Team Leader for EU funded Regional Development Project

PwC Turkey is looking for a Team Leader for the EU funded project “Technical Assistance for "Capacity Enhancement for Development and Implementation of Smart Specialization Strategies in Turkey's Regions (CEDIS3)" to be implemented in Turkey.

The Team Leader will work on a full-time basis for a minimum number of 440 working days (24 months) during the project implementation and s/he will be maintaining full-time presence in Turkey, at the duty station, during the lifespan of the project.

The candidates are requested to apply with their CVs in English to cemali.arici@pwc.com with REF “Name-Surname/TL till 27/01/2023.

Brief description of the project:

The overall objective of this contract is to enhance the capacity of national and regional actors in order to formulate and implement effective smart specialisation strategies in Turkey.

The specific objective of this contract is to improve SSS development and implementation capacity at national - MoIT, particularly Directorate General for Development Agencies - and regional -Development Agencies- levels as well as to contribute to the creation of necessary networking and governance mechanisms regionally, nationally and/or internationally.

Commencement date of the project: July 2023

Requirements:

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's degree in one of the fields of economics/ business administration/ international relations/ social sciences /political sciences/ engineering (i.e. management/industrial/mechanical/ chemical /computer/ electrical/electronic/ telecommunication technologies). In the absence of above mentioned degrees, any Bachelor's degree will be accepted together with a minimum 15 years of working experience in regional/local economic development/competitiveness initiatives or smart specialisation strategies
• A post-graduate degree (MSc or MBA or PhD degree) in above fields will be an asset
• Very good command of English (speaking, reading and writing)

General professional experience

• Minimum 10 years of general professional experience following the attainment of a Bachelor's degree

Specific professional experience

• Minimum 2 years of working experience as a team leader/deputy team leader/project manager/program manager in EU/internationally funded project/programme(s) (Only the references indicating uninterrupted 6 months or more experience in one
  project/programme will be considered acceptable).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in projects/programmes covering regional innovation systems/ smart specialization strategies/ innovation management/ regional entrepreneurship/ SME development and support.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in projects that cover preparation and/or implementation and/or delivery of smart specialisation strategy trainings (i.e. data management and analysis/ entrepreneurial discovery process/ spatial analysis/ technology and innovation management/ partnership mechanisms) will be an asset.