Senior Youth Expert – Deputy Team Leader, Eastern Neighbourhood

Within the framework of a tender preparation for the EU4Youth coordination and policy support (under EU4Youth IV - youth engagement and empowerment) in the Easter Neighbourhood (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine):

The Deputy Team Leader’s responsibilities will include the following tasks (450 working days over 30 months):

• Provision of thematic inputs and related content development;
• Coordination and validation of the thematic expertise provided by non-key experts, in particular the EU4Youth National Focal Points;
• Programme-level results framework and related monitoring processes, incl. coordination and validation of expertise by non-key experts;
• In case of absences of the team leader, his/her replacement and related tasks.

Qualifications:

• A university degree (Bachelor or higher) in social sciences, political sciences, international relations, economics, law, or another relevant, directly related discipline ;
• Knowledge of Russian or other languages used in the partner countries would be an asset.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in the area of international cooperation; 
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience on youth related topics (e.g. youth policies, youth engagement, education and skills development and youth employment, youth work, disadvantaged youth, etc.);
• At least 3 years of professional experience in the design of youth policies and/or support to related policy dialogue in the EU and its Member States and/or in EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement regions;
• At least 5 years of experience with the implementation and/or monitoring of EU-funded projects in the Neighbourhood and/or Enlargement regions;
• Out of these 5 years of experience on EU-funded projects in the Neighbourhood and/or Enlargement regions, minimum 3 years of professional experience in the Eastern Partnership region.