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Femconsult maintains a database of consultants for short-term and long-term assignments. Currently the Femconsult Skills Bank Roster contains more than 500 CVs of international and national experts.
If your experience is relevant to the work we do and if you wish to be registered in our Skills Bank Roster for future job opportunities, please submit your CV in the EU format English. If we have a specific assignment that suits your expertise, experience and availability, we shall contact you. Femconsult will only present your CV to clients with your consent.
Should you require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact us.
Current opportunities
| Final Evaluation of the Governance for Equitable Development (GED) Programme in China
| | Country/Location | China | | Period | 2 April 2012 to 31 May 2012 | | Team composition | Senior Team Leader (Law/Social/Political Sciences): Please see the ToR for the full profile (includign team requirements)
Team Leader:
- MA in Law, Social or Political Science
- Specialist in Good Governance and Rule of Law
- Experience with project monitoring and evaluation
- Experience with rule of law/civil society projects would be an asset
- Working experience in/with China or in other Asian developing countries would be an asset
Senior Expert 2 (Law or Political Sciences) : - MA in Law or Political Sciences
- Experience in the field of legal reform/policy making
- Experience with UNDP procedures
- Working experience in China would be an asset
Junior Expert (Law/Social/Political Sciences): - MA in Law, Social or Political Sciences
- Experience in the field of Good Governance and Rule of Law
- Work experience with Chinese government officials at senior level
- Fluent in English and have a perfect command of Mandarin Chinese
- EU-China cooperation experience would be an asset | | Description | The GED programme focusses on 3 components:
1) Increased Access to Justice
2) Improved law and policy-making system
3) Broadened Civil Society involvement
The overall objective of the programme is to support the Chinese Government in its efforts to develop an open and equitabl society based on the rule of law. The purpose of the programme is to promote participatory and inclusive approaches to selected legislative, judicial and governmental processes.
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| Final Evaluation mission of Non State Actors Strengthening Programme | | Country/Location | The Gambia | | Period | 5 March 2012 to May 2012 | | Team composition | Expert - NSA: · Have at least 10 years professional experience relevant to the assignment directly or indirectly, related to the area of NSAs or civil society strengthening
· Hold a Master’s Degree in development studies, or human rights or equivalent, or a subject related to development with a focus on governance or in a related field.
· Previous work experience in a related field in developing countries, preferably in the region.
· Previous working experience with the EU development policies and procedures.
· Fluency in English with proficiency in clear and concise report writing.
· Knowledge of local languages would be an asset.
| | Description | The global objective of the assignment is to contribute to improving the quality and impact of EU support to NSA in The Gambia, and more broadly in developing countries. The specific objective of the assignment is is to evaluate the relevance, impact, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the NSA programme. |
| Support to the National Coordinating Unit (NCU) in Kyrgyzstan | | Country/Location | Kyrgyzstan | | Period | 5 March 2012 to November 2012 | | Team composition | Team Leader: • Master's Degree Academic level, or a bachelor's degree1 (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of three years study in a university or equivalent institution), or minimum 15 years of professional experience in international relations, political science, economy or other relevant discipline.
• At least 10 years experience in the sectors related to Lot 7
• Professional experience in managing international teams of at least 7 years
• Proven working experience in an EU-funded project in Kyrgyzstan during the last 3 years (2009, 2010, 2011) would be a strong advantage
• Sound knowledge of EU programming cycle and procedures in at least 2 EU-funded projects during the last 7 years
• Working experience in donors coordination issues
• Working experience of at least 2 years in transitional economies
• Fluent in English
• Fluent Russian is a strong advantage
Expert 2 - Economist: • Masters Degree academic level, or a bachelors degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of three years study in a university or equivalent institution) in the field of Economics/Finance or minimum 10 years of professional experience in economic/business
administration.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience in the sectors related to Lot 7
• Professional working experience in at least 1 donor-funded project
• At least 3 years of working experience in a Ministry of Finance/ Economics/Central Bank with responsibility for economic issues
• At least 3 years of working experience in Kyrgyzstan with thorough understanding of macroeconomic issues and strategy development
• Experience in capacity building and training
• Good knowledge of local structure and networking
• Fluent in Russian and working level of English and Kyrgyz
Expert 3 - Legal expert: • Masters Degree academic level, or a bachelors degree2 (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of three years study in a university or equivalent institution) in the field of Law or minimum 10 years of professional experience in legal issues.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience in the sectors related to Lot 7
• Professional working experience in at least 1 donor-funded project
• Experience in legal aspects with thorough understanding of EU-KR Partnership and Cooperation agreement would be a strong asset
• At least 2 years of working experience on EU programming and coordination issues would be a strong asset
• Experience in capacity building and training
• Good knowledge of local structure and networking
• Fluent in Russian and working level of English and Kyrgyz | | Description | The overall objective of this assignment is to strengthen the capacities of the National Coordinating Unit and Public Administration to implement the Country Development Strategy, the EU-KR Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and Public Investment Programme (PIP) as well as to facilitate dialogue between the European Union and Kyrgyzstan. |
| "Technical Assistance for Legal Aid Counselling and Leadership Training” in Ethiopia in the field of legal aid for women and access to justice.
