Country: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Closing date: 15 Jan 2016
SOFRECO is a leading company in consultancy and technical assistance for sustainable economic and social development. SOFRECO practises three complementary professions: consultancy, engineering and training. Our assignments, most of which fall within the scope of programmes for sustainable development and poverty reduction, cover numerous fields:
- agriculture, rural development and food aid;
- the environment, natural resource management and mining;
- industrial engineering, essentially in agribusiness and fertiliser chemistry;
- infrastructures, transport, urban planning, energy and telecommunications;
- good governance and public management, management of the economy, strengthening of the legislative framework and legal system;
- education, vocational training and social development;
- health and social policy;
- the development of the private sector.
In the framework of the "Regional coordination and support for the EU — CA enhanced regional cooperation on Environment, Climate Change and Water" EU-funded Project, SOFRECO is searching for a Team Leader (minimum of 600 working days, total duration of the project: 36 months), with the following:
Key Qualifications and skills:
- A University Degree in biology or earth sciences or engineering or environmental sciences or public administration or international relations or law, or equivalent;
- A post-graduate degree in these fields is an advantage;
- English is essential; Russian will be an advantage;
General and specific professional experience:
- Minimum 7 year professional experience;
- Minimum 5 years of experience in institutional and/or policy development and/or in facilitating reform processes in an international cooperation context in climate change or environmental governance;
- At least one year of cumulated working experience in any country of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia and/or EU accession countries is an advantage;
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a Team Leader type position is required;
- Experience in organising and moderating at least two high-level meetings/working groups is required;
- Minimum 3 month cumulated engagement(s) in actions complying with or promoting EU environmental legislation and/or water processes, is required;
- At least 6 month of cumulated professional experience in any country of Central Asia will be an advantage.
How to apply:
Please send your detailed CV specifying your availability to: mje@sofreco.com / rh@sofreco.com
You can also apply via our website: http://sofreco.com/UK/formOffreEmploi.awp?P1=EN_04008&P2=team-leader-for-eu--central-asia-cooper...-central-asia)