The Sustainable Development Financing sector project (SV NEF) advises the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). One component of the SV NEF is the Procurement Reform Facility (PRF) of the European Procurement Partnership (EuPP) that will be implemented in cooperation with Expertise France. The EuPP is funded by the European Commission, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland and aims to promote public procurement reforms in selected partner countries and to implement advisory activities in this area. The PRF provides funding for the evaluation of public procurement according to the Methodology of Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) and to support reforms of the public procurement systems of selected partner countries.

Required criteria:

• Completed university studies in economics, administration, politics, law or Social sciences or a comparable course of study
• Several years of professional experience and in-depth expertise in the field of public procurement and in the modernisation of public administrations
• Several years of experience in partner counselling in partner countries of the German Development cooperation
• Extensive knowledge of the MAPS tool; practical experience in the use of the tool as well as a successful completion of the user test
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills as well as a high level of consulting competence
• Excellent communication and intercultural skills, diplomatic skills in building and maintaining relationships with partners at international and national level,
• Organizational talent and team player
• Ability to work independently
• Fluent in English

Desirable criteria:

• Knowledge of German as well as knowledge of Spanish and/or French is desirable