Project

EU-SA Dialogue Facility 3.0 Technical Assistance

Key Expert 3: Finance, Contracts and Administration Expert

Position

Key Expert 3: Finance, Contracts and Administration Expert

Project description

A current flagship in the EU’s portfolio in South Africa, the “Dialogue Facility” (https://www.dialoguefacility.org/) will be continued in the form of the Dialogue Facility 3.0. This much-hailed programme enables demand-driven knowledge exchange and dialogues towards strengthened policy development capacities. The Dialogue Facility successfully brings the aspirations of the EU-SA Strategic Partnership to a very concrete level as it brings together institutions and individuals. It will be adapted and updated from its current model. The specific objective of the contract will be to provide technical assistance in the form of a Programme Management Unit (PMU) to support the implementation of the EU-South Africa Dialogue Facility 3.0 that aims to encourage and respond to requests, mainly from South African Departments of the Government, for policy dialogues with the EU in various areas. Requests for policy dialogues are arranged through regular calls for proposals organised by the PMU.

Job description

The Finance, contracts and administration expert will in particular be in charge of handling procurement and financial procedures in the implementation of the PMU’s tasks. He/she will also support the administrative and logistical implementation of policy dialogue projects. Specific tasks will include but are not limited to:

  • sound management of the funds allocation mechanism under the EU-SA Dialogue Facility 3.0;
  • procuring and managing services to implement policy dialogue projects (venues, logistics, coordination with local implementation partners, etc.)

Requirements

Qualifications and skills

  • At least Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent diploma) in business administration, economics, public finance or another subject relevant to the assignment
  • Fluency in English (at least C1 level)
 General professional experience
  • At least 5 years of professional working experience in South Africa
  • At least 5 years of experience in financial management and project/programme administration for EU projects
  • Experience in management of public procurement procedures in line with EU rules
 Specific professional experience
  • At least 4 years of experience in finance and office administration, including different (several) experiences with all of the following:
    • electronic filing systems
    • book-keeping systems
    • financial auditing procedures
  • Experience in a position which includes the organising of various types of events and study trips

Additional information

 South Africa

Attachments

Start of assignment

n/a

Deadline for applications

31/12/2023

Job type

long term

Job status

prequalification

Project reference

23-0005-000-ZAF-POL-DIAL-P2

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