Requirements:
Qualifications and skills required:
- University degree in Education, Social sciences, Economics, International relations, Public policy or relevant equivalent discipline.
- A Master degree in Education or relevant equivalent discipline will be considered as an asset.
General professional experience:
- At least 6 years – of which at least 2 years with developing countries – of professional experience covering higher education sector development, policies and support programmes including learning mobility activities.
Specific professional experience:
- At least 4 years of specific professional experience including in the following areas:
- National and international policies and strategies related to higher education in developing countries.
- EU/MS mobility and exchange programmes, in particular focusing on youth learning mobility in SSA.
- Experience in the management of Erasmus + projects in the field of capacity building of higher education and / or students mobility.
- At least 6 years of project management experience in the framework of EU funded and/or international projects.
- Knowledge of the European Commission and its development policies.
- Experience in international education and skills development projects in SSA.
- Experience in programme coordination will be considered as an asset.
- Previous experience working with Services of the European Commission or similar assignments will be considered as an asset.
- Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation assignments in the framework of EU- funded programmes will be considered as an asset.
- Experience in organising and conducting workshops related to development programmes in the field of education will be considered as an asset.
- Experience in supporting the design and implementation of youth leadership, mentorship and traineeship programmes will be considered an asset.
Collective skills for the group of KEs:
- To have relevant expertise in the following domains: education system strengthening; quality, inclusive, gender sensitive education; policy dialogue and coordination in the field of education and skills; capacity development; education network development programmes; job market-oriented skills development programmes; learning mobility and higher education; youth leadership programmes.
- To be familiar with global and/or regional education initiatives, such as the Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait, Erasmus +, and AU and (sub-) regional education initiatives. Knowledge of and experience in such initiatives in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa will be considered an asset.
- To have a good knowledge of EU decision-making processes and procedures as well as EU development policies and EU aid modalities. Familiarity with Team Europe Initiatives / Team Europe Approach will be considered as an asset.
Language skills:
- The Expert must have excellent English language skills (writing, oral, communication, presentation).
- At least intermediate French language skills are necessary.
If you are interested in this position, please send us your CV at: fwclot4@ance-hellas.org|Deadline: Friday 28th of October 2022.
