The EU Delegation to Libya offers a challenging position of Project Officer to work in a dynamic and motivated team in a complex environment, requiring a high degree of responsiveness, pro-activity and oversight.

The EU Delegation employs a gender-balanced team of around 40 people in the Delegation’s offices in Tripoli and Tunis. The place of employment of the Cooperation Project Officer is Tripoli, where s/he will be part of the Delegation’s Operations Section.

The initial contract will have the duration of one year, renewable.

The EU Delegation offers a competitive position in an international environment. Benefits, such as additional pension scheme and medical insurance, are offered to employees and their families under certain conditions.

Functions and duties

Under the supervision of the Head of Operations, the Cooperation Project Officer will be tasked to:

• support policy dialogue with all relevant ministries, agencies, donors and other relevant stakeholders in all areas of concern;
• contribute to the programming, identification and formulation of cooperation programmes of the EU in Libya;
• contribute to the management of EU funded projects in Libya in different sectors (including economy, migration, health, gender, youth, local governance, institutional governance);
• contribute to all aspects of the procurement process (drafting Guidelines, Terms of Reference, launching call for proposals, tenders, etc).
• monitor ongoing projects, attend management and monitoring meetings, elaborate progress reports on projects and propose action if and when needed;
• evaluate projects;
• maintain good and effective contacts with the local operators in the field, with the national authorities and institutions, with representatives of the diplomatic missions of the Member States, with representatives of the principle international donors and agencies, with NGOs and other local non-official actors;
• provide logistical/interpretation and translation support to incoming missions from headquarters;
• contribute to the production of publications.