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.

1. Projects management
In close collaboration with the Head of Program, his deputy and the Health Program team:

• Follow the implementation of project activities;
• Contribute to the various internal project management exercises (semi-annual reviews, annual reviews, etc.);
• Support with the Health Program team and the Shared Functions Unit the organization, reception and mobilization of project implementation partners (experts, consultancies, subventions to national and international organisations, private companies, etc.) in the field;
• Monitor reporting submission deadlines with Implementing Partners and assist in reviewing reports, particularly focusing on financial aspects;
• Facilitate the organization and running of various project exchange and consultation meetings with all stakeholders (programming workshop, steering committee, etc.);
• Support in organizing and implementing of various activities in coordination with the Program team and the Support Functions Unit team (workshops, technical conferences, etc.).
• Support the Head of Program and his deputy in drafting reports and follow up on reporting deadlines.

2. Administrative and Logistic management of the Program
In close collaboration with the Ukraine Shared Functions Unit team and the Project Officer based at headquarters in Paris:
Support close coordination for administrative, logistical and financial organization of technical operators' missions in the field with the SFU;

• Ensure the collection of various mission receipts from the technical operators implementing the project (in conjunction with SFU);
• Ensure the collection, organization, and archiving of administrative documents (main contract, procurement files, implementation contracts, etc.).
• Provide support to the team and the SFU in formatting documents produced by projects (terms of reference, reports, various publications, etc.).

3. Financial management of the Program

• Verify in link with the SFU, the compliance of received supporting documents for payment processing
• Process or ensure payments in link with the SFU, by entering, if required, Payment Orders into the financial software, and archive necessary accounting documents
• Track expenditures (liaise with SFU/signatories/accounting services);
• Support and follow the projects budget consolidation and participate in regular meetings with the SFU’s finance team or accountant to monitor project expenditure;
• Support SFU and the Program team with the information required for Expertise France's internal reporting (financial monitoring, budget forecasts and closings) and for external financial reporting to the donor.
• Identify and justify discrepancies between financial software with the SFU and, if required, project team based in HQ.

4. Projects monitoring-evaluation-capitalization

• Consolidate project indicators data for the projects (quantitative and qualitative), in line with the logical framework;
• Support when required the work of collecting data from the project's implementing partners, and contribute as required to their analysis.

Expertise France
Expertise France is the French International Technical Cooperation Agency, with the status of public institution under the joint supervision of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministries of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty. It is the second largest technical cooperation agency in Europe. Expertise France designs and implements projects that strengthen public policies over the long term in developing and emerging countries.
As the French public agency for international technical cooperation, Expertise France operates in more than 100 countries, implementing more than 400 projects. The agency works in close collaboration with French public institutions, as well as with the European Union, in order to respond to the needs of partner countries that wish to improve public policies that tackle these challenges. In Ukraine the agency has been regularly present since 2006 through series of technical assistance projects.
Expertise France in Ukraine
The MEAE has financed in 2023 Expertise France with an envelope of €14.5m to position French technical cooperation and respond to Ukraine's short, medium and long-term needs. This facility, entitled m AIDan Ukraine, finances and co-finances technical assistance projects to support Ukrainian authorities in preparing for reconstruction and the European accession process.
The ongoing other projects in Ukraine include: The EU-funded Project Pravo–Justice which promotes greater rule of law in Ukraine, in line with European standards and comparative practices; L’Initiative supports beneficiary countries to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate funding allocated by the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Emergency Fund for Ukraine against TB & HIV started in December 2022 with a commitment of €7.2 million; The “Stiykist” (resilience) project aims to contribute to social transformation and resilience in Ukraine by strengthening the capacities of national, regional and local institutions in the field of vocational training and social services, with a particular focus on the social inclusion of the most vulnerable; The Technical support of the State Audit Service project which aims to mobilise French and national technical expertise to help bringing Ukrainian legislation into line with the acquis communautaire, particularly in terms of protecting the EU's financial interests and supporting the SAS in its role of inspecting and monitoring the use of reconstruction funds.
Expertise France’s Health Program
As part of France's strategy for reconstruction and aid in Ukraine focusing on the health sector The French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE)'s Crisis Center (CDCS) has financed €16 million over 24 months to the APPUI Health Project from 2024 to 2025. The project, implemented in partnership with Ministry of Health of Ukraine and other key stakeholders aims to improve Ukrainian populations' access to essential healthcare services in times of crisis. The project focuses on enhancing hospital cooperation between France and Ukraine, mobilizing French expertise, reconstructing and modernizating healthcare infrastructure and donating medical equipment at the request of Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
The REHAB project, funded by the French Development Agency (l’AFD) for €5 million over 24 months, from 2025 to 2026 aims overall supporting Ukraine in maintaining and strengthening its healthcare system to address the consequences of the conflict on the physical and mental health of Ukrainians. Activities are designed around enhancing mental health services and infrastructure in the Odesa region; strengthening physical rehabilitation efforts and infrastructure, while also emphasizing broader capacity-building initiatives across Ukraine with national and international partners; and identifying and conducting feasibility studies to prepare for concessional loan opportunities. Other projects under the Health Program are ongoing development.

Qualifications/ Technical skills

• Master's degree in finance, business administration or project management;
• Multidisciplinary and multicultural team coordination skills;
• Good command of project management;
• Ability to conduct a dialogue with financial partners;
• Good written and oral communication skills (drafting of technical reports, analysis documents, minutes, activity reports, definition of terms of reference, etc.);
• Very good command of office automation tools, particularly Excel and Word;
• Excellent command of Ukrainian and English (written and spoken);
• Basic or advanced command of French considered as an asset.

Professional experience

• At least 2 years' experience in financial or administrative management in the field of international solidarity (humanitarian or international cooperation), technical assistance and/or international cooperation;
• Demonstrated experience in accounting and financial reporting;
• Experience in team coordination and management.

Skills

• Good interpersonal skills;
• Organisational skills;
• Passionate and engaged;
• Capacity to work independently;
• Team spirit;
• Ready to work in a multicultural environment.

Mission location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Type of contract: Fixed Term
Duration: 12 months renewable
Desired start date: January 13th, 2024
Application deadline: December 7th, 2024 at 5:00 pm (Paris time)