Deadline: 21 February, 2022
Location: Rabat, Morocco
The African Union Commission (AUC) is seeking to fill the position of Principal Officer, Training and Capacity Building.
The AU is guided by its vision of ‘an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena’.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate training/capacity-building needs assessments of member states/RECs on migration data collection/management
- Develop syllabi/curricula on data collection based on identified training/capacity-building needs of member states/RECs
- Coordinate the development of technical proposals and budgets for the training and capacity-building activities in accordance with the African Migration Observatory’s strategic priorities
- Monitor performance and prepare progress reports on the training and capacity-building activities of the African Migration Observatory
- Coordinate the design of monitoring and evaluation systems for programmes under the training and capacity-building unit
- Compile briefing notes, strategy documents, regular regional/continental reports and white papers on migration
- Perform other duties as assigned by the deputy director
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Statistics, Demography, Mathematics, Computer Science or Survey Methodology or a related discipline
- Ten years of continuous and combined relevant experience, with six and three years at expert and supervisory level
- Professional qualification or certificate in training/capacity-building (highly desirable)
- Demonstrable experience in supervising and leading teams of consultants, and delegating tasks and authority
- Demonstrable experience in drafting technical documents for executive level consumption and/or peer review
- Experience with statistical applications and methods for social research
- Knowledge and advanced use of at least two of the following tools: R, Sawtooth CBC/HB, Stata, SAS, SPSS, Matlab, Python, XLStat
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and/or VBA experience
- Understanding of the African migration landscape
- Proven experience interacting with international and regional public partner agencies
- Proven track record of working and liaising with high-level government and donor officials
- Understanding of the African Union way of working and managing associated relationships with member states/RECs and partners (preferred)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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