Technical Assistance to the African Road Safety Observatory / Key Expert 1: Team Leader Key Exp[...]

Project : Technical Assistance to ARSO in Road Safety: The general objective of this assignment is to help improve road safety in Africa through the production of better data and capacitation on state-of-the-art decision making. This is a long-standing commitment of the AU towards its Member States. The EU is a long-term partner of the AU on this topic. Position : Key Expert 1: Team Leader - Project Manager As Team Leader, you will be responsible for the following assignments:

• Effectively managing all activities carried out within the contract;
• Developing the strategic and monitoring framework, planning, and implementing relevant activities that will contribute to the realisation of the expected results;
• Provision of guidance and strategic advice to the AU Road Policy Officer responsible for AU ARSO and/or the AU ARSO Chair;
• Institutional representation of AU ARSO at international meetings when the AU official and/or the AU ARSO Chair cannot attend.

• Master's degree in sciences, economics, business, public works administration, international relations or a relevant, directly related discipline; in its absence, equivalent relevant professional experience of a minimum of 7 years.
• Experience in working with global and regional organizations and donor/financial institutions for resource mobilization;
• Experience in programme planning and budgeting;

• The expert must have at least 10 years of relevant professional experience in project management;
• At least 5 years of experience in team coordination and executing programs at regional or continental levels.

• At least level C1 in English;
• At least level B2 in French;
• Knowledge of other languages spoken in Africa such as Arabic, Swahili, Zulu, etc. would be considered an asset.