Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Deadline: 13 March 2023
Job Description
Result of Service
The ECA Fellowship programme is expected to improve the skills, capacity and intellectual ability of the young African fellows.
Work Location
- Addis Ababa
Expected duration
- Three months
Duties and Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the ECA Fellowship Programme Management Consultant will be responsible for the following duties:
• Act as the technical programme/project focal point of the Fellowship Programme.
• Develop, and implement the Fellowship programme and related technical aspects including the strategic planning and programme plan and implementation of the fellowship;
• Provide administrative support to the fellowship programme including on-boarding of fellows, deployment, remuneration, and other administrative issues as may be necessary.
• Prepare relevant fellowship programme documents and plans in service of the operations of the fellowship and maintain an archive of such documents for easy accessibility;
• Monitor, analyze and evaluate the Fellowship Programme development and implementation at all stages, including the analysis of implementation challenges and initiating remedial actions to be taken;
• Provide periodic progress reports on the Fellowship Programme and its implementation;
• Liaise with relevant partners and stakeholders on the fellowship including Universities, research institutions and knowledge centers in Africa and across the World.
• Liaise with relevant offices of the Commission; identifies and tracks follow-up actions to ensure the Fellows are supported to carry out their research deliverables.
• Review, prepares and provides inputs to relevant documents and reports related to the Fellowship programme.
• Organise and facilitate seminars, conferences and workshops for the fellows;
• Ensure the smooth day to day running of the fellowship;
• Conduct research and analysis and present information gathered from diverse sources as may be required;
• Make presentations to relevant stakeholders on the fellowship programme;
• Undertake survey initiatives as may be needed, design data collection tools; reviews, analyze and interpret responses, identify problems/issues and prepare conclusions related to the fellowship.
• Identify resource needs and participates in the development of resource mobilization strategy as may be required for the fellowship
• Perform any other tasks or responsibilities that may be assigned on the fellowship programme and in improving its performance.
Qualifications/special skills
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, public administration, economics, political science, social sciences or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in the specified fields with two additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advance university degree. A PhD in relevant field would be an advantage.
- A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area, is required. Experience in Programmes/projects design, management and reporting using results framework is desirable.
Languages
- Fluency in one of the working languages of the UN Secretariat, English or French, (both oral and written) is required;
- knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.