Team Leader at Expertise France

Department/Location: 70% on the field (Eastern and Central Africa) / 30% Home based
Reports to: Expertise France Project Manager
Type: Long-term consulting assignment until September 2021 / 15 days by month
Job level: Senior level

Overview:

The general objective of MEDISAFE is to support the fight against the production and trafficking of substandard and falsified medicines in 11 countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
MEDISAFE is part of the European Union Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (CBRN CoE). It is financed by the European Union for the benefit of 11 partner countries that have decided to participate in tackling the issue.

• Expertise France and its 7 European partners form a consortium that implements the project and manages cooperation between networks of international and local experts.
• Specifically, the project will contribute to fight against organized crime and to better health outcomes, based on two strategies:
• Contribute to strengthening partner countries’ capacities and added value in the identification of falsified medicines and pharmaceuticals, and in the fight against their production and trafficking in Eastern and Central Africa.
• Strengthen regional cooperation and harmonization in terms of approaches, procedures, and joint operations to combat the production and trafficking of falsified medical products and medicines.

Responsability

The Team Leader is responsible for the delivery of the overall program of work and the quality of the outputs.
S/he will:

• coordinate the work of the team of international experts, including oversee short term experts selection, missions planning, validation of terms of
• references, mission and contractual reports
• establish the working procedures and communication with relevant international and local experts
• establish communication with CBRN national focal points, national authorities and beneficiaries.
• supervise all project activities and monitor the progress towards the achievements of the objectives and target results.
• Special attention will be paid to ensure harmonized approach of all consortium members and/or WP leaders vis-a-vis the beneficiary countries

Required knowledge, skills and qualifications

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Diplomacy, Public Policy, Political Science, or related field strongly preferred
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in health international cooperation in development countries.
• Mininum 5 years of experience in Eastern and Central Africa.
• Demonstrated successful experience in establishing and nurturing strong relationships among international organizations and (sub-) national governments
• Excellent interpersonal, cross-cultural and diplomatic skills and the ability to lead and work inclusively with a diverse team
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with senior officials in government, with civic leaders, businesspeople, and international donors
• Demonstrated ability to lead and build staff capacity, and plan strategically and creatively to meet specified objectives
• Fluency in written and spoken English/French required