Administrative Officer
GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #181/2019
BMM
As a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – is dedicated to building a future worth living around the world.
We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including rural and economic development, education and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. Together with our partners, we work to deliver flexible, effective and cost-effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions. Of our 18,260 employees in some 120 countries, almost 70 per cent are national personnel working in the field.
As a public-benefit German federal enterprise, we are committed to meeting our clients’ high standards with regard to transparency and accountability. German and European values are central to our work. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is our main commissioning party. European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector and national governments benefit from our services, too.
In Ethiopia GIZ has been implementing development programmes on behalf of the German government for over 40 years jointly with our national partners. The focus of our work in the country is on vocational education, sustainable use of natural resources, land management and food security, biodiversity and forestry. Further programmes enhance the development of a sustainable textile sector and renewable energies.
The Better Migration Management (BMM) project aims to respond to an overall objective to improve migration management in the region, and in particular to curb the trafficking of human beings and the smuggling of migrants within, though, and from the Horn of Africa. The BMM project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in partnership with European and International agencies, such as IOM and Expertise France.
The BMM project is an example of cooperation between the European Commission and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). To facilitate the implementation of the BMM project, GIZ is recruiting a Procurement and Logistics Officer to be based in Addis Ababa under the supervision of the BMM Country Coordinator to assist in BMM implementation in Ethiopia and Djibouti. GIZ BMM Office would like to recruit an Administrative Officer as per the detail below:
Position: Administrative Officer
Application deadline: November 22, 2019
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Responsibilities
The Administration Officer for the Better Migration Management (BMM) Program in Ethiopia is primarily responsible for:
The Administration Officer performs the following tasks, under the supervision of and in coordination with the Finance and Administrative Coordinator:
Office Administrative Tasks
Event Management Tasks
Other Duties and tasks
Required qualifications, competences and experience