To mobilize Extra Budgetary Resources for the implementation of COMESA programs and promote Technical Cooperation and Partnerships for the implementation of COMESA Programs/activities (COMESA regional integration programs).

B. MAIN DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Under the direct supervision of the Secretary General, the incumbent of the post will perform the following duties:

i. Consolidate annual Unit work plans and budget inputs in order to gain Management’s approval and funding of work plans required to execute Unit mandate;

ii. Coordinate high-level partnerships events and consultative meetings and missions with key strategic funding partners. Maintains ongoing dialogue and cooperation with the international Development Partners/Donor Community and other
Cooperating Partners with a view to getting support and mobilizing resources for COMESA programs;

iii. Establish and/or enhance ongoing, close cooperation with the African Regional Economic communities 3. Provision of technical support and Intergovernmental Organizations and Specialized agencies with a view to rationalizing and
harmonizing their activities;

iv. Facilitate regional integration by Identifying areas of collaboration and joint action/interests, conduct regular consultations, prepare progress reports and attend relevant meetings, negotiate new, review and/or revise the existing
cooperation agreements to reflect current realities, exchanging and sharing of experiences and information and taking common positions and approaching donors jointly;

v. Coordinate the negotiation and formalization of the Secretariat’s institutional partnerships arrangements with ICPs and development partners through Partnerships MOUs and Technical Cooperation Agreements; and solicit/coordinate
the involvement of program directorates in this process;

vi. Manage all actions required for the effective implementation of technical cooperation/Development Partner funded projects by assisting project preparation at the COMESA Secretariat to ensure consistency, and complementarity between
projects/programs, preparing consolidated reports on donor support to COMESA and Serving as the Secretary of the Project Management Committee which streamlines the preparation and submission of projects;

vii. Monitor the implementation of Unit work programs and budgets to ensure that the Unit mandate is executed in line with COMESA strategy and within approved budget limits;

viii. Manage working relations with regional, continental and International organizations so as to enhance regional integration with the ultimate objective of establishing the African Economic Community as enshrined in the Lagos Plan of Action and the
Constitutive Act of the African Union;

ix. Assist Member States in negotiating multilateral agreements and in taking common positions on matters of common interest/concerns;

x. Provide support to the COMESA Secretariat in operationalizing (and in overseeing) the COMESA infrastructure Fund and the COMESA Adjustment Facility; Prepare a coherent Regional Aid for Trade Strategy, and compatible programs to
access available resources and coordinate and monitor the implementation of the different components of the Regional Aid for Trade strategy and programs;

xii. Provide, on a demand basis, support to individual Member States in preparing and implementing National Aid for Trade Strategies and ensure complementarities between national and regional Aid for Trade strategies within the COMESA region;

xiii. Co-ordinate and harmonize regional Aid for Trade programs with other RECs, particularly within the ESA-IO region, as well as at the Continental level with the AUC, NEPAD, and AFDB;

xiv. Manage the performance management process in the Unit to ensure achievement of Unit objectives supports COMESA strategy;

xv. Motivate, engage and build staff into a high performing team through coaching, effective communication and providing frequent feedback on work; and

xvi. Perform any other duties as assigned by Executive Management from time to time.

C. MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

i. Master’s Degree in any of the following: Economics, Business Administration (Finance option), International Trade Law, Development Studies or International Relations;
ii. A Ph.D. in any of the above fields would be an added advantage.

D. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ten (10) years of working experience, with at least 5 of those as a manager handling resource mobilization activity; managing international partnerships. Working experience in resource mobilization at an international level and managing teams in regional or
international organizations

E. Professional Certifications/Qualifications:

Professional certification on the below listed area is desirable
i) Training in Project Planning and management or International Relations and Diplomacy, or

iii) International Relations and Negotiations is desirable

F. SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE
Specialized knowledge in any of the following areas;
i) Exposure to and understanding of trends and developments with respect to
International Negotiations, Trade law and Diplomacy;
ii) Development Partners relations ; and
iii) Negotiations Management

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