Team Leader - Governance and management expert

Country: Pakistan

Duration of the assignment: 30 working days/expert

Deadline to send CV: 31st may

Profile required: Team leader - governance and management expert

Preparation and qualification

Expertise required for all experts:

· A minimum of 10 years working experience in developing countries;

· An excellent command of English (both spoken and written);

· Excellent report writing skills, good communication skills, adaptability, social

awareness and high cultural sensitivity;

· Proven ability to work within complex institutional and organisational settings;

· Experience in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects and

programmes, preferably in Education.

Special expertise required for at least one key expert:

· Fully conversant with the principles and working methods of project cycle

management and EU aid delivery methods.

· Ability to speak Urdu and/or Pashtu would be a distinct advantage;

Experience in Pakistan and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular, would be an added

advantage.

• This expert will be team leader and will have the responsibility of drawing up the reports, in close consultation with the other team members, and will lead all the contacts and cooperation with the EUD in Islamabad, the Elementary and Secondary Education Department and other agencies/stakeholders. This expert should

· Hold a full university degree or equivalent, at least at Masters level, in business administration, public administration or other related fields and/or have recent relevant professional experience of at least 10 years;

· Demonstrate the ability to lead / manage large projects / programmes, preferably

 related to Education;

· Have proven experience in managing donor-funded programmes, preferably in the

Education Sector;

· Have proven professional experience in working in a sector wide approach and in a multi-donor context;

· Have experience of working on development projects (particularly in education,

governance and / or public sector management), of building capacity of public sector officials, and of coordinating with development partners;

· Have proven ability to provide institutional advice to public administrations and in

matters pertaining to legal and regulatory frameworks in developing countries;

· Prior working experience with educational reforms and with the EU will be considered

an added advantage.

Specific Activities:

2.1 General objectiveThe overall objective of this assignment is to assist the EU and the provincial government to

improve delivery of education services and to promote quality and access in primary and

secondary education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The purpose of this contract is to monitor the progress of EU's sector budget support (SBS) provided through the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Reforms programme.

2.2 Specific objective

i) to assist the EUD in its assessment of the payment trigger requirements for the 4th tranche

of SBS through providing a comprehensive assessment of the progress of the education

reforms against the agreed indicators of the common policy matrix;

ii) to assist the EUD in its assessment of budget support eligibility related to the final tranche

release;

iii) to join DfID/AusAid in their annual review of their KP Education programme, indicatively scheduled for June 2013;

Estimated Starting date of the assignment: June-July 2013

Important: send CV in the English format attached below to asistencia.tecnica@cideal.org