Governance Advisor - Support to the Office of the National Authorizing Officer (NAO) of the European Development Fund

Position: KE2 - Governance Advisor

Country: Zambia

Start date: 11 December 2018

Duration: 3 years

Deadline: 12 August 2018

“Support to the Office of the National Authorizing Officer (NAO) of the European Development Fund” is an EU/EDF-funded project which aims to contribute to efficient andeffective programming and implementation of EU funded projects and programmes by the NAO.

Key expert 2: Governance Advisor

 Qualifications and skills

• Master degree in Development Studies, Business Administration, Law, Economics or Political Science or equivalent;
• In the absence of a Master degree in these areas, the expert must have a University degree of a minimum of three years and at least 5 years of professional experience above the minimum general professional experience required.

 General professional experience

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in public sector development programmes;
• Experience with EU contractual and financial procedures will be an advantage.

Specific professional experience

• Experience of at least 5 cumulative years in a management or advisory position for long-term projects (twelve months or more) related to good governance (in one or more of these areas: Public Financial Management, rule of law, civil society, elections, human rights and/or gender);
• Experience in mainstreaming cross-cutting issues (gender, environment and rights-based approach) in development cooperation will be an advantage.

 Other skills

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Excellent communication and writing skills in English
• Computer literacy