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Vacancy Announcement – African Union

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African Union (AU) would like to invites competent and interested candidates for the following Positions.

Position 1: Head of Division Transport & Mobility

Purpose of Job:

To provide overall supervision and management of the Division as well as the design of strategies and policies to achieve the strategic objectives of the Department and the AU’s overall goals.

Main Functions:

• Designs and implements policies, programmes and projects to achieve the department’s strategic objectives and relevant AU Policy Organs Decisions;
• Formulates strategies for implementing priority programmes under the transport and mobility sector;
• Coordinates the implementation of continental transport and mobility policies, strategies and action plans in close collaboration with AU Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and other Continental and International organizations;
• Coordinate and conduct research, studies and analysis of African transport and mobility sector on issues of interest to African Member States, RECs and others regional and continental African institutions;
• Advise the Director of Infrastructure and Energy on trends and developments in the transport and mobility sector and recommend appropriate courses of action.
• Engages stakeholders within Members States, RECs and other Regional Mechanisms, Pan African institutions and relevant international organisations in designing and implementing transport and mobility strategies;
• Coordinates the implementation of the two AU Agenda 2063 flagship projects under the mandate of the Division i.e. Africa Integrated High Speed Rail Network (AIHSRN) and Establishment of a Single African Air-Transport Market (SAATM)
• Supervises and manages the employees of the division with regard to organisation and performance evaluation;
• Manages the work of the Division and supervises direct reports to ensure the effective performance of the Transport and Mobility Division team and provide direction, regular feedback, coaching and mentoring paying appropriate attention to the personal and professional development of the staff in line with the organization’s performance management policy and systems;
• Contributes to the development of the departmental business continuity plan and ensure implementation at division level;
• Ensures risk management and mitigation;
• Represents the organisation at workshops, conferences, meetings and seminars and provide guidance on transport and mobility issues related to Africa and the department’s work;
• Build and maintain partnerships with regional and international institutions which include fund mobilization, developing and implementing regional joint programmes and activities for improving the African transport and mobility sector.
• Prepare periodic reports on Transport and Mobility Division’s activities and programmes and contribute to the preparation of the department’s report and other monitoring and reporting obligations;
• Builds and maintains good working relations and collaboration with other Divisions;
• Contributes to the preparation of periodic financial and budget execution reports and monitor budget execution at division level;
• Maintains a positive work environment that facilitates collaboration and information sharing and is conducive to attracting, retaining, and motivating diverse talent.

Academic Requirements and Relevant Experience:

A Master’s Degree in economics, engineering in the fields of transport with twelve (12) years of relevant work experience of which seven (7) years should have been served at managerial level and five (5) years at supervisory level.

Required Skills:

• Ability to initiate and promote collaborative approaches between geographically and culturally disparate partners
• Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations both internally and externally
• Ability to develop and delegate clear program goals, plans and actions, including budgets, that are consistent with agreed strategies
• Ability to effectively lead, supervise, mentor, develop and evaluate staff
• Proficiency in one of the AU official working languages (French, English, Portuguese, Arabic, Kiswahili and Spanish) and fluency in another AU language(s) is an added advantage.

Workplace: Addis Ababa

Deadline: October 26, 2023

Position 2: Head, Financial Audit Division

Purpose of Job:

Directs and manages the daily operations of the Financial Audit Division in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the directorate and the AU’s overall goals.

Main Functions:

