Socio-Economic Officer at the African Union (AU) in Brussels, Belgium

Objective of Position

Under the entire direction of the Permanent Delegate, the Socio-Economic Officer will offer deep specialized skill on key socio-economic concerns and associated priority zones enshrined in AU Schedule 2063 (Health, Education, Job, Human Mobility, Migration and Diaspora) and check in their execution in the structure of the AU-EU Collaboration and the new OACPS-EU Teamwork Accord.

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 zone and the functioning of the Division.
• Coordinate with the various Departments/Units of the Fee for synchronization and alignment purposes.

Or

MSC in Community-related Sciences, Development Economics, Law, Humanities 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:

• Strategic Findings.
• Conceptualizing Others.
• Adjustment Management.
• Coordinating Risk.

Core Skills:

• Collaboration and Partnership.
• Encourages Responsibility Culture.
• 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.