Lesotho - Senior water sector expert
- Projet
- The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes is to establish a cooperation facility
to support the implementation of the Multi-annual Indicative Programme 2021-2027 and Team
Europe Initiatives, including strategic communication activities. - Formation
- - Location
The project may be executed throughout the country, but the action will be coordinated at the central
level by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning in Maseru, where technical assistance
and project coordination will be based. Teleworking could be allowed if the nature of the tasks allows
it, always with prior approval of the Contracting Authority (the EU Delegation) and on a case-bycase
basis.
- Start date & period of implementation
The intended start date is 1 June 2023 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 36
months from this date. Please see Articles 19.1 and 19.2 of the special conditions for the actual start
date and period of implementation.
Depending on the outcome of the initial contract, a second contract may be awarded by negotiated
procedure and at similar rates. - Expérience
- Key expert 2: Senior Water Sector Expert
Qualifications and skills
- Senior development specialist (more than 10 years) with relevant post-graduate degree in
water (management/ engineering/ hydrology) (master or equivalent).
- Knowledge of both written and spoken English;
- Excellent communication skills, knowledge transfer and organisational capacity;
- Proven ability to write, synthesise and systematise information;
- Proven experience in preparing terms of reference, manuals and supporting documents;
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural context;
General professional experience
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in the sector of sustainable water resource
management (Integrated catchment management, sustainable WASH, water governance);
- Key expert of a minimum of two sustainable water resource management and/or water
governance projects preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Specific professional experience
- Experience as advisor in minimum one long-term assignment8 providing services in the field
of national and international water policy, governance and/or transboundary water
cooperation in a country and/or area with a comparable situation as Lesotho, preferably but
not exclusively in a Southern African country.
- Experience in providing services in minimum one long-term assignment and/or 3 short-term
assignments related to project cycle management (i.e. programming, designing,implementing, evaluating) in the water resource management and/or water governance sector
(including sanitation).
- Experience in providing services in minimum one long-term assignment and/or 3 short-term
assignments in the field of economic, governance and/or institutional analysis in the water
resources sector.
- Experience in providing services in minimum one long-term assignment and/or 2 shortterm
assignments in the water sector, for activities related to private sector and/or public
financing, innovative financing mechanisms such as blended finance, preferably but not
exclusively in a sub-Saharan Africa country.
- 2 years of proven experience in the facilitation, mentoring and coaching of institutional
personnel engaged in the fields of water resources management.
- Experience of EU contract management of services, blending operations and/or works
contracts in the area of water resource management and WASH will be considered as an
asset.
- Experience in establishing a knowledge database management system will be considered as
an asset.
- Experience of working in similar assignments in Southern Africa will be considered an
asset.
- Pays de résidence
- Lesotho
- Postuler avant
- 25/02/2023
- Début
- 01/06/2023
- Durée
- 36 months
- Référence
- 227/642/36B