- Long-term (3 years) Team Leader experience in the Philippines (Dual Training / Chamber Development Project)
- Long-term (5,5 years) Team Leader experience in South Africa (Labour Market Skills Development Programme)
- Sound knowledge of EC PCM, Logframe, M&E, PRAG, decentralised ex ante programme implementation, EC Financial and Procurement Management und EDF and Budget, including EC Grant Management.
- Sound knowledge of standard evaluation methodologies based on DAC criteria, as applied by EC and BMZ/GTZ
- More than 15 years of short and long-term project planning and implementation experience in private sector development and social development contexts , in particular skills development and labour market reform.
- Training and consultancy experience in the field of Private Sector Development, in particular Small and Medium sized Enterprise and Local Economic development
- Strong analytical and report drafting skills; Proven communication and intercultural management competence