• Designs and implements policies, programs and projects to achieve the directorate’s strategic objectives.
• Manages and supervises employees within the division, ensures the timely delivery of the directorate’s goals and effective staff performance evaluation;
• Designs policies, strategies and programs to contribute to the effective implementation of relevant AU Policy Organs Decisions;
• Ensures the delivery of the division’s annual targets in line with the directorate’s overall goals and ensures robust and timely monitoring and reporting;
• Provides technical leadership and ensures efficient functioning of all Units within the Division
• Manages the work of the Division and supervises direct reports to ensure their effective performance in line with the organization’s performance management policy and system;
• Engages stakeholders within Members States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs)/Regional Mechanisms(RMs) and relevant international organisations in designing and implementing strategies.
• Maintains thematic partnerships in support of the mandate of the Division; 
• Maintains regular working relations with senior stakeholders in Member States and partner institutions in the execution of the Division’s mandate. 
• Represents the organisation and communicates its position at conferences.
• Contributes to the preparation of periodic financial and budget execution reports and monitor budget execution at division level.
• Ensures the effective management of funds contributed to the organization; 
• Manages risk within the division and recommends mitigation strategies
• Contributes to the development of the departmental business continuity plan and ensures implementation at division level
• Maintains a positive work environment that facilitates collaboration and information sharing and is conducive to attracting, retaining, and motivating diverse talent.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Manages the Internal Audit process, develop and manage the Internal Audit schedule (or cycle), supervise Audit Team members, and produce quality audit reports that recommend methods to enhance and improve risk management, governance and control procedures.
• Presents audit results to management, review and record activities and action-plans defined by management to resolve issues identified by audit findings.
• Analyses integrity and reliability of accounting and financial information as well as means used for identifying measure, classifying and reporting information for the preparation of financial and activity reports.
• Reviews and approves the Division’s annual and long-range audit plans and activities, for reviewing significant findings and recommendations by the Division and ensuring the adequacy of management’s corrective actions.
• Coordinates and ensures timely preparation of audit, activity and other reports in order to provide information to OIO management.
• Contributes to the AU annual audit risk assessment process.
• Leads the budget preparation for the Division in accordance with relevant frameworks and manages effectively the utilization of financial, human and other resources in order to facilitate the attainment of the set objectives.
• Liaises on audit matters with directorates, organs, senior management, operational staff, and external auditors.
• Provides advice to line management on risk mitigation and best practices.

Academic Requirements and Relevant Experience

• Master’s Degree in Audit, Business Administration, Finance, or related field with twelve (12) years of professional experience in audit or relevant area in similar international organization out of which seven (7) years should be at managerial level and  five (5) years at supervisory level.
• A relevant professional certification i.e. “Expert Comptable” or Chartered/Certified Public Accountant designation (e.g. ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CA or equivalent) and affiliation to a relevant professional body is mandatory.
• Auditing experience of inter-governmental operations, accounting standards and information systems such as IPSAS & SAP-ERP will be of a comparative advantage.
• Experience with computer-assisted audit tools is an added advantage.

Required Skills:

• Leadership and management skills
• Interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Research and Analytical skills
• Communication, presentation, and report writing skills
• Knowledge in the use of Microsoft office suite and AU Computing software
• Ability to work in teams and in a multi-cultural environment
• Planning, budgeting, and organizational skills
• Knowledge and working understanding in the policies, programmes, and systems of the AU
• Knowledge in AU financing and auditing regulations
• Proficiency in one of the AU official working languages (French, English, Portuguese, Arabic, and Spanish); fluency in another AU language(s) is an added advantage.

Workplace: Addis Ababa

Deadline: October 26, 2023

Position 3: Deputy Director General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)

Purpose of Job

To assist the Director General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in delivering his mandate by leading the operational coordination of the Commission’s departments and non-elected staff in order to ensure high performance, results and impact.

Main Functions:

