Project

Technical assistance to the 'EU for a Secure Ghana' Programme

Team Leader

Position

Key Expert 1 - Team Leader

Project description

This contract focuses on the provision of technical assistance aiming at: 1) Enhancing Ghana’s integrated capacity to counter violent extremism and terrorism from a human rights perspective. 2) Strengthening Ghana’s capacity to counter transnational organised crime, including firearms trafficking, and enhance relevant peacebuilding and violence prevention mechanisms and structures across national and traditional authorities, civil society organizations (CSOs), including women’s organizations, forcibly displaced populations, and their host communities. 3) Maximising the impact of the ‘EU for a Secure Ghana Programme’ by ensuring its efficient and effective coordination.

Job description

The Team Leader will be based in Accra, and will work on a full-time basis (880 working days over 4 years). S/he will implement all specific objectives of the contract, in coordination with KE2. S/he will assess the need for short-term experts and coordinate their work. S/he will be responsible for the overall design, implementation, and monitoring of the project, ensuring alignment with objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
Her/his role includes managing inter-agency collaboration, and coordinating the work of non-key experts to deliver results across all components of the project. S/he will also draft, as required by the EUD, reports and analyses in the areas of work of ‘EU for a Secure Ghana’ and directly deliver training and/or strategic advice to beneficiaries, as needed.

Requirements

Qualifications and skills

  • At least a Master’s Degree or equivalent academic qualification in fields relevant to this assignment, such as Political Science, International Relations, Peace & Security Studies, or Law. If the expert does not have a Master's Degree in a relevant field, she/he must have at least a Bachelor's degree in the above-mentioned fields combined with 2 years of relevant professional experience in addition to the professional experience required below;  
  • Proficiency in English (spoken and written) at C1 level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF).
General professional experience
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience supporting security agencies’ capacity to counter violent extremism and terrorism.
Specific professional experience
  • Having completed at least one full-time continuous assignment of more than two years as overall project coordinator (Team leader or equivalent title) of an international development technical assistance project (service contract that includes the mobilisation and management of short-term experts) in a developing country, with a total budget of at least EUR 2 million;
  • Proven experience in providing training and capacity building to counter violent extremism and terrorism; 
  • Experience in the implementation of EU-funded projects in the security sector;
  • Professional experience related to transnational organised crime and small arms trafficking would be an asset;
  • Professional experience in conflict prevention and mediation would be an asset.

Additional information

 Ghana

Attachments

Duration of assignment

01/02/2026 - 31/01/2030

Deadline for applications

10/09/2025

Job type

long term

Job status

tender

Project reference

25-0138-000-GHA-security

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