Team Leader (with experience in Cali)

Afci; Sur; Híbrido; COP 167.400.000 - 256.680.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Afci is seeking a senior project advisory lead to oversee our Regions Initiative in Colombia, coordinating cross‑functional teams and ensuring alignment with local and national activities. You will design and monitor capacity development for migrants and vulnerable groups, while managing budgets and reporting to the contracting authority.

The role requires extensive experience in inclusion, development partnerships, and gender perspectives, with a focus on Valle del Cauca and collaboration with

Formación

• University degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Applied Economics, Public Management, or Project Management.
• Spanish language proficiency at CEFR C1 level.
• 10 years of professional experience in migrant inclusion and vulnerable populations.
• 5 years collaborating with public and private sector stakeholders.
• 7 years promoting employment or self-employment for migrants.
• 5 years capacity development for migrants and vulnerable groups.
• 5 years of management experience with at least 3 staff.
• 5 years experience in Valle del Cauca.
• 4 years in development cooperation projects.
• 3 years experience PPPs or integrated development partnerships.
• 3 years implementing projects with a gender perspective.

Responsabilidades

• Overall responsibility for the contractor’s advisory work packages.
• Ensuring coherence and complementarity of services with other activities.
• Design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of capacity development.
• Managing cross-cutting issues (e.g., gender equality).
• Team leadership and supervision of missions and staff.
• Monitoring and reporting to the contracting authority.
• Knowledge management of implemented activities.
• Preparation and submission of regular reports.
• Financial planning and monitoring funds with the GIZ commission manager.
• Oversight of local subsidies and procurement processes.
• Supporting adaptation of project design and follow‑up phases.
• Coordination with other donors and the German Embassy.
• Management of local grants within subsidies framework.

Conocimientos

Inclusion of migrants

Stakeholder collaboration

Team leadership

Budget monitoring

Gender equality

Monitoring & evaluation

Educación

Master’s degree in Economics

Master’s degree in Public/Management

Project Management

Descripción del empleo

Regions Initiative – Promoting the economic and health participation of particularly vulnerable refugees and migrants, as well as host communities in Colombia.

• Overall responsibility for the contractor’s advisory work packages.
• Ensuring coherence and complementarity of the contractor’s services with other project activities at local and national levels.
• Design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of capacity development measures for local counterparts.
• Responsibility for integrating cross-cutting issues (e.g. gender equality).
• Team leadership, including identifying the need for short-term missions within budget constraints, as well as planning and supervising missions and advising experts.
• Ensuring results-based monitoring and reporting to the contracting authority.
• Ensuring knowledge management of implemented activities.
• Preparation and submission of regular and timely reports.
• Responsibility for financial planning and monitoring the use of funds, in coordination with the GIZ commission manager.
• Oversight of the preparation, implementation, and administration of local subsidies and procurement processes.
• Supporting the commission manager in updating and/or adapting project design, conducting evaluations, and preparing follow‑up phases.
• Ensuring coordination with other donors and the German Embassy.
• Management and coordination of local grants. Within the framework of local subsidies, GIZ supports and advises the funding recipient in implementing agreed measures in line with contractual requirements.

• University degree (Master’s or equivalent – diploma / bachelor’s / master’s) in Economics, Social Sciences, Applied Economics, Public Management, or Project Management.
• Spanish language proficiency at C1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
• 10 years of professional experience in the field of inclusion of migrants and vulnerable populations (e.g. victims, displaced persons, women, ethnic groups, and other vulnerable civil society groups).
• 5 years of experience collaborating with public and private sector stakeholders.
• 7 years of professional experience in promoting employment or self‑employment for migrants and vulnerable populations.
• 5 years of experience in capacity development for migrants and vulnerable populations.
• 5 years of management experience within projects, companies, or other organizations, including line management responsibility for at least 3 staff members.
• 5 years of professional experience in Valle del Cauca.
• 4 years of experience in development cooperation projects.
• Experience in the following areas:
• 3 years of professional experience with instruments for establishing public‑private partnerships (PPPs) or integrated development partnerships.
• 3 years of professional experience in implementing projects with a gender perspective.

Last modified

5 months 3 weeks

Idiomas

Spanish