Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #14/2017
Background
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes.
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.
Position: Office Manager
Place of Work: GIZ African Union Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Remuneration: As per the GIZ scale
Closing date: March 10, 2017
A. Responsibilities
PTB (the National Metrology Institute of Germany) and GIZ jointly support the Commission of the African Union (AUC) in steering, preparing and moderating the negotiations of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). According to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between PTB and GIZ a joint Office Manager is to be shared in support of all accruing Office Manager related tasks.
The Office Manager is responsible to plan, organise and implement office functions and provide the necessary support to projects of PTB and GIZ to the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). He/She is accountable to the Project Managers of the GIZ as well as PTB.
§ To support the PTB’s regional project activities in close cooperation with PTB’s Head Office in Braunschweig, Germany as well as the technical expert supported by the PTB at the African Union
§ To regularly update PTB’s project coordinator in Braunschweig on developments and activities with relevance to PTB’s project and monitor progress
§ Arranges project activities like meetings, workshops, conferences, VIP-visits etc.
§ Other tasks to be defined in cooperation with PTB’s Head Office
Minimum Requirement