SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
REGIONAL INDICATIVE PROGRAMME
"Capacity Building for Regional Integration" (CBRI)
(9 ACP SAD 015)
Background
The Southern African Development Community currently has fifteen Member States1 with a population of approximately 250 million people and a combined GDP of USD 467.3 billion (2006). The overall objective of SADC is to achieve development and economic growth, which is to be attained through increased regional integration, built on democratic principles and equitable and sustainable development.
The development policies of the region are defined in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), which was formally adopted by the SADC Summit in August 2003 in Tanzania after a comprehensive consultation process with relevant stakeholders, including the donor community. The RISDP is a 15-year regional integration and development framework, setting the priorities and articulating the necessary economic and social policies and strategies. Its purpose is to deepen regional integration with the ultimate objective of eradicating poverty in the SADC region. Key milestones related to trade integration are the completion of a Free Trade Area by 2008, establishment of a SADC Customs Union by 2010 and, the establishment of a SADC Common Market by 2015.
Capacity building at the level of the Secretariat remains essential and the relevance of this form of assistance has increased given the prevailing institutional context. This change in the institutional context resulted from the SADC Council's decision to restructure SADC institutions, through centralizing sectoral responsibilities at the SADC Secretariat and increasing the SADC Secretariat's mandate to take on this central role.
A proposal for a specific capacity development intervention for the main SADC institutions was submitted to the European Commission under the 9th EDF RSP/RIP. Approval to the project, Capacity Building for Regional Integration (CBRI) (9 ACP SAD 015) was given in October 2007. The CBRI project is designed to support the overall capacity of the SADC Secretariat to drive and coordinate the regional integration agenda as outlined in
the SADC RISDP and SIPO. It is intended that one result of the project will be that future EC/EDF support to regional integration will be to take the form of direct financial support through an EU-SADC Contribution Agreement under the 10th EDF (2008-2013). In achieving this, the CBRI programme will be supporting the successful implementation of the Windhoek Declaration on A New SADC-ICP Partnership.
In addition to giving consideration to capacity development that would support future cooperation, the CBRI will support the implementation of ongoing projects and programmes, both through the activities supported in the context of the broader institutional strengthening and in more focussed assistance in the implementation and coordination of the technically oriented EC financed programmes under the 8th and 9th EDF.
It is following this background that SADC Secretariat in implementation of the CBRI Project wishes to invite suitably qualified, experienced citizens of SADC to apply for the following positions tenable at its Head quarters in Gaborone, Botswana:
| Position | Job Grade |
| Senior Procurement Officer | 4 |
| Procurement Officer (2) | 7 |
| Program Officer Monitoring & evaluation | 7 |
Tenure of Appointment:
All the positions are on fixed - term contract up to 31st December, 2012.
Remuneration
The SADC Secretariat offers competitive package for all the positions as per detailed below Average package.
| Job Grade | Average Package per Annum |
| Job Grade 4 | US$ 100,529 |
| Job Grade 7 | US$ 85,374 |
Submission of Applications
Applications must be submitted to:
The Executive Secretary
SADC Secretariat
P/Bag 0095
Gaborone
Botswana
ATTENTION: Director of Human Resources and Administration or apply to recruitment@sadc.int
Your application should accompany the following:
- A short covering letter stating the position that you want to be considered for and describe how your qualifications, experience and competencies are relevant to the position;
- A detailed and updated curriculum vitae;
- Certified copies of your degree(s), Diploma(s) and Certificate(s);
- Duly completed SADC Application Form.
Should you be shortlisted, you will be required to produce evidence of any educational and professional qualifications supporting your applications on the day of your interview.
Gender Mainstreaming
SADC is an equal opportunity employer and particularly encourages applications from female candidates.
Closing Date:
Please submit your applications and CV's not later 16h30 on Friday 26th September 2011.
If you are result oriented, you have passion for the transformation and development of Southern Africa, and possess the competencies to meet the new challenges, submit your application now!!!
Only applicants who meet the requirements of the SADC Secretariat and are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit a completed Personal History Form available from the SADC website, attaching a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV) indicating Date of Birth and Nationality. Should you not hear SADC Secretariat within four weeks after closing date, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
For further details on the position that you want to apply for, job profiles and SADC Application Form, refer to the SADC Website: www.sadc.int.
1 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is made up of Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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