An Execution Lead and Green Industrial Development Expert with national experience. Full Time

Terms of reference (ToR) / Job description

Project Title: Strengthening the Green Services Portfolio of Business Service Providers in Egypt as part of GIZ’s “Private Sector Innovation” Project in Egypt.

Post Title: Execution Lead and Green Industrial Development Expert with national experience for project Key Expert 2.

Project period: The expected contract duration is from contract award for 30 months, but no longer than 31st March 2027.

Duration of Assignment: Up to 280 expert days within the project period

(1)  Background and Overview    

North South Consultants Exchange (NSCE) from Egypt (in Consortium) have been commissioned by the German International Cooperation (GIZ) to implement the project “Private Sector Innovation” (PSI). The project is now entering a follow-on commission for three years from 06/2024 until 05/2027. PSI II will be implemented in partnership with public and private entities with the objective “to improve the competitive situation of the Egyptian industry in light of increasing market requirements for a green transformation of the economy”.

The Project consists of four interconnected outputs:

Output 1 aims to strengthen the technical capacities of selected public or semi-public institutions.

Output 2 aims to strategically align the financing portfolio of relevant financial system actors more strongly with a green transformation of the Egyptian industry.

Output 3 aims to strengthen the range of technical service offers, particularly those offered by female-led service providers or women in consulting.

Output 4 aims to enable climate start-ups to develop and startup ecosystem actors to promote innovative business models for climate mitigation solutions.

The Contractor will contribute to the implementation of Output 3. The overall goal of this assignment is to strengthen the capabilities of service providers in Egypt to offer green business development service (Green BDS) to industrial clients. This is seen as important steps towards enhancing the adoption of green manufacturing practices as well as resource-efficient and cleaner production methods (e. g. energy recovery / efficiency, water recycling / efficiency, material recycling, waste management/ recovery, etc.) by industrial enterprises.  

This assignment is divided into five work packages (WPs):

The objective of WP1 is for the Contractor to refine previously proposed interventions by selecting the sectors for the intervention and conducting demand and needs assessments on ground and deliver a tailored implementation strategy.

In WP2, the contractor is expected to develop the training content and methodology based on the findings of WP. Moreover, the contractor is expected to select Green BDS providers – both basic and advanced – to participate in this assignment.

The objective of WP3 is to improve the technical capabilities of selected Green BDS providers to provide basic green advisory services for industrial SMEs in a series of capacity development (technical and business development) coupled with practical piloting.

WP4 focuses on green service providers with advanced capabilities. The objective is two-fold: On the one hand these BDS Providers will be supported in integrating new services lines related to advanced solutions in the field of green industrial practices into their advisory portfolio. On the other hand, they will receive tailored business development support.

In WP 5 the contractor is expected to support the training of female consultants in the Green BDS sector.

The Contractor contributes to the implementation of Output 3. Against this background, the contractor contributes to achieving module indicator 2 and module indicator 3 as well as output indicator 3.2. Moreover, the Contractor is responsible achieving output indicator 3.1.

In light of that, GIZ/NSCE seeks to hire an Execution Lead and Green Industrial Development Expert with national experience.

The tasks include:

• Carrying out various tasks as assigned by the team leader, incl. deputization.
• Leads the on-ground execution of all the WP of the project intervention in close coordination with the Team Lead.
• Leading the team and experts that execute the project interventions across the different WPs, i.e., mapping, trainings, technical assistance for SPs, companies’ technical piloting and ensures coordination between different experts.
• Together with Team Lead, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development measures for local partners in the following areas technical assistance, resource efficiency advisory, oversee greening interventions with SPs and companies from conception to implementation.
• Coordinating and/ or contributing to Knowledge Products, technical assessments.
• Coordinating and participating in events or workshops.
• Ensuring that monitoring procedures are carried out.
• Coordinate with the Team lead to provide regular reporting in accordance with deadlines.
• Supporting the officer responsible for the commission in updating and/or adapting the project strategy, in evaluations and in preparing a follow-on phase.

(2)  Qualification

• Master’s or Diploma degree in industrial engineering or environmental engineering.
• Knowledge of Arabic C2 (5 out of 10 points) and English C1 (5 out of 10 points) in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• 7 years of general professional experience in the field of industrial engineering and management4 with a clearly defined roles related to environmental management as a consultant or in a permanent position in an industrial enterprise.
• A total of 3 company-internal assignments or consulting projects in the last 5 years:

• 2 assignments advising industrial enterprises in optimizing their environmental performance (e.g. in the context of resource-efficient and cleaner production) (6 out of 10 points).
• 1 assignment strengthening the technical capacity of service providers in the field of sustainable industrial production (4 out of 10 points).

• 2 years of leadership experience in public, private or international organisations.
• 1 year of experience in development cooperation projects.