United States of America: Euro Challenge Team Leader

Title:Euro Challenge Team Leader Department: IDEP Location: Washington, DC, USA Type: Full Time (anticipated)

In a consortium response with PBLH International Consulting, World Learning currently seeks a Team Leader candidate for an active tender from the European Union titled: The Euro Challenge.

Tender Summary

The European Union’s Delegation organizes events in the US aimed at deepening Americans' knowledge about the European economy and the euro. The Euro Challenge is an annual competition for US high school students (ninth and tenth graders, aged 14-16 years) to learn about the European Union, the European economy and the euro.

Required Qualifications and Skills

· The Team Leader must show demonstrated experience in the field of education with a focus on financial and economic literacy.

· The Team Leader should offer a strong background with U.S. secondary school students and have extensive contacts with secondary schools teachers, administrators and curriculum designers.

· The Team leader must have project management experience, including oversight of recruitment and selection processes.

· Other desired qualifications of the Team Leader could include past experience working on EU-funded programs and/or familiarity with EU program, financial and reporting requirements.

· A post-graduate degree in education, business, finance and/or economics is highly desirable.

Proposed Scope

From within the PBLH/World Learning consortium and supported by short-term technical support, the successful Team Leader candidate will support the National Coordinator of the annual Euro Challenge competition from 2016-2018. The National Coordination Team would be responsible in general for the following:

· Recruitment and registration of participants.

· Liaising with the EU Delegation, and with Euro Challenge Partners, e.g., EU Centers of Excellence at select US universities, regional Federal Reserve Banks, and other organizations.

· Planning the competition cycle.

· Conducting orientations to ensure that students and teachers understand the rules of the Euro Challenge and have access to the necessary resources and materials. The contractor will also prepare, maintain and distribute resources and materials.

· Arranging venue, catering, audiovisual resources, and other logistics for all competition-related events held in New York City.

· Disbursing funds as necessary to participating teams to cover expenses.

· Managing, developing, maintaining and upgrading the euro challenge website.

· Organizing videos and interviews of contestants.

· Developing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation plan to measure the success of the competitions.

From within the National Coordination Team, the Team Leader will be specifically responsible for:

· Management and coordination of all services requested by the EU Delegation (in compliance with contractual specifications);

· Adhering to the deadlines established by the EU Delegation;

· Maintaining quality control;

· Handling the Consortium’s administrative and financial concerns related to the performance of the Contract.

The Team Leader must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on.

Duration: If awarded, the contract’s duration may be up to three (3) years.

Location: Washington, D.C.,

Recruitment contingent upon successful award of the project.

Please transmit CV and cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position, and three references with contact information. CV should be in the standard EU format. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. No telephone inquiries please.

To Apply

Please visit our website www.worldlearning.org and click on the employment tab to submit your application. In addition, please send your updated CV with the subject line: “EU Euro Challenge (USA)by e-mail to: development@worldlearning.org.