Forest International Team Leader with knowledge of German, French and English

Project Title: "Country package "Forest landscape restoration and good governance in the forest sector" (Forests4Future) in Togo"

Duration: 40 expert months

The main responsibilities and tasks of the international team leader would be:

• Overall responsibility for the advisory package of the contractor
• Ensure coherence and complementarity of the services of the contractor with other services delivered by the programme at local and national level
• Conception, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development measures for local partners in the areas of natural resource management, land use planning, sustainable development
• Consideration of cross-cutting topics (e.g. gender equality)
• Personnel management, in particular identifying the need for short-term assignments within the available budget, as well as planning and steering assignments and supporting local and international short-term experts
• Ensure monitoring of results
• Regular reporting in accordance with deadlines
• Responsibility for controlling the use of funds and financial planning in consultation with GIZ’s project manager responsible for the commission (AV)
• Supporting the project manager for the commission in updating and/or adapting the project strategy, in evaluations and in preparing a follow-on phase
• Maintaining contact with other donors and the German embassy
• Regular participation in coordination meetings of SEWOH projects in Togo and exchange with the coordinator
• Ensuring the exchange with other GIZ projects in the intervention region and while carrying out activities in the prefecture of Tchamba (ProCIV, ProEnergie, ProDEG)

Required qualifications and expertise: S/he ideally has or comes close to the following expertise:

• University qualification (being equivalent to a German ‘Diplom’/Master) in Environmental, Agricultural, Political or Forestry Sciences
• Fluency in German, good knowledge of French and English
• 10 years of professional experience in project management and financial management
• 5-8 years of professional experience in the Natural Resources, Forest or Rural Development
• sector with a focus on sustainable forest management, Forest Landscape Restoration
• 3-5 years of leadership experience as team leader in projects or executive in companies
• 3-5 years of experience in projects in francophone Africa (optional: 2 of them in projects in Togo)
• 6 years of experience in DC projects
• Experience in financial management, knowledge / understanding of GIZ procedures and processes

How to apply:

Applications and updated CV should be submitted to l.rusu@developmentaid.org, under the title: DRS ref number 10701.

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