Vacancy title:
Country Director, Ethiopia

Jobs at:
TradeMark East Africa (TMEA)

Deadline of this Job:
2nd November 2018

Duty Station:
Ethiopia

Summary
Date Posted: 8th October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) is an aid-footrace organization that was established with the aim -of growing prosperity in East Africa through increased trade. TMEA operates on a not-for-profit basis and is funded by the development-agencies of the following countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom and United, States of America. TMEA work-to closely with East African Community (ENS) institutions, national governments, the private sector and civil society organizations.

JOB DETAILS:
TMEA, with an annual expenditure of around US$100 millions, is now the reading -aid-for-trade facility in the world; TMEA has its headquarters in Nairobi with vibrant and successful operations in EAG-Arusha. Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The first phase of TMEA has delivered exceptional results which have direct contributed to substantial gains" in East Africa's trade and regional integration environment in terms oi reduced transit times, improved border efficiency, and reduced barriers to trade. We are now in the second phase and we aim to deliver even more large-scale impact to maximize the potential benefits of aid-for-trade interventions which lead to sustainable and inclusive prosperity through-job creation, poverty reduction and enhanced economic welfare.

We are looking for high calibrate, results oriented and-experienced professionals to join our team in the positions below.

Country Director, Ethiopia
The Country Director will have the overall responsibility of establishing the Ethiopian Country Programme and developing managing and monitoring its strategy and programme delivery in line with TMEA's Strategy and Project Cycle Management (PCM) Guidelines. This will include activities in the fields of regional trade, customs and infrastructure development, and institutional development oi Government institutions. S/he will develop, manage and maintain strategic relationships with Government, the private sector, civil society and the donor community, In addition, the CD is responsible for recruiting and managing a new country team to ensure good design and delivery of the programme, and ensuring best practice is followed with TMEA corporate guidelines, procedures anti systems. in addition, the Country Director with work with TMEA’s senior Leadership Team to identity opportunities for leveraging additional investments into TMEA‘s Ethiopia Programme coordinating with development partners in Ethiopia

The ideal candidate will possess an undergraduate degree preferably in Economics, Development Studies, and International Trade, Planning, Finance or Management with at least 12 years oi relevant working experience in programme management OR a postgraduate degree with at least 10 years of relevant working experience. in addition, s/he will have live years of leadership and management experience. S/he will also possess at least three years of working experience gained in Ethiopia or the other countries in which TMEA operates, primarily in managing economic development co-operation programmes related to regional integration, trade facilitation, trade and investment climate reform, transport sector development, and/or institutional reform

The position is open to Ethiopian nationals only.