GGGI recruits 01 Project Management Consultant (Green PSE)

Based in Seoul, The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) was established in 2012 as an intergovernmental organization founded to support and promote a model of economic growth known as “green growth”, which targets key aspects of economic performance such a poverty reduction, job creation, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. GGGI works with countries around the world, building their capacity and working collaboratively on green growth policies that can impact the lives of millions. The organization partners with countries, multilateral institutions, government bodies, and private sector to help build economies that grow strongly and are more efficient and sustainable in the use of natural resources, less carbon intensive, and more resilient to climate change.

Context

Senegal has adopted since 2014, the Plan Senegal Emergent (PSE) as a unique benchmark for public policies. This displayed political will triggered in the first operational phase of the PSE (2014-2018), a dynamic of economic expansion capable of ensuring the improvement of the well-being of the Senegalese population.

An analysis of the strong economic and social results recorded over the period 2014 – 2018 identified a number of challenges to be taken up in order to achieve the transformation of the Senegalese economy. The second operational phase 2019 – 2023 of the PSE will be used to meet these challenges, with a view at maintaining this strong, inclusive and sustainable growth dynamic. Among these challenges is the need to prioritize and highlight the country’s commitment to a green transition and move towards accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this regard, the President of Senegal has included in the framework of this second phase the Green PSE Program, as a priority to support this dynamic and provide practical responses to climate change and the achievement of the SDGs.

In relation to its missions in terms of structuring the priority initiatives of the State of Senegal, the PSE Operational Monitoring Bureau (BOS), in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) and the GGGI, plans to start structuring this important initiative.

The Republic of Senegal became a member of the GGGI in 2014. Since 2016, the GGGI supports the Government of Senegal in its transition to green growth through its dedicated country program. Over the past years, the Senegal country program has expanded rapidly in areas of climate smart agriculture, secondary green cities development, climate policy and carbon finance. In 2021, GGGI secured funding from the MAVA Foundation to implement the project named “Fast-tracking investment in nature for the green recovery of Senegal: designing and operationalizing the Green PSE” (2021-2022). The project aims at positioning nature conservation and restoration as a tool for Senegal’s recovery from Covid19 by supporting the BOS PSE in the structuring and financing of Senegal’s main environmental priority programme, the Green Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE). The project brings together a team of experts from GGGI VividEconomics to support the BOS PSE and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development in their task to design the contents of Green PSE. Outcome 1 will help take stock of existing priority development programmes under Senegal’s recovery plan, and their projected effects on nature, which will feed in Outcome 2, focused on a fast-tracked design and operationalization process for the Green PSE, following an innovative but proven methodology.

To support the BOS and GGGI teams,  it was decided to mobilize one (01) project manager to accompany the structuring process of this important project.

Objectives of the mission

The objective of the mission of the Green PSE Project Management Support Consultant is to support the BOS PSE in the process of structuring the Green PSE Program, by providing its expertise in the field of management and process management. Specifically, the Consultant will contribute in close collaboration with the BOS project team to:

• The collection and analysis of data necessary for the preparation of decision elements to be submitted to decision-makers;
• Animation and facilitation of the various structuring activities conducted by the BOS;
• The production of the various deliverables as part of the structuring of the GREEN PSE;
• Logistical and organizational support and participation in meetings and workshops organized throughout the process of structuring the Green PSE;
• Collaboration with the other members of the Project Committee for the structuring of this program;
• The performance of all other related tasks that may be entrusted to it as part of the structuring of the GREEN PSE.

Total fee / duration

• Total fee : up to 73,800 USD depending on candidate’s credentials
• The duration of the service is two hundred and twenty (220) work days from the delivery of the start-up service order of the mission. The consultant must be based in Dakar for the duration of the mission and must be mobile throughout the national territory.

Qualifications / experience / skills

Qualifications and skills

• Holder of a higher diploma Bac +5 / MBA in Management / Project management, general engineering, economics, management, finance or equivalent;

Professional experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in a strategy / management consulting firm or in the private sector;
• Proven experience in the formulation and management of complex projects;
• Experience in leading multidisciplinary and multicultural working groups;
• Experience in Database management and risk analysis;

Skills and knowledge

• Ability to quickly gain skills;
• Perfect command of the Office pack (World, Excel, Advanced Power Point) and MS Project;
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, and writing skills;
• Excellent oral communication skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Fluent in French / English/ Wolof;
• Charisma, openness, pragmatism, sense of organization, anticipation and rigor;
• Open-mindedness and acceptance of feedback;
• Responsiveness, proactivity and ability to make rapid decisions;
• Strong ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Acute sense of timeliness.

Applicants are requested to submit the following material together with their applications:

• Cover letter, and CV with Professional references, in English
• Copy of diplomas and certificates obtained;
• Table of similar experiences of services provided;

Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

Date to close: 20/08/2021