Expertise France is recruiting a Team Leader for the AFD-funded Technical Assistance project to support energy and climate sector reform in Kosovo, full-time based in Pristina, Kosovo.

The Team Leader will be an expert with international experience in charge of coordinating the TA activities in liaison with the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESPI), the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) and the Kosovo Energy Efficiency Fund (KEEF), with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) acting as the PBL focal point, in order to facilitate the necessary contacts within the energy and climate sectors and with the various concerned stakeholders.

She/he will have a permanent local management role, overseeing both the team of short-term experts - particularly with regard to work organization, allocation of working days, contractual arrangements, and the logistical aspects of their missions (transport, office space, facilities, equipment, etc., to be coordinated with the MoF and the relevant technical beneficiaries) – as well as stakeholder mapping, inception planning, risk management, governance and reporting arrangements, and the overall planning of activities, ensuring compliance with the approved work plan. The team leader will be responsible for the successful achievement of the project's results. She/he will be assisted by Expertise France’s headquarters and by the support departments.

More precisely, the Team Leader 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, including energy and climate policy priorities, in particular on the basis of the proposals made by the project technical experts and national stakeholders

·         Project representation: developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with local administrations and international donors; representation of the project at high level events related to the project themes; networking with relevant stakeholders in Kosovo

·         Coordination and communication with other teams involved in the energy and climate sector reform in Kosovo or in other countries of the Balkan region and any other relevant stakeholders.

Management of the team of experts

·         Support Expertise France in the identification and selection of local experts, including legal and financial experts in energy sector, as well as experts in climate policy, environmental governance, gender-responsive implementation and other relevant areas aligned with the PBL matrix.

·         Supervision of the team of experts: validation of work plans by thematic area of the project, consolidation of the overall action plan, coordination of the activities’ execution. This management must be done while maintaining a very high level of communication within the team and continuous evaluation of activities, with the aim to continuously improving the project management.

Project management

·         Operational coordination of the project: overall supervision and coordination of the inception phase, including stakeholder mapping, establishment of governance and reporting arrangements, recruitment and mobilization of experts; overall supervision and coordination of the project activities and the achievement of their objectives.

·         Guarantees the strategic and operational efficiency of the project: ensures the management of resources for achieving the project’s objectives.

·         Supervises the timely production of expected deliverables, both in relation to project activities (mission reports) and at project level as a whole (inception report, annual report, final report, etc.), in liaison with the Energy Division at Paris Headquarters.

Technical Assistance

·         Beyond project coordination and management responsibilities, the Team Leader is also expected to conduct part of the technical assistance activities.

Any other task related to the mission, at the request of Expertise France or the donor.