General description of the position: 

The Team Leader (full time intervention – from 1/03/2026 to 30/11/2026) will be in charge of the overall strategic planning and coordination of the Action’s implementation (60%) and the provision of expertise in the field of Justice and public participation (40%). He/she will work in close coordination with all stakeholders and target groups as well as the AFD and the EF’s Headquarter team. 

The Team Leader will have the following missions: 

Overall strategic planning and coordination (60%)

•     Ensure project management and execution, in particular by establishing smooth and constructive trust-based relationships with project beneficiaries (national authorities, ministries, school of magistrates), and other stakeholders (EF, AFD, partners);
•        Ensure a strategic vision of the project and identify needs and orientations;
•        Ensure the smooth and timely implementation of activities for the 3 components of the project;
•        Coordinate the project team and the interventions of experts, including drafting terms of reference, organising missions;
•        Coordinate the production of deliverables and ensure their quality; draft documents related to the project (notes, newsletters, interim and final reports, etc.);
•        Approve expenditures in line with EF procedures and ensure compliance with the contractual obligations of the project;
•        Contribute to the project’s visibility by representing the project and participating to relevant events;
•        Coordinate project monitoring and evaluation including the preparation of interim monitoring reports (with the follow up of the logical framework indicators) with the support of a M&E expert and the headquarters;
•        Set up the committees, commissions and working groups required to implement the project;
•        Supervise the organization of workshops, training sessions and study visits;
•      Supervise, with the support of an administrative and financial manager, the implementation of grants for civil society organisations, leading the selection of the eligible organisations and following up on their respective implementation (component 3). 

Provision of expertise (40%)

·       Provide expertise on Justice (component 1) :

•       Work in close collaboration with the Ministries of Justice and Environment, Schools judiciaries, legal and judicial institutions involved in the project ;
•       Organise and manage working groups during national roundtable discussions and regional workshop on environmental Justice, in close collaboration with key experts ;
•       Develop training modules and legal tools on environmental justice  ;
•       Organise training of trainers for national magistrate training schools.

·       Provide expertise on citizen participation on environmental and climate matters (component 2):

•   Ensure the continuity of actions initiated during the first phase of the project, working in close collaboration with the selected pilot municipalities that benefit from the project’s extended support, and competent central authorities to meet needs and expectations, and address challenges;
•   Develop tools and trainings for the benefit of the pilot municipalities’ staff and support the implementation of the developed tools;
•   Capitalize on the tools and trainings and formulate recommendations for their generalisation at the national levels;
•     Coordinate the development of national participation toolboxes;
•     Identify needs to specific expertise, and mobilise national, regional and international experts.