Team leader – Head Researcher

Project Name: Traceability and audit sharing study

Location:

• Normal place of posting of the specific assignment: Home-based.
• Mission(s) outside the normal place of posting and duration(s): Yes, at least 1 mission per one or more priority sectors to a country related to the assignment

Start date and period of implementation:

• The indicative start date is 21/06/2022 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 215 days from this date (indicative end date: 22/01/2023)
• Working days: min 30.

Expertise:

• Team leader – Head researcher:
• General description of the position: The expert will review and draft key documents indicated in these terms of reference. He/she will also liaise with key stakeholders and industry actors for this purpose.
• Expert category: Cat. I (>12 years of experience)
• Qualifications and skills required: The candidate must hold a master’s degree in international trade, international economics/law, social or political science, development studies, or, in its absence, equivalent professional experience.
• General professional experience: The candidate should have at least 12 years of relevant experience in international cooperation of which at least 7 years of working experience in sustainable value chain management and sourcing and international trade.
• Specific professional experience: The candidate should have specific experience of 5 years in the following value chain management: agri-food, minerals, and ICT and sourcing, preferably in one or more of the target sectors of cocoa, coffee, minerals, electronic, and batteries. Excellent management and planning skills for similar research projects, attested by past involvement in at least 2 similar assignments as team leader. The candidate should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have experience in involving diverse stakeholders and achieving constructive outcomes attested by at least 2 similar assignments where the involvement of stakeholders was done.
• Language skills: Excellent command of English (C1), both oral and written is mandatory.
• Minimum number of working days: 10 days
• Additional information: The Project’s scope and activities are global, with desk and field research activities to be conducted from a remote office. In case the expert is in Brussels, in-person meetings can take place. There is however no budget envisaged to that end. Meetings will be held by videoconference.

Applications and updated CVs should be submitted to s.barbarii@developmentaid.org, under the title: DRS ref. number 11287. Due to the high number of applications received via DevelopmentAid website, we can reply to shortlisted candidates only. Please note that the above requirements can be modified during the recruitment process according to the client's procedures