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Project Manager (m/f/d) for the Region Francophone Africa – GIZ International Services Bookmark jobadShare jobad

Our model for success is a better life for everyone and purposeful tasks for our employees. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation of development policy goals worldwide. Together with partner organisations in 120 countries, we are involved in a diverse range of projects. If you want to make a difference in the world and develop yourself in the process, you've come to the right place.

Job-ID: V000054590 Location: Eschborn Start date: 07/01/2023 Field: Country-, Portfolio- and Project Managers Type of employment: full- or part-time Application deadline: 05/21/2023

Job description

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis. Besides the German Federal Government, international institutions, governments, foundations, and companies operating on a global scale can also call on GIZ. Within GIZ, the International Services (GIZ InS) business area is responsible for these clients. GIZ InS makes the concepts and experience of German development cooperation available to other clients against payment and acts in the spirit of the GIZ model of sustainable development. Clients benefit from 40 years of practical experience in international cooperation and the knowledge gained from more than 10,000 successfully implemented programmes and projects in over 120 countries and more than 100 specific sectors. GIZ InS offers its clients highly competent and efficient teams of German, international and local experts. With this diverse know-how, which is individually tailored to each programme, GIZ InS is able to meet the most complex challenges.

We are looking for a Project Manager to strengthen our Francophone Africa team. The position is to be filled starting as soon as possible.

Your tasks

You will be part of the Francophone Africa team of the GIZ International Services division. The main focus of your tasks will be the acquisition of new projects with international donors such as EU, MCC, World Bank and others. In addition, you will be responsible for the backstopping of new projects acting as a focal person for the implementation teams and clients in the region.The tasks can be summarized precisely as follows:

Project acquisition

Anticipatory and systematic market analysis Networking and proactive and strategic collaboration with donors, clients, partners and experts Evaluation of project opportunities on the basis of key figures and contextual information Organising and conducting fact-finding missions Conceptual and methodical preparation of \"pre-qualification\" documents Planning and coordination of the elaboration of technical offers, including identification of partners and experts (in cooperation with HR), drafting and editing of parts of the offer, contribution to the elaboration of the budget

Project implementation and steering

Technical and financial steering of projects Support to the identification and mobilisation of long- and short-term experts for planned consultancy missions Review and preparation of project reports Administrative and logistical support Knowledge management and development of project implementation strategies Management of donors, clients, partners, and experts

Your profile

You have a university degree (preferably at Master’s level and in a subject related to international cooperation, such as political science, economics, international law etc.). You have at least four years of relevant professional experience in the full acquisition cycle (from early positioning to consortium building and proposal development) of competitive service contracts with international donors, in particular with the EU. Experience with other international clients such as MCC, the World Bank, EIB and with the private sector would be an asset. You are familiar with project implementation in the field of development cooperation, preferably in the Africa region. You are interested in current trends and developments in the field of international cooperation. You are reliable, innovative, have excellent communication skills and are politically aware. You enjoy working in a team, but you are also able to work independently and are willing to put the results of your work at the disposal of the team. Your excellent management skills enable you to act in a focused manner and as a team under tight deadlines. You have a very good knowledge of current Office applications. Full fluency in written and spoken French and English is an indispensable requirement. Knowledge of German is a major advantage.

Location information

Depending on the successful candidate’s location preferences, the position can alternatively be staffed in Brussels, Belgium, with a contract as GIZ national employee (NMA). In this case, the position would additionally involve regular travel to the GIZ headquarters in Eschborn, Germany.

Notes

This position is suited to a full or a part-time (80%) position.

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