Team Leader (International Expert) at Mercy Corps

• Provide overall responsibility and direction for all advisory packages delivered under the assignment.
• Ensure coherence, complementarity, and alignment of contractor services with other project activities at both national and local levels.
• Support GIZ in refining and adapting project strategies, contributing to evaluations, and preparing for potential follow-on phases.

• Provide managerial leadership to a multidisciplinary team of experts, including identifying needs for short-term assignments, planning and managing inputs, and supporting technical delivery.
• Oversee quality assurance for all outputs, ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables that meet client standards.
• Ensure coordinated, efficient, and results-oriented implementation.

• Lead the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of capacity development measures for government institutions, utilities, regulators, and other local partners.
• Integrate cross-cutting themes-such as gender equality, inclusion, and climate resilience-into all advisory and capacity-building activities.
• Ensure that monitoring procedures are systematically applied and that results inform adaptive management.

• Oversee financial planning and ensure appropriate use of funds in close consultation with the client.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, administrative, and reporting requirements, including regular progress reporting in line with agreed deadlines.

• Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
• Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members.
• Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options.

• Master's degree (or equivalent, e.g., German Diploma) in engineering relevant to energy, renewable energy, power systems, or energy economics/markets.

• Excellent command of English (C1 level, CEFR).

• General: Minimum 12 years of professional experience in the power sector, working with both public and private entities. At least 3 of these years must have been acquired within the last 5 years.
• Specific: At least 10 years of experience in renewable energy project development, 5 of which in rural electrification projects.
• Leadership & management: Minimum 10 years of management experience leading teams of three or more people in projects, companies, or organizations. 5 of which involved managing teams within donor-funded projects.
• International and regional experience. At least 5 years of professional experience in two countries outside the West Arica region, with at least one year spent in each country
• Regional experience: Minimum 8 years of professional experience in West Africa, 4 of which in Nigeria
• At least 8 years of experience working on development cooperation projects.

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