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NOTICE OF VACANCY
SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERT
Directorate General
AIDCO
- Directorate
- Unit
- Place of employment
- Head of Unit in charge
C
:4
- Preferred start date
:
:Brussels
:Denis SALORD
tel : + 32 2 29 56047
Fourth quarter of 2010
Please note that the secondment will be governed by Commission Decision
C(2008)6866 of 12 November 2008 laying down rules on the secondment to the
Commission of national experts. The text of this Decision is available at
http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/job/sne/index_en.htm
2. Main areas of responsibility:
The job of the seconded national expert (SNE) is to act as focal point in the appraisal
and management of programmes/projects related to the development of
interconnecting networks (transport, energy, ICT, water), taking into account the
wider development aspects, notably of the type "climate change".
The specific tasks are:
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To ensure, in consultation with the ACP Secretariat and in cooperation with the
EU Delegations in the concerned countries the implementation of multi-county
projects.
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To ensure, in consultation with the ACP Secretariat, the concerned delegations
and the multilateral agencies, fulfilment of the necessary conditions for the start
of the projects; to supervise the implementation of these projects, including via
on-the-spot visits;
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To identify and then appraise the projects and required studies in close
cooperation with the Delegations, the geographical coordination units of
AIDCO, the services of DG DEV and line DGs, while keeping up a continuous
dialogue with the ACP Secretariat and the competent organisations in the
partner countries;
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To compile the corresponding project profiles and present them to the Quality
Support Groups of AIDCO;
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To prepare, draft and submit financing proposals to the Quality Support Groups,
inter-service consultations and the Financing Committee; to prepare the
technical and administrative provisions attached to the financing agreements
signed with the ACP partners;
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To contribute, in close cooperation with the Finance and Contracts Unit of the
AIDCO Directorate for the "ACP", and draw up - using established models - the
tender documents, calls for proposals, contracts and grant agreements for the
implementation of the projects;
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To take part in the tender evaluation committees and/or grant project selection
committees;
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To ensure that data is entered and kept up to date in the EuropeAid Cooperation
Office databases;
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For projects managed at central-office level, to ensure, in close cooperation with
the Finance and Contracts Unit, that the rules governing sound administrative,
contractual and financial management are followed, in particular as regards
procurements;
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To give technical approval of documents concerning services provided by the
contractors (studies, reports, attendance certificates, acceptance of works, etc.)
which may give rise to a disbursement of funds;
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To organise the mid-term, final and ex post evaluation missions and to help
prepare external audit missions. To analyse, disseminate and monitor the
follow-up of the results and recommendations of evaluation and audit reports to
ensure that the lessons gleaned from them are learned and “best practice” is
disseminated;
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To give technical advice to help establish the multiannual programme based on
the formulated strategies;
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To provide technical support to assist in the negotiation of financing agreements
with the relevant agencies in the partner countries and with the ACP Secretariat;
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To help prepare methodological tools for project management (manuals, guides,
models, etc.) and to help train the staff of the EuropeAid Cooperation Office and
the Delegations.
3. Main qualifications:
Four-year university degree in engineering, economics, environment or any other
appropriate subject;
three years’ experience in development & cooperation in the following fields: project
(transport, energy, ICT, water) design, planning, financing, supervision,
environmental impact assessments and climate change impact , in the ACP countries.
Actual experience in planning/managing/supervising projects/programmes with
developing countries is an advantage (preferably with the ACP) .
Sound knowledge of the European Commission’s policies and strategies on:
development aid and transport, energy, ICT, water and environmental fields.
4. Languages:
Very good command of French and English.