Requirements:
Qualifications and skills required:
- Master’s Degree or above in education or related field.
- An additional qualification in higher education reforms with a focus on Africa and/ or EU policy towards Africa, will be considered as an asset
- Knowledge of European Commission policy in the concerned sector, as well as good understanding of the instruments governing the EU-Africa relations and relevant policy framework will be considered as an asset.
- Excellent report and policy brief writing skills.
General professional experience:
- At least 12 years professional experience related to higher education.
- At least 6 years professional experience on Africa is required.
Specific Professional Experience
- At least 10 years professional experience in higher education policy design and development, sub-sector analysis, planning, monitoring and evaluation and five years experience in analysis, research and/or design and implementation of international cooperation programmes (including stakeholder mapping).
- Having carried out at least 6 assignments of at least 40 days each, in at least 3 of the following domains: i) Development of the African Higher Education space, ii) African continental and regional integration in higher education, iii) cooperation between European and African higher education institutions (mobility, scholarships, inter-university cooperation programmes), iv) institutional capacity building of higher education institutions.
- Experience as expert in EU development cooperation programmes, in national development cooperation agencies, and/or with international organisations in the higher education area in Africa from a continental perspective as well as stakeholder mapping will be considered as an asset.
Language skills:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Ability to reference relevant information and materials and communicate in French.
If you are interested in this position, please send us your CV at: fwclot4@ance-hellas.org|Deadline: 7th December 2021.
