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Team Leader GFA Consulting Group


Tender/ EuropeAid/133178/D/SER/LB
Project Title : Support to Reforms- Environmental Governance (StREG)

Project Period:
April 2013- March 2016 (36)

Duration of Assignment:
726 working days

Project Description:
The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows:
The global objective is to improve the environmental performance of the Lebanese public sector through reforming environmental governance.
The specific objective is to create effective capacity specifically at the Ministry of Environment to plan and execute environmental policy, including enforcement and mainstreaming by coordinating with key line-ministries.
The purpose of this contract is to provide the Technical Assistance Team (TAT) that will assist the Supervisor (the Ministry of Environment) in the implementation of the StREG, including the provision of:
1.    Technical expertise tasks;
2.    Administrative, preparatory and ancillary tasks relating to planning, monitoring, reporting on Programme components. The Technical Assistance Team will also be involved in the development of Terms of References or technical specifications for the procurement of expertise and goods for the project.

Job Description:
Tasks:
•    Planning of activities and inputs of key-experts and non-key experts, coordination of tasks and responsibilities between experts, monitoring technical outputs of experts;
•    Support to the promotion of the project objectives and communication in coordination with the Minister’s office;
•    Timely reporting as required by the present contract;
•    Supervision of administrative, financial and logistic support of the project, as far as they are related to the tasks of the Consultant and coordinating them with the daily work of the Ministry of Environment;
•    Providing advice and guidance to the services, departments and units of the Ministry of Environment on a day-to-day basis on environmental policy and legislation, management and administration, in line with EU best practices;


Qualifications:
Qualifications and skills
-    Education: Masters degree in environment (engineering or sciences or economics or law-policy);
-    Language Requirements: English (French and/or Arabic are assets), good reporting skills (writing);
-    Communication: Proven strong communication skills and ability to communicate with people at all levels;
-    Computer literacy: text processing tools, spread sheet tools, financial and planning tools.

General professional experience
-    Minimum 15 years of experience in environmental management, either with the public sector and/or private sector organizations and/or international organizations and/or civil society organizations;
-    Team leader for at least 1 equivalent project (topic, duration, budget).

Specific professional experience
-    Experience as team leader in at least one EU funded project or funded by a similar international organisation;
-    Past experience in the regions an asset.
-    Experience in EU projects is an asset.
Please note: Only suitable and short-listed candidates will be contacted.

More Resources
ToR Tender Environmental Governance Lebanon393kb, pdfDownload