Somaliland Coordinator; SLC

Description:

PROJECT:
Technical Assistance and Partnership Facility [NDICI Africa/2023/451-029]

DAI is looking for a:
Somaliland Coordinator

The European Union funded Technical Assistance and Partnership Facility (TAPF) is a five-year initiative designed to support the European Union Delegation’s (EUD) engagement in and cooperation with the country, and to expedite progress towards achievement of the 2030 global Agenda for Sustainable Development. The project is being implemented through a service contract, signed between the EUD and DAI Global Belgium, and operates from DAI’s offices in Nairobi and Mogadishu.

The project duration runs for a total term of 60 months, from 1st January 2024, through to 31st December 2028 (subject to adaptation and revision).

• I. Strengthening the capacity of the Government, at both Federal and State levels, and in particular the Ministry of Planning, to deliver on its mandate, with respect to the national development agenda.
• II. Strengthening identification, formulation, implementation and monitoring of European Union funded programmes, covering renewable energy, the environment, climate change adaptation and natural resources management, amongst other topics.
• III. Enhancing partnerships and facilitation of policy dialogue on key topics in EU cooperation.

The Somaliland Coordinator will play a central role supporting the Somaliland Government in engagements with beneficiary agencies, and in coordination of EU cooperation. The Coordinator will support planning and delivery of the full range of EU-approved TAPF activities, structured around the three components of the TAPF programme listed above, including supporting state institutions with capacity development needs consistent with agreed planning processes, supporting the EUD with demand‑driven technical assistance tasks, and delivering on Somaliland policy dialogue activities and events.

General: Working closely with programme Key Experts (KE1 and KE2), assist in TAPF activity‑level delivery and programme implementation, through coordinating with relevant stakeholders, to design and facilitate priority national transformation‑related activities. In addition to general administrative and logistics management capacity and skills, the Coordinator will possess and bring to the position, one (or more) area of specific, complementary, technical expertise relevant to EU cooperation (renewable energy, the environment, climate change adaptation and natural resources management) and / or the six general thematic areas identified during preparation and compilation of the TAPF 2025 – 2026 Work Plan (“Development Planning”, “Investment Policies and PPP”, “Monitoring and Evaluation Support”, “TVET Support”, “Climate Resilience and Environment” and “Aid Management and Coordination”).

The Coordinator’s main partner will be the Somaliland Ministry of Planning and National Development. It is expected that the Coordinator will work with and be based in the Ministry of Planning and National Development in Hargeisa, from where they will liaise and coordinate with other relevant institutions. The Coordinator will also interact with non‑state actors, such as civil society organisations and interest groups (women, youth, private sector and the business community), and international donor representatives, facilitating their participation in policy dialogue activities, and sector‑based analysis and consultations, e.g. community‑level consultations and validation events.

The work of the TAPF ultimately benefits Somaliland citizens through increased effectiveness of EU and other development partners’ development cooperation across the country.