Economist at the African Union (AU) in Brussels, Belgium

Objective of Position

Under the entire direction of the Permanent Delegate, the Economic Officer will offer assistance and guidance on key economic concerns concerning the AU-EU Collaboration (Trade, economic consolidation, private sector financial funding, maintainable funding etc.) in line with the key focuses enshrined in AU Schedule 2063 in addition to all economic concerns with the OACPS Secretariat.

Main Processes

• Offer assistance in checking in on the initiatives of the Permanent Purpose, which includes supervising and analyzing advancement made in line with a predefined business roadmap.
• Suggest new and expand on current regulatory framework zones for organized analysis and help in collecting and data evaluation.
• Engage in the company of applicable sessions, congresses and professional forums with within and outside the organization participants.
• Offer assistance in project setup and development documentation, financial plan and work program connected with the respective zones and the functioning of the Division.
• Engage in OACPS sessions concerning Economic Development and Trade Strategic collaborations.
• Coordinate with the various Departments/Units of the Fee for synchronization and alignment purposes.

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MSC in Community-related Sciences, Development Economics, International Trade, Finance or associated fields with 2 years applicable professional background. 

Necessary Competencies:

• Robust spoken communication and professional writing competencies.
• Robust logical and documentation skilled in writing.
• Outstanding people skills to operate and build connection in a diverse environment.
• Outstanding composing and public speaking.
• Capability to productively use workspace applications and data visual communication/evaluation resources,.
• Capability to operate across business units / geographies; cultural sensitive environment.
• Competence in one of the AU operating languages, fluency in another AU language is a plus.
• Be meticulous with outstanding organisational and synchronization competencies.

Executive guidance Skills:

Adjustment Management. Coordinating Risk.

Core Skills:

• Collaboration and Partnership.
• Responsibility consciousness and Adherence.
• Learning Onboarding.
• Sharing information with Shape.

Operational Skills:

• Logical Thinking and Issue resolution.
• Role understanding and Information Exchanging.
• Lead for Outcomes.
• Ongoing development Concentration.

Languages:

Competence in one of the AU operating languages (Arabic, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, and Spanish) is compulsory and fluency in another AU language is a plus.

Tenure of Assignment

The assignment will be made on a consistent term agreement for a period of three (3) years, of which the first twelve months shall be assessed as a probationary period. Thereafter, the agreement will be for a period of two years sustainable, subject to acceptable effectiveness and outputs.

Compensation

Indicative basic remuneration of US$ 31,073.00 (P2 Step1) per annum plus other associated entitlements e.g. Post modification (54% of basic remuneration), Housing benefit US$  23,184.00 (per annum), and education stipend (100% of tuition and other education-associated expenditures for every qualified reliant up to a maximum of US$ 10,000.00 per child per annum), for internationally hired employees and a maximum of $3,300 per child per annum for locally hired employees.

Note

• Only applicants who meet all role expectations and are selected for interviews will be reached.
• Deliberation will be provided only to those applicants who possess provided a fully finished online application with a CV (Resume), an African passport, and the necessary academic credentials, which includes Diplomas (Bac+2), Bachelor's degrees (Bac+3), Master's degrees (Bac+5) and any applicable certification in line with the specialization.
• The African Union is an fair access company, and female applicants are firmly inspired to submit application.
• Applicants from least acted on behalf of countries inside the African Union are firmly inspired to submit application for roles that suit their profiles. These countries comprise of: Algeria, Angola, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Sahrawi D.R., Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Somalia
• The AU Fee is an fair access company and certified women are firmly inspired to submit application.