• Facilitates the identification of top priorities for the senior leadership of the Africa CDC’s 4-year mandate.
• Translates the senior leadership priorities into annual targets and goals and establishes a robust Commission-wide framework for monitoring and tracking progress.
• Provides regular reports to the Director General of Africa CDC on implementation and monitoring of strategic and annual plans;
• Supports the implementation of the New Public Health Order as the main Africa CDC Agenda by supporting initiatives across the organs;
• Monitors and tracks progress in the delivery of the Africa CDC’s annual performance targets;
• Ensures effective collaboration in program development and implementation with the AU organs;
• Collaborates with other members of the senior leadership team to ensure strategic coherence and overall synergy in the implementation of the Africa CDC’s programs and the delivery of high impact results for the continent;
• Cultivates a knowledge management culture through promotion of research and publications that will ensure knowledge sharing and transfer across the Africa CDC; and
• Drives performance and delivery across the Africa CDC’s senior management and inspires high performance, teamwork and delivery across the portfolio.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Ensure effective execution of the Africa CDC’s multi-year Strategic Plan.
• Participate and fully share in the responsibility for planning, managing and evaluating the programmatic aspects of the Africa CDC.
• Lead the development of long-term multi-year strategic goals and objectives for public health programs and initiatives.
• Ensure accountability for and adherence to internal controls and external regulations, laws and policies applicable to Africa CDC programs and activities and requirements of key stakeholders and donors.
• Ensure delivery of comprehensive and timely accountability reporting to the Director General for informing the agency Governing Board and key stakeholders as appropriate.
• Represent Africa CDC at high level technical and strategic engagements ensuring the Vision of Africa CDC is well understood within the global public health space.
• Lead, coordinate and ensure regular evaluation of agency programs and research activities in collaboration with the secretariat’s leadership.
• Identify need for change in organization priorities and acts to implement such changes, communicate related outcomes, change and action plans to internal and external audiences as effectively as possible.
• Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of the Governing and other Advisory Boards, other agency leaders, key stakeholders and other public health partners.
• Ensures appropriate, effective and timely resolution of issues and problems regarding agency activities and programs raised to the Secretariat by Member States and other Constituents.
• Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high performing team; empower, energize and develop overall staff capacity.
• Perform any duties assigned by the Director General.

Academic Requirements and Relevant Experience:

• Degree equivalent to Doctor of Medicine or Ph.D in Relevant Medical Sciences from a recognized institute or university. In addition, to the Doctor of Medicine or a Ph.D, a Master’s degree in public health (MPH), or epidemiology or equivalent is required.
• At least 15 years of experience in public health management, planning, or public policy development with evidence of ever-increasing levels of responsibility at the national level or above.
• At least 15 years’ proven experience in operational management of a public health organization at country, regional or continental level, with at least ten (10) years of managerial experience involving a minimum of five (5) years supervisory exposure.
• Preferably having a working experience in international organizations
• Excellent organizational and leadership abilities

Required Skills:

• Demonstrate strong leadership and management experience, excellent organizational human and financial management skills, very good interpersonal skills and ability to organize and motivate others and to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Excellent communication skills and ability to Interact with a variety of stakeholders including, at a high level and excellent report writing and reporting skills to diverse audiences and at various levels;
• Excellent strategic visioning, planning, Implementation, monitoring and evaluations and reporting skills;
• Demonstrated record of setting clear standards for accountability, probity, value for money and risk management and zero tolerance to fraud and corruption; for ensuring sound and transparent financial management; and delivering continuous improvement, impact, efficiency and effectiveness;
• Demonstrated intellectual leadership, creativity and proven ability to propose new ideas and lead on new ways of working across silos in a complementary and synergistic way for a prosperous, healthy and peaceful Africa;
• Proven track record of change management and accomplishments at the regional, national or international level with strong resource mobilization, political and diplomatic skills;
• Demonstrate clear understanding of scientific evidence and ability to translate scientific evidence into recommendations for public health policy;
• Good grounding on regional and international policy frameworks and strategies on the African developmental agenda and specifically Agenda 2063 and the SDGs;
• Working knowledge of research, policy development and analysis, programs development and management, and project management.
• Proficiency in one of the AU official working languages (French, English, Portuguese, Kiswahili, Spanish, Arabic) and fluency in another AU language(s) will be an important added advantage

Workplace: Addis Ababa

Deadline: October 30, 2023

Position 4: Legal Counsel

Purpose of Job:

To provide strategic direction and legal counsel to the African Union (AU) Commission..

