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International cooperation between Germany and Nigeria commenced in 1974. GIZ was initially represented by an office in Lagos until 2003, but since 2004 it has maintained a country office and four project offices in the new capital Abuja. At present, GIZ has around 25 seconded staff, 100 Nigerian and regional experts, and four CIM experts working in Nigeria. ...
The Project:
GIZ EAT - a vibrant project for the ECOWAS region
The BMZ funded regional project ECOWAS Agricultural Trade (EAT) is implemented by GIZ and officially started in January 2022 with a funding of 10 Mio. EUR for 5 years. The project management unit is based in Abuja. Major activities will start from January 2023. The project focuses on five countries, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ghana. Others to be determined with the partner.
The objective of EAT is to improve institutional and technical requirements for intra-regional agricultural trade in the ECOWAS region and selected countries. The main partner is the ECOWAS commission (Directorates for agriculture, trade and customs), regional organizations and national line ministries or trade associations.
EAT works on 3 components:
The target group of the project comprises trade companies, organizations, and actors in agri-food sector trade in the ECOWAS region. The supported agricultural commodities are raw, semi-finished and finished products that are traded form farm gate, factory or warehouse to consumer markets.
Responsibilities & tasks:
Profile
You are motivated to work as an Executive Management Advisor attached to the Director of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) at the ECOWAS Commission as part of a team of a larger administrative and technical team. You manage and prioritize proactively your workload and fulfill administrative, organizational, and logistical tasks in time, with a high level of self-responsibility and with high accuracy. You have excellent communication abilities, are oriented to produce results and you are open to change ineffective routines and bring up ideas to improve administrative processes within your scope of work. You are motivated to closely collaborate and communicate with the Director of Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development at the ECOWAS Commission and his team, with other ECOWAS Directorates and partners as well as the GIZ EAT project team. You are open to travel for organizing events and workshops with participation of the ECOWAS Director. Planning, managing, and organizing tasks on short notice and under time pressure, following-up tasks and managing the Director’s agenda as well as his communication with partners is one of your key strengths. You have the ability to speak in French and English.
Responsibilities and tasks
C. Required qualifications, Competences and Experience
Qualifications
Professional Experience
Submission Guideline:
You are kindly requested to submit your CV and letter of motivation as one document with complete contact details via email to: recruitment-nigeria@giz.de
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: recruitment-nigeria@giz.de using the position as subject of email.
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