Expertise France (EF) is looking for a Project Director, based in Dacca, Bangladesh (expatriate position depending on the selected candidate nationality), who will play a pivotal role in leading and ensuring that the CBET (Cross Border Electricity Trading) project implementation is in line with the strategic and operational orientations. The CBET is a EU funded regional project covering 5 countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri-Lanka).

The Project Director will be a professional with international experience, he/she will be full time based in Dacca, Bangladesh and in charge of coordinating the activities in liaison with the various concerned stakeholders.

The Project Director will have a permanent managerial role vis-à-vis:

•        The project team based in Dacca, composed of an Administration and Finance Manager (full-time) and an Administration and Finance Project Assistant (full-time);
•        The long term experts :

o   an Operational Energy expert based in Bangladesh, responsible for providing technical energy-sector expertise and local support for the implementation of project activities in Bangladesh;

o   Country Correspondents based in India and Nepal, responsible for supporting project coordination, stakeholder engagement, and activity facilitation at the national level in India and Nepal.

•        The short-term experts as regards their organization of work, the number of days allocated and the contractual aspects as well as the logistical issues of their missions (transport, space, offices, equipment, etc…), the planning of activities and the compliance with the work plan.

The Project Director will be responsible for the successful achievement of the project's results. She/He will be assisted in Expertise France headquarters’ by a Project Manager, a project assistant and by the support departments. 

More precisely, the Project Director will have to implement the following tasks:

Strategic advice and project representation

•        Proposal, adjustment and implementation of the strategic and technical orientations of the project, in particular on the basis of the proposals made by the project technical experts;
•        Project representation: networking with relevant actors in Bangladesh and the other countries covered by the program; developing and maintaining excellent working relationship with local administrations and international donors; representation of the project at high level events related to the project themes.

Management of the team and experts

•        Identification and selection of experts;
•        Supervision of the project team and team of experts: validation of work plans by thematic area of the project, consolidation of the overall action plan, coordination of the execution of the project’s activities. This management must be done while maintaining a very high level of communication within the team and continuous evaluation of activities, with a goal to continuously improving the project management;
•        Ensuring, with the support of EF safety department, that all activities and team members are complying with EF safety and security procedures.

Project management

•        Operational coordination of the project: overall supervision and coordination of the inception phase; overall supervision and coordination of the project activities and the achievement of their objectives;
•        Ensure that all activities of the project are carefully planned, implemented and monitored, including on the administrative, financial and logistical side, in accordance with EU rules and procedures, to achieve maximum results in terms of quality, time and cost-effectiveness;
•        Supervises the timely production of expected deliverables, both with regard to activities (mission reports) and the project as a whole (inception report, annual report, final report, etc.);
•        Be responsible for the monitoring, evaluation, accountability & learning and management of all knowledge outputs.
•     Any other task related to the mission, at the request of Expertise France or the donor.