Team Leader cat. II (90 working days)

The overall objective (Impact) to which the present action contributes is to substantially increase visibility, awareness, understanding and perception of the EU in Nepal

The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall coordination of the technical assistance and ensure effective coordination between all project components. She/he will further have to demonstrate the ability to manage technical specialists as non-key experts for delivering the various technical tasks under the project. The Team leader will also guarantee the efficiency and effectiveness of the overall project management and implementation, including that projects outputs, monitoring, and reports are appropriate, consistent, and timely and of good quality. The
Team Leader shall have to demonstrate, throughout his/her proven qualifications, skills and professional experience, the following: excellent interpersonal skills, collaborative and team-oriented and service oriented work style, strong strategic vision/planning skills, self-motivated ability to work independently, solution oriented, eye for detail/accuracy, resilience; ability to dialogue with national Authorities and institutional structures.

Qualifications and skills required: Education at least Master's Degree in a discipline relevant to the scope of the assignment such as international relations or other discipline related to the present assignment, or equivalent relevant professional experience (i.e. minimum 4 years of professional experience in EU policy support in addition to the minimum 5 years of general professional experience in EU policy support mentioned below).

General professional experience:
• Minimum 5 years of general professional experience related to the assignment;
• Knowledge and experience working with or in partnership with institutions in the EU would be an asset;
• Knowledge and experience with EU external and policy priorities relevant to the present assignment would be considered as higher asset (policy priorities are defined in section 1.1 of the present terms of reference);
• Some experience related to EU external relations would be considered an asset;
• At least 2 years’ experience as a Team Leader in managing technical assistance projects/programmes would be an asset (e.g. strong analytical skills, working in dynamic environments, clear prioritisation skills, clear writing skills, project management skills; people management skills to be able to lead, coach and motivate a team of experts to deliver the required results; experience in people and resource management). This can also be combined experience from different assignments;
• Experience should be demonstrated in tasks/projects which required strong analytical skills, working in dynamic environments, clear prioritisation skills, clear writing skills, project management skills.

Specific professional experience:
• Minimum 2 years of specific professional experience in similar assignments supporting policy dialogues in external relations would be an asset. This can also be combined experience from different assignments which combined amount to minimum 2 years specific professional experience;
• The following would be an asset: minimum 2 years of specific professional experience as lead of project(s) supporting policy dialogues in external relations in middle and low income countries (included in the 10 years of general professional experience). This can also be combined experience from different assignments which combined amount to minimum 2 years specific professional experience;
• The following would be an asset: minimum 2 years of specific professional experience working with EU procedures, in particular related to service contracts (included in the 10 years of general professional experience). This can also be combined experience from different assignments;

• Language skills: Fluency in English (C1 level)