Ref.
2025/AFALPA/12789
Job offer type
Field staff jobs
Type of contract
Fixed-term contract (CDD)
Deadline date
2025/03/18 19:00
Contract
Wage portage
Duration
35
Département Paix, stabilité, sécurité - P2S > Pôle Menaces globales et criminalité organisée
Published on : 2025/03/04
The objective of the mission is to facilitate on a daily basis the adequate implementation of two projects on all aspects related to financial, logistic and administrative management as well as logistics.
The Projects Assistant’s workload on both projects will be distributed as follows:
Reporting to Project Managers based in Paris (HQ) and in Nairobi, the Project Assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:
Opening of the project office:
Administrative management:
Logistic management :
Financial management:
Communication:
The task list is not exhaustive and may evolve according to the needs of the project.
1. Strengthening Kenya's Cybersecurity resilience
The overall objective of the project is to support Kenya to strengthen the resilience of the cybersecurity ecosystem of Kenya to ensure that citizens enjoy an open, free, secure, gender responsive and peaceful cyberspace. This will enhance Kenya's overall defense mechanisms against cyber threats thus help mitigate the risks of cyberattacks targeting public and private sector entities and increase users trust.
The specific objectives of the project are:
To reach the objective, the project is expected to achieve 3 interlinked Outcomes:
The core project team is composed of the following:
Short term experts will contribute to the project on a punctual basis, depending on needs expressed by the project partner and activities to be implemented.
2. FEXTE Connectivity and digital transformation
A. Background and description
The AFD group (AFD, Proparco and Expertise France) conducted a prospecting mission in January 2024 after receiving a technical financial request from the Ministry of Information, Communication and Digital Economy (MICDE).
Following the mission and numerous technical workshops, the overall objective of the FEXTE-funded project implemented by Expertise France is to contribute to the development of digital public services with a particular focus on the inclusion of women and people with disabilities.
The activities implemented by Expertise France will aim to strengthen MICDE and the Information and Communication Technology Authority (ICTA) in their methodology for the development of digital public services, inspired by the state start-up methodology developed by beta.gouv through DINUM, and to adapt it to the Kenyan ecosystem (taking into account the programs already implemented or under development). Finally, the cooperation will provide awareness on the accessibility of digital services to users with disabilities by structuring a methodology for the design and adoption of a specific Kenyan reference framework inspired by the French RGAA. This will include the production of elements to facilitate the systematic adoption of this reference framework (kit, audit tools, regulations). To this end, teams will be trained in accessibility and supported by French experts from DINUM and DILA, in particular for auditing, decision-making and verifying corrections throughout the design and development phases of the reference framework.
B. Specific objectives
The structures (MICDE and the ICT Authority), in collaboration with civil society organizations (CSOs), will adopt the French State startup methodology (beta.gouv) and an accessibility improvement methodology.
C. Project Components
1. Component 1: Strengthen the capacities and skills of the concerned actors (public servants and CSO), particularly government decision-makers in terms of data strategy and data governance life cycle mainly the circulation, exploitation, openness and reuse of data; as well as develop the prototype of an API to materialize the capacity building program
2. Component 2: Develop a prototype digital public service inspired by the French government's start-up methodology (beta.gouv), materializing the effects of the capacity-building programme relating to the implementation of the Platform State approach (with the appropriate teams within the administrations: data producers, users, designers, etc.);
3. Component 3: Develop and adopt an accessibility improvement methodology (kit, audit tools, regulation) for drafting and adopting a specific Kenyan reference framework inspired by the French RGAA
Both components 1 and 2 of the project essentially respond to point 1, 2 above (Open Data Platform & Hardware and Business intelligence and Data Analysis Management system and tools), but will also help to give substance to the Open Data initiative with the various stakeholders. Component 3 of the project essentially responds to point 4 above (People with Disabilities (PWD) Systems).
Education
A four-year university degree or the equivalent in a relevant field (such as Administrative Services Management, Business Administration & Information System, Accounting, logistics, etc.)
Professional experience
Skills and qualities required
Language skills
Candidates interested in this opportunity are invited to submit their application as soon as possible, with Expertise France reserving the possibility of pre-screening before that date.
Deadline for application : 2025/03/18 19:00
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.