Team Composition: 

Key expert 1: Team Leader – Technical Assistance Facility

• Qualifications and skills:  
  • Master's Degree in Social Policy, Social Security, Social Protection
  • Fluency in both written and spoken English 

• General Professional Requirements:
  • 12 years of experience in social development or humanitarian policy development, preferably in Africa;
  • 8 years of experience with bilateral and/or multilateral development partners;
  • Experiences with the EU development or humanitarian agencies will be considered an asset, preferably in Africa; 

• Specific Professional Requirements:
  • 2 years of experience working on social protection projects, over the last 5 years;
  • Experience in Horn of Africa and especially of Somali context.

Key expert 2: Organisation and institutional development Expert

• Qualifications and skills:  
  • Master's Degree in Social Policy, Social Security, Social Protection
  • Fluency in both written and spoken English
  • Somali language is an asset 

• General Professional Requirements:
  • 12 years of experience working on training needs analysis and capacity building in the area of social protection in the public sector;
  • 5 years of experience with bilateral and/or multilateral development partners; 

• Specific Professional Requirements:
  • 5 years proven experience with capacity building, preferably in the Horn of Africa or similar context;
  • 2 years of experience with institutional structures, training needs analysis, and capacity building in social ministries;
  • Experience working on EU-funded social protection projects and knowledge of and experience with EDF rules and procedures;
  • 2 years of experience with institutional structures, training needs analysis, and capacity building in social ministries;
  • Experience with staff training and mentoring in at least 4 assignments.

Key expert 3: Social Protection Systems Expert

• Qualifications and skills:  
  • Master's Degree in Information Systems;
  • Fluency in both written and spoken English 

• General Professional Requirements:
  • 12 years of experience working at a high level in systems design and development in the public sector;
  • 5 years of experience with bilateral and/or multilateral development partners; 

• Specific Professional Requirements:
  • 5 years proven experience with systems development in the social security sector, preferably in Africa;
  • Proven experience with M&E methods and approaches for data collection (quantitative, qualitative and participatory); data processing; data analysis and reporting (using appropriate computer packages) will be seen as an advantage;
  • Proven experience with staff training and mentoring in systems development and implementation, as reflected in at least 2 assignments undertaken in the last 5 years;
  • Previous experience working on EU-funded social protection projects and knowledge of and experience with EDF rules and procedures will be seen as an advantage.

Key expert 4: Safety Nets Coordination Facilitator

• Qualifications and skills:  
  • Master's Degree in Social Policy, Social Security, Social Protection;
  • Fluency in both written and spoken English
  • Somali language is an asset 

• General Professional Requirements:
  • 6 years proven experience managing or coordinating large scale delivery programmes. Experience inside government systems an advantage;
  • 2 years of experience with bilateral and/or multilateral development partners;
  • 5 years’ experience of managing large field team structures in remote / hard to reach locations; 

• Specific Professional Requirements:
  • 3 years proven experience with capacity building, preferably in Africa;
  • 2 years of experience with project management, reporting and monitoring systems;

Experience working on social protection projects will be seen as an advantage.