Main Functions:

• Acts as a focal point for legal related issues of AU.
• Develops and maintains operating rules and procedures.
• Provides technical leadership and ensures efficient functioning of all Divisions of the OLC.
• Ensures overall management of the Directorate/department personnel, budget, performance, quality, discipline and training in conformity with relevant rules and procedures in force.
• Determines and executes the overall strategy of the directorate/department.
• Develops and oversees policy development guidelines.
• Prepares and oversees integrated programmes of overall activities of the Directorate.
• Builds and maintains a strategic plan to form good working relations with other Directorate/department.
• Develops and maintains regular working relations with top level stakeholders in appropriate agencies of Member States and partners.
• Ensures the organization of coordination meetings between the organisation and other relevant directorate/department.
• Ensures the preparation of periodic financial and budget execution reports and annual financial statements and other reports.
• Oversees the collection of contributed funds to the Directorate/department.
• Initiates and takes necessary actions to collect funds of and for the African Union as a whole.
• Proposes training programmes relating to programme designing and coordination.
• Promotes awareness and training of best practices in area of expertise.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Advises the Commission and AU Organs on legal matters;
• Provides legal opinions relating to the interpretation of all Protocols, Rules and Regulations of the AU, as well as, other legal instruments;
• Provides legal counsel to the Chairperson of the Commission, in discharging his/her functions as Depository of all the treaties as well as all other legal instruments of the Union and in keeping copies of international agreements signed between Member States
• Assesses the legal implications of the activities and decisions of all deliberative, advisory and administrative bodies, and to participate in the meetings of these bodies;
• Oversees the drafting of contracts; host agreements, cooperation agreements and Rules of Procedure of the various organs, treaties, and other legal instruments as well as the preparation of election documents including materials for elections at the level of the Executive Council and the Assembly;
• Represents the Commission and all organs of the AU in judicial proceedings, negotiations or other procedures for the conclusion of agreements or the settlement of disputes;
• Ensures the smooth functioning of, and represents the Chairperson in the Administrative Tribunal;
• Conducts follow up on issues concerning the implementation of Headquarters and Host Agreements;
• Ensures that the privileges and immunities of the Commission and its staff and representatives accredited to it are assured, respected and protected as provided for in the Headquarters Agreements and the General Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the AU;
• Follows-up on issues relating to international legal matters;
• Ensures that the legal interaction between the Organs of the Union and Member States, other Organisations, individuals and other legal entities are regulated in such a manner that the interests of the AU are safeguarded;
• Oversees investigations and preparation of reports on special legal problems;
• Ensures the overall management of the Office including the preparation of programmes and budgets and their effective implementation,
• Manages and supervises the performance of subordinate staff
• Coordinates all the legal officers deployed in AU organs and Institutions
• Performs any other duties as may be assigned.

Academic Requirements and Relevant Experience:

• Master’s degree in Public or Private International Law and/or the Law of International organizations with 15 years of postgraduate work experience out of which eight (8) years should be at managerial level, and five (5) years in supervisory role.
• Experience within International and/or multilateral organizations is required, and dealing with international negotiation and diplomatic matters will be an added advantage.

Required Skills:

• Leadership and management skills
• Communication, report writing and presentation skills
• Inter personal and negotiation skills
• Research and analytical skills
• Knowledge in the international laws and practices
• Knowledge and operational understanding of the policies, systems and programmes of the AU
• Knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficiency in one of the AU official working languages (French, English, Kiswahili, Portuguese, and Arabic); fluency in another AU language(s) is an added advantage).

Workplace: Addis Ababa

Deadline: November 17, 2023

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form with the indicated link https://jobs.au.int/search/  before the closing date of this announcement.

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Note:

Only candidates who meet all job requirements and are selected for interviews will be contacted.

Consideration will be given only to those candidates who have submitted a fully completed online application with a curriculum vitae (CV), an African passport, and the required academic qualifications, such as Diplomas, Bachelor’s degrees, Master’s degrees and any relevant certificate in line with the area of expertise.

The African Union is an equal opportunity employer, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Candidates from less represented countries within the African Union are strongly encouraged to apply for positions that fit their profiles. These countries include Algeria, Angola, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Sahrawi D.R., Sao Tome and Principe., Seychelles, Somalia and Tunisia

Application instruction:

• Remember to attach your CV, Application letter, Educational document, and updated work experience letter. 
• Incomplete and false information will be Rejected

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