Ref.
2023/IPO/9832
Job offer type
Field staff jobs
Type of contract
Fixed-term contract (CDD)
Activity sectors
Business facilitation and regional integration
Deadline date
2023/08/31 21:20
Contract
Employee
Duration
12 mois
Departement Economie Durable et Inclusive - EDIN > Pôle Entreprenariat et Innovation
Published on : 2023/08/08
Direction: Operations
Department: Sustainable and Inclusive Economy
Unit: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Type of position: Field position
Position status: EF employee
Type of contract: CDD(U)
Contract duration: 12 months (renewable for up to 40 months)
Themes: Sustainable and Inclusive Economy; Entrepreneurship; Project Management
Geographical areas of the project: Benin; Kenya; Senegal; South Africa; Togo
Country of the mission: Belgium
City of the mission: Brussels
Application closing date: 31/08/2023
Expected start date: ASAP
JOB DESCRIPTION
Under supervision of the IYBA-SEED Project Coordinator, Project Officer contributes daily to all aspects of the implementation of the project “IYBA-SEED: Investing in Young Businesses in Africa – Supporting Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development”.
The Project Officer is part of the Project Management Unit (PMU) – and is based in Brussels.
He/she will work on a daily basis with the PMU Team (Project Coordinator; MEAL Officer; Administrative and Financial Officer; Project Assistant; 3x Technical Component Leads), will support the Country Teams (via the Country Leads), and will be in regular contact with the EF HQ.
The position implies a high degree of autonomy and thoroughness, as well as interpersonal skills appropriate to working in a European, international and multicultural environment.
Under supervision, in close collaboration with and as a support to the Project Coordinator, the Project Officer will contribute daily to (non-exhaustive):
Expertise France is the French public international cooperation agency. It designs and implements projects which aim to contribute to the balanced development of partner countries, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda and the priorities of France’s external action.
IYBA-SEED is co-funded by the European Union (DG INTPA), the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Team France and SlovakAid, for a period of 4 years (2023-2026). It is implemented by a consortium of leading European development agencies, including Enabel (Belgium), Expertise France (France), GIZ (Germany), SAIDC (Slovakia) and SNV (Netherlands). The consortium is led by Expertise France.
IYBA-SEED is part of the third Building Block of the Team Europe Initiative “Investing in Young Businesses in Africa”, which is made up of three Building Blocks: 1) Increase the financial and technical support for pre-seed stage entrepreneurs and micro and small enterprises, 2) Increase the finance for SMEs and entrepreneurs at seed and early stages, and 3) Supporting the ecosystem, with a special emphasis on women and young people.
IYBA-SEED takes an “Ecosystem Strengthening” approach: it targets the entrepreneurship ecosystem and its actors, in order to reach young businesses (i.e. SEED beneficiaries) which are defined as:
The project aims to “contribute to creating decent jobs and resilient economies by strengthening entrepreneurship ecosystems in a number of sub-Saharan countries so that they can increase access to Business Development Services (both financial and non-financial) for SEED beneficiaries” in 5 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Benin, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Togo).
IYBA-SEED works on four key components / specific objectives
YOUR PROFILE
Specific knowledge, experience, skills or competences
Soft skills
WHAT WE OFFER
Deadline for application : 2023/08/31 21:20
Expertise France is the public agency of French international technical cooperation. The agency operates around four priorities:
In these areas, Expertise France carries out engineering and implementation missions for capacity building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as an aggregator of projects involving public expertise and private know-how.
With an activity volume of 233 million euros, more than 400 projects in portfolio in 80 countries, and 63,000 days of expertise, Expertise France focuses its action towards France’s solidarity policy, influence and economic diplomacy.