Communications and PR Advisor

GIZ Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #029/2021

GIZ AU AfCFTA

 The African Union (AU), established as a unique Pan African continental body, was charged with the responsibility to coordinate and provide overall guidance for the negotiations on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The AfCFTA entered into force on May 30, 2019 and implementation is set to start in January 2021.

The trade advisor will be responsible for the setup of the technical advisory component of the project towards the AfCFTA Secretariat as well as Ghana as an African Union (AU) Member State. The project in support of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) works in close collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI) of the African Union, AfCFTA Secretariat, Member States and partners such as UNECA, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and a large number of African actors to support the content of free trade negotiations in the areas of trade in goods and services, trade facilitation, customs cooperation as well as on the investment protocol. The project also works on industrialization, e-commerce, women in trade, value chains, special economic zones and other trade-related issues. The project is part of the GIZ portfolio with the African Union in Addis Ababa under the direction of the GIZ Liaison Office to the AU. Due to the continental relevance of its mandate and range of tasks, the project increasingly cooperates with global and other regional GIZ projects, for instance with the East African Community (EAC) and African member states.

For further information see GIZ African Union

Responsibilities

• Support the continental partners and programme team in fostering their role in communication and PR across all intervention levels
• Close collaboration with AU Commission, the GIZ AfCFTA Support Programme Team (which the advisor is part of) as well as with RECs
• Develop creative communication and outreach material for the project in order to enhance awareness and understanding of the project among relevant stakeholders in the different countries and regions of the project.
• Provide expert advice and input for internal and external communication activities, such as press briefings, internet pages, annual reports, newsletter and communication activities around major AfCFTA milestones.
• Manage short-term communication experts to undertake subject-specific support into areas of concern to Member State representatives participating in technical meetings throughout the key project component topics of trade in services, goods as well as the investment protocol.
• Technical advice and project coordination on various aspects of trade integration, including trade in goods, trade in services, trade facilitation, and stakeholder involvement and possibly also industrialization, value chain and other emerging topics
• Participate in the AfCFTA Team meetings and bilateral exchanges with AfCFTA advisors throughout the various project components and locations
• Work with other GIZ projects and be familiar with GIZ internal procurement processes

Job Requirements

Required qualifications, experiences and competences:

 Qualifications

• Master degree in a Communication-related subject (Communications, Social Science, Political Science, Cultural Studies)
• Fluent English and preferably knowledge of French or German

Professional experience

• Specific professional experience: Proven track record in communications, experience of media production, possibly including publishing or graphic design software, editorial experience, experience in implementing corporate design guidelines, experience producing communication material for GIZ
• Regional experience: ideally previous experience with the African Union
• Development Cooperation (DC) experience: previous experience with GIZ related to communication, previous experience working with international development organizations

Other knowledge, additional competencies

• Very Good MS Software usage
• Preferably publisher or other additional software qualifications

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via Ethiojobs or Email: hreth@giz.de

Note: - Please make sure you mention the Vacancy Number “Communications and PR Advisor #029/2021” in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categorize applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

To improve the diversity of our team, we will only consider female applicants for this position.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference.