Offres d'emploi - Lebanon

Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities : - democratic, economic, and financial governance ;- peace, stability, and security ;- climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;- health and human development ;In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results.  Under the supervision and guidance of the line manager (Team leader), and in coordination with the component manager, he / she will be in charge of providing the overall technical assistance of the public procurement component, including direct technical assistance to the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) and coordination of short-term expertise missions with the beneficiaries : Contribute to the improvement of the PPA’s institutional and organizational structure in its core and secondary functions; including annual work programme and annual reports;Develop and deliver capacity building sessions on public procurement;Provide strategic advice and contributions to the development of national policies and strategies on sustainable public procurement, internal and forensic audit, national training, sectoral policies, PPA code of conduct; and communication materials;Contribute to the draft and development of standard bidding documents, forms and tools; and support their dissemination among procuring entities;Support for the development and the effective implementation of the annual training policy and liaise with the Basil Fuleihan Institute of Finance (IoF) on the annual mandatory training for procuring officers and members of tenders and acceptance committees;Contribute to accompany the oversight bodies in implementing the new public procurement law;Contribute to the development of cooperation with private and public universities;Support for the implementation of the data monitoring system;Contribute to strengthen the dialogue framework with Civil Society Organisations, with EF Beirut Team;Provide regular updates to the project team as well as Expertise France’s headquarters (on quarterly and yearly basis) on technical progress and strategic planning of activities;Participation in steering committees and technical and operational committees;Contribution to the drafting of half-yearly and annual reports in conjunction with the EF Team Leader and component coordinator;Animation of meetings with the Lebanese administrations;Drafting of terms of reference for the mobilization of short-term experts in connection with the beneficiaries;Coordination of the work of short-term experts; centralization of reports;Quality monitoring of the services of short-term experts by ensuring overall consistency of the various missions. Following the explosion of the Port of Beirut in 2020, the European Union launched, jointly with the United Nations and the World Bank, the “Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF)”. The 3RF addresses the impact of the explosion on affected communities and businesses in Beirut; in addition, it focuses on critical reforms, including enhancing transparency, accountability and integrity of the public administration. In addition, in 2021, a new Public Procurement Law was passed in Parliament, based on international standards and following a MAPS assessment. This Law establishes a new, independent Public Procurement Authority, which was preceded by a Tender Board that had been part of the Central Inspection. The new Public Procurement Law (PPL) was ratified by Parliament in June 2021 and entered into effect in July 2022. The National Public Procurement Reform Strategy (NPPRS) and Action Plan were launched in January 2022 by the Prime Minister in the presence of WB, EU, AFD, UN, UNDP, government stakeholders, private sector and CSO representatives, calling for coordination and further financing for implementation of the strategy. The NPPRS and its action plan (2022-2024) was approved by the Council of Ministers on May 20, 2022. The reform strategy has set four strategic objectives to guide and advance procurement reform in Lebanon : Bring the regulatory and policy framework in line with good international practices.Create an institutional framework for successful procurement management and build corresponding capacity.Economy and efficiency in procurement operations and practices.Promote accountability, integrity and transparency in public procurement. The new Public Procurement Authority requires a lot of aid, especially as it is the first of its kind to be established in Lebanon. Accordingly, a new EU Program Action started end of November 2023, with a duration of 4 years, that aims to support progress in key areas of public administration reform in Lebanon through enhancing the integrity, transparency and accountability of its public administration aligned with the principles of a modern public administration. It consists of three outcomes : 1. Safeguarding integrity of the public administration, mainly in the area of public human resources management (i.e. civil service reform); 2. Enhancing transparency in public administration systems, mainly in the area of public procurement at central and local level (i.e. public financial management reform) and access to public information (i.e. accountability);3. Strengthening accountability of the administration by reinforcing the role of the main oversight bodies (i.e., Central Inspection Board, Court of Audits and National Anti-corruption Commission) in implementing reform, fighting and preventing corruption.

• University degree (MA or equivalent) in law, political science, economics, public administration or another discipline related to the project objectives;
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a public procurement authority or equivalent;
• Excellent knowledge of public administration mainly in the area of public procurement (i.e. public procurement reform);
• Excellent knowledge of the Lebanese public procurement legal and institutional framework
• Knowledge of the EU cooperation mechanisms.
• Participation in the work on the reform of French public procurement would be a plus;
• Previous professional experience in international cooperation, in the MENA region and especially in Lebanon;
• Preferably knowledge of the public administration of Lebanon.  Knowledge :
• Excellent computer skills : MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.Know-how :
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in French and English, Arabic is a plus People skills :
• communication skills
• teamwork and interpersonal skills
• knowledge transmission
• synthesis and writing skills
• analysis and problem solving
• decision making and initiative
• diplomatic skills