Vacataire at French Institute in India - Delhi
Fixed-term contract - to start from 1st April 2025 until 31 December 2025

Context
The French Institute in India (IFI) is a service of the French Embassy in India whose mission is to promote cultural, linguistic, educational, and academic exchanges and partnerships between
France and India.

The French Institute in India is looking for a "Vacataire" (temporary worker) in Delhi to manage projects and provide administrative support in the Language and Educational Cooperation Sector. The selected candidate will be placed under the hierarchical authority of the Attaché for Cooperation in Education based in Delhi and in turn the Director of the French Institute in India.

The Vacataire will be focusing on a project started in 2022 "French for All, French for a Better Future". This project introduced the teaching of French in government schools in Delhi, today benefiting more than 4,000 students. It is now being extended to other Indian states, and a similar agreement has also been signed with Bhutan for operations starting in the first quarter of 2025.

Job Profile
The candidate will be responsible for assisting the Attaché for Cooperation in Education and the team of Cooperation in Language & Education (CLE) on this project and to ensure its smooth
running.

Principle role & responsibilities:
● She/he participates in the implementation of educational cooperation initiatives.
● She/he contributes to the organization and follow-up of the various activities of the project with the CLE team of the IFI in Delhi, but also remotely with the Attachés for French Language who are based in other cities: Calcutta (East India and Bhutan), Mumbai (West India) and Chennai (South India).
● She/he ensures specific logistic and administrative follow-up. This will entail in: o follow-up of the funds received by Embassy: collection of bills/receipts of payments which are required for account computation of the project; account maintenance of expenditure made in this project. o follow-up of each project: data compilation from teachers, partners, and institutions; preparation of reports.

ACTIVITIES AND TASKS
Implementation and logistical coordination of the files mentioned above in collaboration with the partner establishments;
Organization of cultural and training activities, consultancy assignments and equipment purchases.
● coordination with service providers and partners (Alliances Françaises, Universities, French experts, specialized institutions in French as a foreign language...)
● coordination with teachers who are involved in the programme
● follow-up of agreements
● follow-up of payment of participation
● statistical monitoring
● drawing up technical and financial reports on the programme

REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL SKILLS
● Project management skills: coordinating partners, planning, budgets, monitoring activities, reporting
● Administrative and financial monitoring skills: receiving invoices, checking payments, monitoring agreements

TECHNICAL SKILLS
● Excellent command of basic office tools (databases, WORD, EXCEL, Google Sheets, etc.) and social networks (FB, Instagram).
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS
● Time management skills and capacity to meet deadlines
● Accountability
● Compliance with confidentiality rules of IFI
● Good interpersonal and writing skills
● The ability to work in a team
● Coordination skills between multiple partners

SPECIFIC SKILLS
● Previous experience in the field of cooperation or in setting up educational projects would be appreciated

LANGUAGES
● Excellent writing skills in English and good knowledge of French language
● Good knowledge of Hindi or other Indian languages

An application file (CV + Motivation letter) should be sent only by e-mail before 10/03/2025 at the following address: jobs@ifindia.in

Note: Only selected candidates will be contacted
Provisional joining date: 1st April 2025

application deadline date: 03/04/2025