic Communities (RECs)—the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the East African Community (EAC)— in strengthening their coordination roles and building the ownership and capacity of their Member and Partner States to address the education agenda effectively.
The Regional Economic Communities in Africa have a critical role to play in coordination and providing platforms for peer learning towards the implementation of Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA), SDG 4 and the education goals of the RECs themselves. However, they face several constraints limiting their ability to fully play such coordination role. These limiting factors are mainly related to institutional capacities; funding for coordination, peer learning and implementation of activities; conflicting priorities; poor coordination due to membership of Member/Partner States in several RECs and diverse languages; weak coordination and peer learning mechanisms amongst the RECs; and non-inclusion of RECs and Member/Partner States in the African Union clusters.
The PEERs project will therefore pursue the following specific objectives over the next 5 years:
The PEERs action will be funded by the European Union and be co-implemented by a partnership formed by 3 agencies, two state agencies (Expertise France for France and EDUFI for Finland), and a regional association for education (ADEA). Expertise France has been designated the Coordinating Agency for this partnership.
The duration of the action is scheduled from March 2025 to February 2030 (60 months) with a budget of 15 M€.
Required Skills:
Required Experience:
Job location: Paris, France
Contract information: the contract period is for 12 months (yearly renewable up to 5 years). We offer an EF contract with a competitive salary and benefit package which includes comprehensive insurance cover, social security, pension contribution, etc.
Starting date: as soon as possible (April 2025)
Documents to be provided:
Applications must include the project reference: 23PSE0C362 - PEERS / Administration & Finance Manager.
Candidates interested in this opportunity are invited to submit their application as soon as possible. Expertise France reserves the right to pre-select candidates before the recruitment closing date.
Deadline for application : 2025/03/10 10:51
Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :
In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results.