Project Officer at Expertise France

Project Officer MAV+ Rwanda (M/W)

Mission description

Responsibility:

Based in Kigali, the position for the Project Support Officer is under the direct responsibility of the Project Leader based also in Kigali and in liaison with the HQ in France and with the new Unit Support Project (USP) in Rwanda.

The Project Support Officer will support the Project Leader in the overall management and coordination of the project, in close cooperation with the Rwandan partners and the implementing International agencies ENABEL, GIZ and SIDA.

Working with the project team (Project Leader, Financial and Administrative Manager and the Project Manager in Paris) the Project Support Officer will be responsible for the following tasks in particular.

Project or context description

Overview:

Expertise France is the French public agency for international cooperation. The Agency focuses on four priority areas:

• Democratic, economic and financial governance;
• Stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations and security;
• Combating climate change and favoring sustainable urban development;
• Strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.

In these areas, Expertise France engineers and implements capacity-building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as a project coordinator, bringing together public expertise and private know-how. With a business volume of 390 million euros and over 400 projects in 145 countries, Expertise France's activities are part of France's international cooperation policy and official development assistance.

Context:

The African Union Commission and the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call for local production of 60% of Africa’s needed vaccines by 2040 as well as expanded local manufacturing of other health products.  The European Union and Member States are supporting these goals through the Team Europe Initiative on manufacturing and access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa (TEI MAV+).

The overall aim of the project is to strengthen the local manufacture of medicines and healthcare products in Rwanda, and the population's equitable access to these products, by enhancing the skills of the personnel needed for the various pharmaceutical professions, and by stimulating research and the development of new products and processes.

Expertise France together with the German cooperation (GIZ), the Belgian cooperation (Enabel) and the Swedish cooperation (SIDA) as well as with the support of national institutions (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Universities, Research Centers) and with international support, will help to reinforce and maintain a strong pharmaceutical ecosystem.

Support for operational management of project activities:

• Assist the Project Manager in planning, implementing and monitoring project activities;
• Assist and support in the coordination of meetings with national and international partners for the implementation of activities of the project (Inception Phase and beyond);
• Provide support to the project team in monitoring and updating tools, including ensuring that milestones are met, raising alarms and redirecting actions if necessary;
• Support the team in framing consultancy assignments and assist the project manager in proofreading deliverables and documents produced under the project to ensure technical quality control in liaison with the team;
• Contribute to project accountability and learning;

Support for administrative, financial and logistical aspects of the project:

• Support the implementation and updating of project management tools and procedures (e.g. procedure manual) and ensure their proper application;
• Participate in Expertise France's internal reporting (annual review, revised budget, action plan - initial budget);
• Contribute to the accurateness of the interim and final technical and financial activity reports required by the European Union, in liaison with the Unit Support Project (USP); in particular, verify budget allocations and coherence between technical and financial reports.
• Contribute to the update and following of the project procurement plan along the project implementation. Be in constant liaison with the USP to launch and follow the procurement procedures as well as providing the project technical support in all the steps in which they are required (ToRs, evaluation, reception). Compile and check the files before Project leader signature and launch to payment to the USP.
• Ensure the correct files archiving for all the project (project documents, procurement and financial files.)
• Follow and support the implementation of project logistics (organization of workshops, international expert missions, …) - in liaison with the Unit Support Project (USP);

Please only apply on: https://expertise-france.gestmax.fr/apply/12780/1