Team Leader for Southern America
Oct 16, 2019
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GOPAInfra
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DESCRIPTION
Qualifications and skills
- University degree in civil engineering, planning, business management or equivalent;
- Proven project management skills and experience in interacting at local government level incl. negotiations with regional and municipal authorities;
- Demonstrated programme management skills and an ability both to manage a team and work well across cultural boundaries;
- Experience in the development and implementation of multi-sector infrastructure projects (e.g. municipal and social infrastructure, energy and energy efficiency, water and sanitation and transport);
- Excellent working command of key Microsoft Office tools (particularly excel, word and power point);
- Fluency in Spanish, and excellent speaking and drafting skills in English are mandatory.
General professional experience
- Approx. 10 years of related professional experience, out of which approx. 5 years international experience, preferably in international/ donor-funded projects;
- Experience in supervising infrastructure projects is required;
- Ideally with experience in reconstruction as well as capacity building;
- Experience with technical and financial reporting procedures of IFIs is required.
Specific professional experience
- Professional experience in at least one project in post-disaster and/or post-conflict recovery project, either as IFI or other relevant international organisations’ staff or in a consultant key position;
- Proven experience in training/capacity building/institutional development;
- Extensive experience in coordinating procurement, environmental, social and governance standards in projects and/or programmes;
- Knowledge of WB/ EU/ EIB/ EBRD/ KfW policies, rules and guidelines in the areas of procurement, environment, social and governance would be an advantage;
- Proven work experience in southern America is considered an advantage.