Director of Trade in Services, Investment and Intellectual Property Rights - Africa Union



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Job Title: Director of Trade in Services, Investment and Intellectual Property Rights at Africa 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 of Trade in Services, Investment and Intellectual Property Rights shall be responsible for all matters related to Trade in Services, Investment and Intellectual Property Rights to facilitate the implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement. Providing technical and policy leadership and ensuring the efficient functioning of all divisions. Ensuring overall management of the directorate’s human resources, budget, performance, quality and training in conformity with relevant AU rules and regulations


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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 directorates/departments;
  • 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 Services:

  • Responsible for assisting state parties in implementing the Protocol on Trade in Services, including its subsidiary instruments;
  • Assist the state parties in enhancing cooperation in the area of Trade in Services.
  • Act as a secretariat to the Committee on Trade in Services and its 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 Services and its subsidiary bodies;
  • Lead technical assistance and capacity building initiatives to enable state parties to implement the Protocol on Trade in Services, including its subsidiary instruments.
  • Design and maintain a comprehensive database of each state party’s schedule of specific commitments;
  • Conduct research and assist other directorates of the Secretariat on all matters related to the Protocols on Trade in Services whenever expertise on this topics is required, for instance in the context of dispute settlement cases and of technical assistance activities. 

 

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