Director Trade in Goods and Competition - African Union

Job Title: Director Trade in Goods and Competition at African Union

Organ/Department: The AfCFTA Secretariat

Post level: D1

Reporting to: Secretary General – AfCFTA

Duty Station: Accra, Ghana

Number of Positions: 1

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the SecretaryGeneral, the Director: Trade in Goods and Competition shall be responsible for all matters related to Trade in Goods, Trade Facilitation and Competition of the AfCFTA to facilitate the implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement. Providing technical leadership and ensure efficient functioning of all Divisions and ensure overall management of directorate human resources, budget, performance, quality and training in conformity with relevant AU rules and regulations.

SUMMARY OF KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A. General management responsibilities

• Determine and execute the directorate’s strategy and align to the AfCFTA Secretariat’s overall strategy;
• Prepare and oversee integrated programmes and related activities of the department;
• Provide support in development of policies and oversee policy development guidelines;
• Build and maintain a strategic plan to form good working relations with other directorate/department;
• Build staff capacity and continually improve the cost effectiveness in the delivery of the directorate’s mandate;
• Develop and maintain regular working relations with top level stakeholders in appropriate agencies of Member States and partners; and
• Prepare periodic financial, budget execution and programme delivery reports.

B. Specific responsibilities

Trade in Goods

• Responsible for assisting state parties in implementing the Protocols on Trade in Goods and Competition, including their subsidiary instruments;
• Assist the state parties in enhancing cooperation in the areas of Customs Procedures, Trade Facilitation and Transit;
• Assist the state parties in enhancing cooperation in the areas of Technical Barriers to Trade, NonTariff Barriers and Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures;
• Act as a secretariat to the Committee on Trade in Goods and the Committee on Competition and their subsidiary bodies, to ensure their smooth functioning;
• Provide high quality factual reports, technical advisory notes and other relevant information notes to enable the smooth functioning of the Committee on Trade in Goods, the Committee on Competition and their subsidiary bodies;
• Develop formats and working procedures for receipt of notifications and their circulation to state parties;
• Lead technical assistance and capacity building initiatives to enable state parties to implement the Protocols on Trade in Goods and Competition, including their subsidiary instruments; 

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