Team Leader

Starting Date: 11.11.2024

Period: 10 months

Language: English

Reporting to: Program Director and Country Representative

Aim of the position:

Team Leader – Urban and Socio-economic census.
Support to the management of a FFH/WB project for the integrated census of socio-economic, land and housing conditions of the families in 4 cities of Mozambique. More information available at: https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/procurement-detail/OP00262186

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Management and coordination of project activities
• Together with the project team, planning and development of activities necessary for the census
• Support in the supervision and verification of administrative and procurement procedures
• Coordination of activities with respect to the schedule defined by the chronogram
• Drafting, revision and updating of technical documents such as: ToR, Financing Proposals, General Operational Plans etc.
• Development of relations with local partners and stakeholders involved in the project (institutions, donor, community)
• Preparation of expected deliverables, and narrative and accounting reports of the project to the donor and competent authorities
• Support for verifying the correctness of the administrative reporting of project expenses
• Coordination of monitoring activities.

Essential Requirements:

Education: Master’s degree in economics, or local development, or sociology, or related fields.

Work Experience:
• Technician with minimum of 10 years of experience undertaking household surveys and/or population census in low-income countries;
• 5 years (or over 5 projects) experiences leading project management of censuses or surveys;
• Proven management experience in land cadaster activities in urban areas will be considered an advantage.

Language Proficiency: Knowledge of Portuguese and English.

Required skills and experiences:

• Proven experience in poverty assessment will be considered an advantage;
• Experience in Mozambique will be considered an advantage;
• Ability to articulate and coordinate effectively with the government, local and international NGOs, and other actors;
• Computer skills: Excellent knowledge of the main Office IT tools, in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook;
• Knowledge of GIS is an advantage.