AdministrativeAssistant Job in ArushaTanzania

East African Community
Secretariat
EAC - Payment and Settlement
Systems Integration Project (EAC -
PSSIP)
Terms of Reference: Administrative
Assistant
Reference: EAC - PSSIP - 04 /2013
1.0. Background
The East African Community (EAC) is
a regional organisation mandated
by the Governments of the
Republics of Burundi, Kenya,
Rwanda, Uganda and the United
Republic of Tanzania to spearhead
the East African economic, social
and political integration, with its
headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
Following a request from EAC
Secretariat to the African
Development Fund (ADF) for
support to the areas of Payment and
Settlement Systems Integration of
the EAC Financial Sector
Development and Regionalization
Project (FSDRP1), the ADF committed
to provide a grant in support of the
establishment of EA Payment and
Settlement Systems Integration
Project (EAC-PSSIP) in the EAC
region.
The Protocol Agreement amounting
to Fifteen Million Units of Account
(UA 15,000,000) was signed between
EAC and ADF to fund the Four (4)
years project
Applications are therefore invited
from suitably qualified citizens of the
East African Partner States for the
position of Administrative Assistant
tenable at the EAC Secretariat in
Arusha, Tanzania.
2.0. Qualifications and Experience
To be qualified for the position, the
candidate must meet the minimum
required qualifications and
experience:
a) Degree in secretarial studies and
office management or equivalent,
with sufficient skills in typing at 60
wpm and 120 wpm in shorthand;
b) Supplementary courses/training
in finance, administration, or other
relevant field will be an added
advantage;
c) Working experience with Office
Management/Administrative issues
of not less than 5 years at national,
regional or international
organisation
3.0. Terms and Conditions of
Service
This is an EAC-PSSIP project position
supported by African Development
Fund (ADF), and is a non-established
position for which contract terms
are limited to the period of the
project, and may be renewed
subject to performance and
extension of the funding.
The Administrative Assistant will be
recruited by the EAC Secretariat for
an initial period of two (2) years
including a probation period of six
months.
The contract may be renewed
contingent upon project budgeting
and a satisfactory performance
evaluation.
Attractive consolidated
remuneration packages for fixed
contract positions will be paid in
accordance with the EAC-PSSIP
budget.
4.0. How to Apply
Download EAC Job Application
Format from the EAC website
Interested candidates should submit
their applications quoting the
reference number of the position
applied for by registered mail,
courier service, e-mail (All soft
copies should be in MS Word) or
dispatch together with Curriculum
Vitae, copies of both academic and
professional certificates and
testimonials, names and addresses
of three referees, and day time tele/
cell phone contacts to:
The Secretary General
East African Community Secretariat
Headquarters
EAC Close
P.O. Box 1096
Arusha - Tanzania.
Fax No: 007 27 2502455/2504481
E-mail: vacancies@eachq.org
To be received not later than 5th
September, 2013 at 17:30 local time
(Arusha)
The East African Community is an
equal opportunity employer.
Female candidates are encouraged
to apply.
We shall only respond to those
candidates who strictly meet the set
requirements.
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