| | Country/Location | Ethiopia | | Period | 5 March 2012 to 30 April 2012 | | Team composition | Senior Legal Expert (TL): Expert 1 - Team Leader/Senior legal expert, 33 working days
Required qualifications and skills
• Minimum Master Degree in Law or equivalent professional experience of at least 20 years.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in the field of Legal Aid and/or Gender Law.
• Thorough knowledge of gender policies and strategies, in particular the EU global approach to gender and the international set of rules, laws and conventions related.
• Having experience in similar programmes.
• Experience in the design of core team training programme, interactive training, and manual drafting skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
Other qualifications and skills
• Knowledge of development issues.
• Good understanding of the social and economic policies of the EU and the Government of Ethiopia.
• Ability to manage and lead a team.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
Senior Legal Expert 2: Expert 2 -Senior legal expert, 30 working days
Required qualifications and skills
• Minimum Master Degree in Law or equivalent professional experience of at least 20 years.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in the field of Legal Aid and/or Gender Law.
• Thorough knowledge of gender policies and strategies, in particular the EU global approach to gender and the international set of rules, laws and conventions related.
• Having experience in similar programmes.
• Experience in the design of core team training programme, interactive training, and manual drafting skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Amharic.
Other qualifications and skills
• Knowledge of development issues.
• Good understanding of the social and economic policies of the EU and the Government of Ethiopia.
• Ability to manage and lead a team.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
2 Junior Experts Legal Counselling and Leadership: Two junior experts, Legal Aid Counselling and leadership, 30 working days each.
Required qualifications and skills
• Minimum Master Degree in Law or an equivalent professional experience of at least 13 years.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in the field of gender, legal aid and leadership programmes.
• Thorough knowledge of gender policies and strategies, in particular the EU global approach to gender mainstreaming and the international set of rules, laws and conventions related and Ethiopian Law and jurisprudence (also regional).
• Fluency in written and spoken English and at least one of following languages: Amharic, Tigrigna or Oromigna.
Other qualifications and skills
• Good organiser of complex training programmes.
• Good knowledge and working experience in the ACP region and Ethiopia.
• Experience in management training, HR management, gender empowerment.
• Ability to communicate and to present trainings in simple and clear terms
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
| | Description | The present mission aims to carry out a Legal Aid Counseling and Leadership training with all key stakeholders from law enforcement and Civil Society Organizations involved, to improve the quality of legal aid for women and to facilitate the access to the justice system. Hence, this training to legal aid officers and paralegals will be conducted aiming to achieve the following specific objectives.
The specific objectives of the study are:
• To respond to women’s need to access justice;
• To enable frontline workers to provide an effective and competent advice and assistance to women and to cooperate competently with law enforcement bodies;
• To skilfully handle litigations, negotiations and stressful situations to achieve a winning result;
• Practical examples of legal letter writing (statement of claim, defence, appeal, execution, etc)
• To collect and analyze data on issues affecting women in the 11 regions and make useful recommendations
• To facilitate discussions among participants and make useful recommendations
• To enhance skills in leadership and basic management
• Provision of training on legal aid and on national/international human rights instruments
Geographical area to be covered:
Under the institutional capacity building component, all nine regions and two city administrations will be targeted. Trainings will be organized at Addis Ababa and Harar.
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| “Final Evaluation of the Health Sector Policy Support Programme” in Egypt.
| | Country/Location | Egypt | | Period | 4 March 2012 to 30 June 2012 | | Team composition | Senior Health Sector Development Expert (TL): Expert 1 - Senior: Team Leader, 25 working days.
