National Strategy Advisor - Enabel " Jerusalem "

National Strategy Advisor - Enabel " Jerusalem "

Enabel  is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s  governmental cooperation. The agency  also  works  for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad,  Enabel  offers  solutions  to  address pressing global challenges  -  Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality  -  and  to promote  Global  Citizenship.  With  2,000  staff,  Enabel  manages about 170 projects in twenty countries,  in Belgium,  Africa  and the Middle East. 

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Background

Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also implements actions for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad Enabel offers solutions addressing pressing global challenges: Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality, and Global Citizenship. With 1,500 staff, Enabel manages about 150 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.

Enabel - Belgian development agency, together with different Government Ministries, is implementing the bilateral Co-operation between Palestine & Belgium.

In this framework, the Enabel in Palestine Representation Office is seeking to recruit ONE (1) National Strategy Advisor to the Resident Representative.

Job Description

As a National Strategy Advisor, you will report directly to the Resident Representative.

Your main responsibilities and duties:

Advisor for the Elaboration of Country strategies and portfolios:

1. You identify partner country institutions and organisations that could partner with the Belgian Development Co-operation;
2. You support the Resident Representative in formulating an innovative country strategy proposal that is aligned with the partner country’s and Belgian priorities and fits the division of labour between donors;
3. You support the Resident Representative in analysing the local actors, elaborating the results and framework of the country portfolio, identifying indicators and defining execution modalities of the country portfolio ;

Expert in Monitoring:

1. You work with the Intervention Managers to realise the baselines for the new interventions;
2. You ensure that the indicator matrix of the country portfolio is updated, of high quality and consistent with Palestine’s development indicators;
3. You support the use of data recorded in Pilot so that the Resident Representative has the necessary information with regard to the interventions;
4. You support the Resident Representative in the  quarterly consultation meetings with the Intervention Managers;
5. You actively support the Resident Representative in preparing the Annual Country Action plan;
6. You support the Resident Representative in writing the annual report on the country portfolio implementation, particularly regarding the monitoring of the performance and development indicators of the interventions;
7. You support the preparation of all meetings with partners and Intervention Managers and participate if needed;
8. You support the Resident Representative in analysing the relevance and sustainability of interventions;

Expert in Development Co-operation :

1. You analyse Palestine’s development policies, especially those regarding the priority sectors and themes of the Belgian co-operation and stay informed on the recent evolutions;
2. you research and document information on sectors and themes of concentration by attending seminars, conferences, as well as networking with other key development partners in the country;
3. You actively participate in technical work group meetings with other key players/donors in the development sector;
4. You ensure that both positive and negative country portfolio implementation experiences are capitalised in order to ensure continuous improvement and formulate strategy recommendations for the Resident Representative;
5. You participate in and feed a network with the strategic advisors of the other partner countries to exchange on the performance and development results of Enabel’s co-operation programmes and draw lessons learned from them.

Advisor on development of Partnerships with partner country actors:

1. You develop and maintain relations with partner country institutions and organizations that are active or may become active in implementing the country portfolio; also documenting about these partner country actors;
2. You propose to the Resident Representative, potential partnerships between partner country (Palestine) and Belgian public institutions;
3. You pursue relations with partner country actors, third party procurement opportunities and proposes them to the Resident Representative.

Advisor to the Resident Representative:

1. You ensure contacts, discussions and negotiations with the local authorities, in close collaboration with the Resident Representative;
2. You support the Resident Representative in the preparation of meetings concerning the country portfolio and if necessary accompany him/her and prepare the necessary highlights of the meeting;
3. You represent Enabel at official public events;
4. You contribute to synergy with co-workers at the Representation to increase the visibility and operational efficiency of the Representation office.

Education

Master's degree relevant to the field of international development cooperation.

Required experience

Minimum 5 years of experience in public or private organisations operating in the development cooperation sector.

Required skills and knowledge

1. Broad and in-depth understanding of partner country development policies;
2. Knowledge of the Project cycle and the Logical Framework;
3. Good Mastery of Monitoring and Evaluation systems;
4. Experience with Organizational Analysis;
5. Experience in the design of projects or programmes;
6. Good knowledge of relevant Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools;
7. Excellent oral and written communication, negotiating and networking skills;
8. Experience in managing international co-operation programmes is an asset;
9. You are fluent in spoken and written Arabic. Considering the international environment you work, excellent knowledge of English is required.

How to Apply:

Apply HERE on-line with an application letter and your updated CV, at the latest by 2 April 2023.

Only applications that are registered here via our on-line portal will be considered.