As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.

For our location Tlemcen we are looking for a

Programme Component Manager (m/f/d)
Pan African University Institute for
Water and Energy Sciences

JOB-ID: P1533V300

Assignment period: 03/01/2019 - 08/31/2020
Type of employment: full-time

Job Description
The Federal German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development supports the African Union Commission in setting up the Pan African University (PAU). The PAU is a continental network university striving for excellence and contributing to core fields of Africa`s development. The emphasis of PAU is on the training of graduates and doctoral candidates as well as on applied research, outreach and policy advice. The GIZ Programme is supporting the institutional development of the Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Science (including Climate Change) - PAUWES - located in Tlemcen, Algeria. The focus is on the strategic and organisational development, the quality assurance and needs-oriented development of current and new study programmes (PhD and professional Master for Climate Change) and Services as well as cooperation with the public, private and academic sector. In addition, the support through GIZ is focusing on the establishment of career services as well as the Pan African University Hub for Entrepreneurship with partnerships and outreach activities across the continent.

Your tasks:

• Responsibility for the management of the programme at the location in Algeria
• Supervision of a team on site
• Advising the PAUWES Director and staff on strategic planning and organizational development to achieve impact in the water and energy sector as well as regarding climate change
• Coordinating the advisory to the PAUWES with the project teams of GIZ providing support at the level of the PAU Rectorate and the African Union Commission across project locations
• Advising on frameworks and processes for quality assurance and relevance of current and new study programmes (Phd/professional master in climate change) and activities of the institute
• Supporting the planning, recruitment and development of personnel
• Supporting planning and measures to achieve financial sustainability
• Supporting the linkages of PAUWES with the African Union policy agenda and reform needs in the African higher education sector

Your Profile:

• Master degree in a relevant field in water and energy policy or engineering or in a different field in the economic, social sciences or in education
• Longstanding professional experience in organizational development, institution building and/or quality assurance in a higher education context
• Experience in cooperation between higher education and the private sector, employment orientation of higher education
• Working experience in an international and intercultural setting and a preferably high-level political context, ideally in Africa
• Leadership and team working skills, ability to motivate and mobilize staff
• Excellent advisory and communication skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and in challenging environments, high flexibility and resilience
• Excellent knowledge of English and good knowledge of French

If we caught your interest, we are looking forward to your application until 02/04/2019.
For more information please visit: https://jobs.giz.de/index.php?ac=jobad&id=41522