Education: University degree in Medicine and Master’s Degree in Public Health (or equivalent)
1) General professional experience:
At least 10 years experience in the area relevant to the assignment
2) Specific professional Experience:
• experiences in final evaluation and monitoring of Health Sector Reform and EU Health Project and Programmes;
• 5 years of experience in Health Policy and Health Sector Reform;
• 3 years of experience in health strategic – operational planning and monitoring;
• experience in health sector reform towards the setup of Social Health Insurance;
• experience with accreditation programme for Primary Health Care public service provider;
• experience with Primary Health Care development programme;
• experience in working with Health Information System;
• previous healthcare project experience in Egypt/Middle East will be an asset.
3) Additional skills:
• Full working knowledge of English.
• Knowledge of Arabic will be an asset.
Junior Health Financing Expert: Expert 2- Junior, 25 working days
Education: University degree in Economy, Master’s Degree in Health Financing (or equivalent)
1) General professional experience
At least 3 years of experience in the area relevant to the assignment
2) Specific professional experience:
• experience in health sector budgeting (especially in shifting from facility based budgeting to Social health Insurance);
• experience in health financing (including health insurance scheme);
• experience with Programme and Performance base Budgeting;
• experience in health cost recovery, and co-payment mechanisms (e.g. considering the access versus the ability to pay);
• experience in financial safety net for the coverage of the poor;
• experience with incentive based "human resources management".
3) Additional skills:
• Full working knowledge of English.
• Knowledge of Arabic will be an asset.
| | Description | The overall objective of the HSPSP is: to accompany the reform of health sector in its strategic short, medium and long term objectives, to promote good governance and fiscal, financial, institutional and technical sustainability and to roll-out the Family Health Model. This overall objective is sustained by three specific targets that are:
• the assurance of fiscal and financial sustainability of the reform (by strengthening fiscal comprehensiveness, transparency, sustainability and by restructuring financially sound sector-wide Health Insurance System);
• the guarantee of institutional sustainability and good governance (by streamlining legal, regulatory and institutional framework for the health care sector);
• the warranty of technical and professional sustainability of the reform (by the reorganisation of the service delivery of the Family Health Model).
The final evaluation aims at measuring the impact of the programme, assessing if the tools and activities chosen are the most pertinent and effective ones. It will provide the decision-makers in the Government of Egypt, the relevant external co-operation services of the European Union and the wider public with sufficient information to:
a) make an overall independent assessment about the past performance of the programme, particularly paying attention to the impact of the project actions against its objectives;
b) identify key lessons and to propose practical recommendations for follow-up actions.
The final evaluation shall cover the period from the start-up of the project implementation until 31st July 2011, end of the operational implementation phase.
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| Assessment of the Scholarships for the Turkish Cypriot Community
Programme | | Country/Location | Cyprus | | Period | 22 February 2012 to May 2012 | | Team composition | Team Leader - Higher Education expert: �� Senior expert with at least a Masters Degree
�� At least 10 years of working experience
�� At least 5 years experience in management of a higher education programme of the
European Union in one of the EU Member States
�� Excellent working knowledge and report writing skills in English;
In addition the team as a whole should have:
- Working experience in the northern part of Cyprus;
- Working experience with EU Grants on the field of human resources development or higher education;
- Good knowledge of PRAG;
- Experience in evaluation of grant proposals/applications on the field of higher education;
- Experience with Erasmus programme;
- Knowledge of Turkish language is an asset.
Expert 2 - Higher Education: �� Junior expert with at least a Masters Degree
�� At least 5 years of working experience
�� Experience with impact assessment/evaluation of EU programmes on the field of higher education
�� Excellent working knowledge and report writing skills in English;
In addition the team as a whole should have:
- Working experience in the northern part of Cyprus;
- Working experience with EU Grants on the field of human resources development or higher education;
- Good knowledge of PRAG;
- Experience in evaluation of grant proposals/applications on the field of higher education;
- Experience with Erasmus programme;
- Knowledge of Turkish language is an asset. | | Description | The assessment will provide the decision-makers at the Turkish Cypriot community (TCc) and the relevant services of the European Commission with sufficient information to improve the impact of the scholarship grant scheme, address the appropriate categories of students and teachers without unduly restricting their choice of programmes, identify sectors most relevant to the TCc, improve and streamline application requirements, etc. |
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