Based in Expertise France coordination office in Paris, with regular travels to MS coordination offices in Europe and Africa, the Programme Coordinator will lead the overall management, planning, and implementation of EF-managed activities in an efficient and effective manner.

Collaborating closely with the programme teams of each MS agency to ensure strategic alignment and operational consistency, the Programme Coordinator will oversee the implementation of the Facility’s three operational windows. This includes the direct supervision of activities implemented by EF programme teams, and the indirect oversight of MS-led actions, by ensuring their operational coherence and integration, consolidating results, and coordinating joint reporting. The Programme Coordinator directly manages the six staff of the EF Programme Team, who are responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring activities under Window 1 (Technical Assistance) and Window 2 (Grant Scheme to support teachers in crisis contexts), as well as the MEAL Expert, who ensures cross-cutting monitoring, evaluation, and learning across the entire Facility.

Reporting to the Team Leader at the RTIA-Facility coordination office in Paris, the Programme Coordinator is assigned the following primary responsibilities:

Responsibility 1: Operational management of EF activities

• Support the overall management, planning, and implementation of EF-managed activities (Windows 1 and 2) according to donor contract.
• Lead the development and revision of EF work plan, and annual performance plan whilst ensuring consistency between budget planning and operational planning. Identify any discrepancies and propose and implement necessary adjustments.
• Organize and lead consultation/coordination meetings between the EF team and MS agencies, facilitating effective and integrated activity planning and implementation.
• Actively participate in the identification of project needs, define terms of reference, and contribute to the recruitment of experts essential for meeting project requirements, in close collaboration with the technical teams in Paris and Addis.
• Provide operational leadership, closely monitor activity implementation, and take corrective actions in case of difficulties, risks, and contextual factors affecting project activities.
• Oversee the effective implementation of workflows, key processes, and required forms (templates, TORs, activity reports, etc.) to manage Technical Assistance (TA) and Grant-making activities within EF and across MS agencies.
• Supervise and manage the grant scheme under Window 2, overseeing partners and subgrantees, whilst ensuring compliance with reporting requirements and providing detailed oversight of programmatic aspects.
• Ensure close coordination with the EF Support Services Unit for the administrative, financial, and logistical organization of activities, including field expert missions and grant-making.
• Contribute to budget monitoring in collaboration with the Support Services Coordinator, ensuring compliance with EU and Expertise France procedures.

Responsibility 2: Program Team Leadership and Coordination

• Lead, manage, and supervise EF Program team in Paris and Addis Ababa and evaluate their performance, whilst maintaining strong functional link with MS agencies’ operational teams (in particular the other components implemented under Window 2 and Research Window 3).
• Facilitate EF Program team coordination mechanisms through regular and ad hoc meetings.
• Sustain ongoing coordination with Program Teams in each MS agency, ensuring alignment of the work plan and annual performance plan while maintaining consistency between budget planning and operational planning.
• Provide consolidated operational inputs — including implementation forecasts and aggregated results — to inform the deliberations of the Initiative’s key governance bodies (ISC, TCC, and PC), enabling evidence-based decision-making grounded in accurate and up-to-date data.

Responsibility 3: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) 

• Directly manage the MEAL Expert and ensure close coordination between MEAL and programme operations in accordance with the development and implementation of the Learning Agenda (LA) of the Facility and the Initiative.
• Ensure that MEAL outputs effectively inform both the operational and strategic steering of the Facility.
• Oversee the consolidation of results across all three operational windows (Technical Assistance, Grant Scheme, Research) and actions implemented by MS agencies.
• Ensure the quality, consistency, and strategic use of monitoring and evaluation data across the Facility.
• Facilitate the integration of MEAL findings into knowledge management, reporting, communication, and governance processes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of MEAL tools and frameworks to support adaptive and results-based management.
• Promote a learning-oriented approach by supporting the implementation of evaluations, reviews, and learning exercises.
• Support any necessary monitoring, learning or evaluation exercise conducted by Expertise France (or by a body engaged by Expertise France) or the donor.

Responsibility 4: Support to Reporting, Knowledge Management and Communication 

• Contribute to the preparation of interim and final donor reports (narrative and financial) in accordance with contractual deadlines and requirements, in close coordination with the Team Leader (narrative) and the Support Services Coordinator (financial).
• Contribute to the implementation of the operational communication strategy and 3-year action plan of the Facility, in close link with the Team Leader and the Communication Officer
• Promote visibility and best practices of the programme in communication, visibility, and knowledge management events, including those organised within EF
• Support the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, tools, and methodological approaches to strengthen the Facility’s knowledge base and inform future programming.
• Ensure that knowledge products generated by the Facility are collected, curated, and made accessible to relevant stakeholders, including through EF’s internal platforms and external communication channels.

The described tasks involve the necessity to network and interact with a multiplicity of institutions from EU and Sub-Saharan countries and require readiness and ability to travel abroad when necessary.