Regional Integration Specialist
(Capacity Building / Regulatory Quality)
East African Community
Secretariat
Working closely with the
EAC Secretariat and the World Bank Group’s EAC Investment Climate Program,
TradeMarkEastAfrica is looking to fill an initial 2-year position as Regional
Integration Specialist (Capacity Building/Regulatory Quality) to deliver
Investment Climate products in support of the EAC Common Market implementation
process.
Duties and Accountabilities
The successful candidate is
expected to support and facilitate activities aiming at improving regulatory
capacities of the EAC Secretariat, and to ensure that technical advice provided
through the World Bank Group’s EAC Investment Climate Program is well imbedded
into EAC structures and processes.
Specifically, the
successful candidate will:
- Contribute
to development and management of a regulatory capacity building package
for the EAC Secretariat and help EAC integration stakeholders reform key
aspects of the region’s business environment necessary for the common
market to achieve its objectives. This includes design of strategies to
ensure better regulation, development of management capacity on
regulation, and a regulatory impact assessment system for EAC.
- Contribute
to the preparation of a Regulatory Reform Strategy for the EAC that is
adopted by the Secretariat and the Council, and the possible creation of
an EAC Group on Better Regulation.
- Develop a
systematic, meaningful, and targeted processes of stakeholder consultation
that provide a quality check and promote constructive dialogue on options
and impacts of EAC-level actions
- Initiate a
training program in good regulatory practices in a Common Market to build
awareness and skills among Secretariat staff and other EAC institutions.
- Contribute
to development of management capacity (a dedicated Better Regulation Unit)
to oversee and promote regulatory quality in the Secretariat and promote
implementation of a pro-market regulatory strategy across EAC
institutions.
- Contribute
to the development Regulatory Impact Assessment framework to provide basic
information on the need and impacts of proposed new regional regulation.
- Perform
other duties directly connected to the implementation of the EAC
Investment Climate Program.
The position requires excellent integration skills, research,
presentational and analytical skills, a good knowledge of and experience with
investment climate issues and regional integration, program management skills,
and a talent for stakeholder management.
The advisor will report to
the EAC Deputy Secretary General (Planning & Infrastructure).
Selection Criteria
- Advanced
degree in law, finance, economics, or other relevant field. Basic degree
in law and admission to practice law in any one of the EAC countries;
- At least
seven (7) years of relevant working experience;
- Practical
experience in designing and implementing regional integration and
investment climate reform projects in developing and post-conflict
countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa;
- Strong
analytical skills, and demonstrated capability in effective writing;
- Prior
experience in working in investment climate reform or regional integration
is a plus;
- Experience
in managing project teams, consultants and other stakeholders;
- Strong
program management skills;
- Well-developed
interpersonal and team-working skills, ability to operate effectively as a
team leader and member;
- Fluency in
English required, proficiency in French desirable;
- Willingness
to travel regionally and internationally.
Applications should be emailed to rmakotsi@ifc.org .
All email attachments must
be 5MB or less.
Applications can also be
sent to:
Rosemary Makotsi
International Finance Corporation
P.O. Box 30577-00100
Nairobi
International Finance Corporation
P.O. Box 30577-00100
Nairobi
The closing date for
applications is August 3, 2012.
