Blue Economy - Team Leader

CEFE International is a management consulting firm specializing in private sector development, headquartered in Cologne, Germany. We have longstanding experience empowering Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), fostering startup growth, and facilitating global business cooperation. For more information, please visit www.cefe.net.

We are applying for the project: Advisory Services to establish and implement a Blue Economy project in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique.

 We are currently looking for an expert to cover the Team leader position:

Experience requested: 

• University degree (e.g., ‘master’s or German Diplom’) in Economics, Natural Resource management or equivalent study.
• Knowledge of English, C1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 
• 15 years of professional experience in private sector development or consulting private sector companies or cooperation with business chambers or associations.
• 12 years of professional experience in international development projects in the field of the Blue Economy (small-scale fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, salt production, waste management and recycling and coastal resource management). 
• 10 years of management experience in projects, companies, or other organisations with disciplinary leadership responsibility for 6 persons or more.
• 5 years of professional experience in Kenya, in Mozambique or in Tanzania.
• 5 years of professional experience in Development Cooperation.

Tasks to be performed by the candidate: 

• To be based in Mombasa, Kenya.
• Overall responsibility for the advisory, project management and implementation of work packages of the contractor.
• Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the contractor’s services with other services delivered by the project at local, national and regional level.
• Responsibility for taking cross-cutting themes into consideration (for example, gender equality and green transition).
• Staff management, in particular identifying the need for short-term assignments within the available budget, planning and managing the assignments and supporting local and international experts.
• Ensuring that monitoring procedures are carried out.
• Regular reporting to GIZ in accordance with deadlines.
• Responsibility for checking the appropriate use of funds and financial planning in consultation with the officer responsible for the commission at GIZ.
• Supporting the officer responsible for the commission at GIZ in updating and/or adapting the project strategy, in evaluations and in preparing a follow-on phase.
• Maintaining contact with other relevant donors in the countries of assignment.

Please, if you are interested and fully fit the criteria requested, contact Cristina Ramirez: ramirez@cefe.net