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Liaison Officer

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Liaison Officer – Benghazi

Expertise France is a public agency and a key actor in international technical cooperation. It designs and implements projects that sustainably strengthen public policies in developing and emerging countries. Governance, security, climate, health, education… It operates in key areas of sustainable development and contributes alongside its partners to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

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Expertise France intervenes across Libya over 2 donor-funded projects, both related to private sector development and entrepreneurship empowerment, with a team of 30 peoples based in Tripoli and Tunis.

Presentation of Raqam-e project

The SLEIDSE project co-financed by France and the European Union and led by Expertise France in Libya is now in its completion phase. The activities put in place are recognized by Libyan partners and by the actors of the international community as having positively participated in the development of entrepreneurship and in the creation of employment.

The French financing of the Crisis and Support Center, awarded in 2019 to Expertise France, few objectives. One of them was to create the “Janzour Coding Academy”, a coding school, hosted and managed by the municipality of Janzour. The academy had a soft opening in November 2019.

The pilot project conducted with CDCS funding highlighted a need and a deep interest of Libyan youth, municipalities, the Ministry of Local Governance and the private sector for coding. Libya needs to train resources that will allow it to catch up in digital, whether in e- governance or economics.

Thus, replicating the Janzour initiative to other municipalities and involving the central authorities through a public / private partnership would substantially contribute to the employability of youth and women, participate in the reduction of unemployment and diversification country, and bring elective institutions closer to the people. These three levers, employment – prosperity – political dialogue – are at the heart of Expertise France’s strategy to promote stability and security in Libya.

The project in divided in 3 components:

Component 1. Creation of the first global network of coding schools in municipalities

The project involves replicating the Janzour coding school in 4 municipalities: Benghazi, Misrata, Sebha and Tripoli Center.

Raqam-e project can be divided into three phases: 1) training partner municipalities, 2) establishing a training center within the Ministry of Local Governance through a public / private partnership 3) organize hackathons, coding competitions to help Libyan private companies in their digital transformation.

Component 2. Creation of a coworking space dedicated to “mompreneurs” in Janzour

Following the creation of the “Janzour Coding Academy” and the success of this project with its citizens, the mayor of Janzour again seeks Expertise France help to develop its municipality. The idea is to offer to women entrepreneurs with children between 0 to 3 years old: the “mompreneurs” a place where they can work while their children are being taking care of by qualified nannies. The coworking space will also organize events allowing mompreneurs to develop their skills and build a professional network.

Component 3. Disseminate coding skills through bootcamps across Libya

1. Capacity building of already existing Libyan coding schools for concrete action on youth in Libya

This bootcamp will gather 12 coding schools (22 participants in total) across Libya that are already competent and experienced in providing coding trainings. The objective is to improve their capacities in coding, communication and entrepreneurship. By further strengthening their capacities, we want to see them play a more important role within their community. This 3- month online bootcamp will close with a hackathon.

1. Bootcamp dedicated to digital technologies for 80 young Libyans: integrating young people into the professional world

Four parity groups women / men of 20 people aged between 18 and 30 years old distributed geographically in 4 cities (Benghazi, Misurata, Sebha and Tripoli) will be trained for 6 weeks in Libya in coding, digital marketing and UX design for 4 weeks. Two weeks of training will then be dedicated to the challenges and fundamentals of entrepreneurship and the use of communication tools. At the end of the course, a job fair will be organized in Tripoli, allowing the best participants of each training to meet with investors, businessmen and private sector companies.

We are seeking for a part time liaison officer (max. 10 days/ month), based in Benghazi, to help the team implementing its activities in the city. The liaison officer will operate under the direct supervision of the project managers.

Description of Assignment:

• Representing Expertise France in the field, especially to the municipality
• Monitoring and facilitating the implementation of all activities for Raqam-e project
• Reporting on all activities in Benghazi to inform Expertise France of the project’s developments and possible needs
• Ensure logistic follow-up: organization of Raqam-e activities in Benghazi (meet partners, search for venues, organize the catering, coordinate with the contractors, …)
• Follow up the renovation work and the refurbishment of Benghazi Coding Academy.

Deliverables: a monthly report on ongoing activities, and brief reports after each event.

Location: The duty station of the position is Benghazi. International travels might be required, especially to Tunis.

Profile and working experience:

• University degree in public relations, business administration, communication or project management
• At least 5 years of professional experience working in communication, event organization or project management.
• experience working with public institutions
• A first experience working in an international setting
• Excellent command of oral and written English (strong writing capacities are essential)
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational and reporting skills
• Pro-active and problem-solving mindset

Duration of the mission: 10 months (with a possible extension)

 If you are interested, kindly send your CV and Cover letter to Elise FENART (elise.fenart@expertisefrance.fr) and Rima ATTIGA (rima.attiga@expertisefrance.fr)