Socieux+ Associate Programme Officer

Expertise France is the public agency of French international technical cooperation. The agency operates around four priorities:

- democratic, economic and financial governance;
- security and stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations;
- sustainable development;
- strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.

In these areas, Expertise France carries out engineering and implementation missions for capacity building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and acts as an aggregator of projects involving public expertise and private know-how.

With an activity volume of 233 million euros, more than 400 projects in portfolio in 80 countries, and 63,000 days of expertise, **Expertise France** focuses its action towards France’s solidarity policy, influence and economic diplomacy.

The incumbent will join the Facility Management Team (FMT) responsible for the processing, assessment requests and implementation of short-technical cooperation actions. The position will be located full-time in Paris, France, with possible international travel. The FMT is currently distributed between Brussels, Paris and Madrid. FMT members based in Brussels include the Team Leader of the FMT, a coordinator of operations, a technical advisor, a communication officer, a coordinator for knowledge development, a knowledge development officer, an associate project officer supporting knowledge activities, a monitoring and evaluation officer and a total of six project officers. FMT members based in Paris include the Deputy Team Leader, a Programme Officer & FCO, an Associate Programme Officer and a Technical Advisor. In addition, an Associate Programme Officer is based in Madrid. The overall FMT is under the supervision of the Team Leader, supported by the Deputy Team Leader.

Under the direct supervision of the Team Leader and the Deputy Team Leader, the incumbent implements tasks and duties for the implementation of short-term technical cooperation actions as per SOCIEUX+ Standard Operating Procedures.

**The main tasks and duties of the incumbent include**:
**Administrative support**:

- Handling the administrative aspects of technical assistance missions and the contracting of experts;
- Indexing, filing and archiving documents for annual audits;
- Writing meeting minutes.

**Logistical and event management**:

- Organizing and ensuring the smooth running of technical assistance missions and specific events: booking of airline tickets, per diems, security instructions, liaison with the French embassies, etc;
- Identifying the service providers needed to hold the events, negotiating and drafting their contracts (hotel, interpreters, etc.).

**Financial management**:

- Ensuring the follow-up of expenses and invoices (follow-up, reminders, administrative registration, etc.);
- Checking the conformity of supporting documents and invoices;
- Verifying commitments (grant agreements, contracts and agreements);
- Recording expenditures in the financial monitoring system, updating monitoring and accounting tools according to Expertise France's schedule and in collaboration with the Programme Officer;
- Assisting in the preparation of the financial report submitted to the donor;
- Supporting the team in audit procedures;
- Liaising with the departments in charge of financial affairs and legal affairs of Expertise France;
The Associate Programme Officer may also provide support to the Team Leader and his/her Deputy in other tasks related to the implementation of the project.

SOCIEUX+ EU Expertise on Social Protection, Labour and Employment (hereafter SOCIEUX+ or the Facility), is the technical cooperation facility set up by the EU through co-funding from France, Spain and Belgium and the resources managed by the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA). The Facility is implemented by a partnership composed of agencies from EU Member States: Expertise France (the partnership lead), Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Públicas (FIIAPP) from Spain, Belgian International Cooperation on Social Protection (BELINCOSOC) and the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel).

SOCIEUX+ recognizes the impact of social protection and employment in reducing poverty and vulnerability. It supports the efforts of EU Partner Countries, in particular low
- and middle-income countries in promoting inclusive and sustainable social protection and employment systems. SOCIEUX+ also complements the efforts made through other European Union initiatives.

SOCIEUX+ is results-oriented and demand-driven only. It responds to the direct requests of public institutions and social partners organizations in EU Partner Countries. SOCIEUX+ actions can be implemented in 155 eligible countries and territories worldwide. New countries from the Western Balkans will also have access to the support of SOCIEUX+ in the coming weeks. SOCIEUX+ fosters the efforts of the partner count