Project: Technical Assistance to ARSO in Road Safety:

The general objective of this assignment is to help improve road safety in Africa through the production of better data and capacitation on state-of-the-art decision making. This is a long-standing commitment of the AU towards its Member States. The EU is a long-term partner of the AU on this topic.

NTU International A/S, leading a strong international consortium, is proud to have been awarded the Technical Assistance to ARSO in Road Safety project.

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Position: Key Expert 1: Team Leader - Project Manager

As Team Leader, you will be responsible for the following assignments:

• Effectively managing all activities carried out within the contract;
• Developing the strategic and monitoring framework, planning, and implementing relevant activities that will contribute to the realisation of the expected results
• Provision of guidance and strategic advice to the AU Road Policy Officer responsible for AU ARSO and/or the AU ARSO Chair;
• Institutional representation of AU ARSO at international meetings when the AU official and/or the AU ARSO Chair cannot attend

Assignment duration: 880 person-days in total (220 x 4 per year).

Qualifications and skills:

• Master's degree in sciences, economics, business, public works administration, international relations or a relevant, directly related discipline; In its absence, equivalent relevant professional experience of minimum of 7years,
• Experience in working with global and regional organizations and donor/financial institutions for resource mobilization;
• Experience in programme planning and budgeting;

Specific professional experience:

• The expert must have at least 10 years of relevant professional experience in project management experience
• At least 5 years of experience in team coordination and executing programs at regional or continental levels

Language skills:

• At least level C1 in English
• at least level B2 in French
• Knowledge of other languages spoken in Africa such as Arabic, Swahili, Zulu, etc. would be considered an asset;

If you are interested in this position, please apply and upload your CV. Please also make sure that you include one or more telephone numbers.

Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted due to the large amount of applicants.

NTU International is a leading international consulting firm providing programme management and advisory services for development projects worldwide. For almost three decades, NTU has been delivering sustainable development projects and advisory services within engineering, policy, economics, and social fields. With more than 1.100 international projects and studies already completed, and 16 project offices around the world, we have established ourselves as a leading consulting company. With the expansion of international activities and clients, NTU’s project pipeline and opportunities have grown significantly, therefore, we are looking for a motivated and result oriented individual and/or company, institution or organisation, who is interested in experiencing being part of our international success.