Head of Knowledge Management Division, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Closing date: Friday, 22 May 2015
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: HEAD OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
The African Union, established as a unique Pan African continental body, is charged with spearheading Africa's rapid integration and sustainable development by promoting unity, solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among the peoples of Africa and African States as well as developing a new partnership worldwide. Its Headquarters is located in Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia.
The directorate of Strategic Policy Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Resource Mobilization general mandate, under the direct authority of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, is to promote and follow the modernisation of the management tools of the Commission, to support the improvement of the AU's capacity to define priorities and to plan, execute, and monitor the policies and programmes adopted by the different departments of the Commission.
The SPPMERM is composed of four Divisions each under the responsibility of one Head of Division. Together with the Director of the SPPMERM these four Heads of Division constitute the management team of the Directorate.
Job Purpose
The principal objective of this post is to promote knowledge management resources to support legal and business research. This will be through managing of knowledge and information appropriately by sharing it within the Commission, source, research, identify new sources of information as well as, exchanging it with other centres of knowledge, research institutions, think tanks, and other knowledge generating institutions in Africa and elsewhere. The incumbent will be in charge of the AU knowledge management website and promote its use by all staff of the Union, the Regional Economic Communities and other institutions of the Union.
The incumbent will be in charge of modern/computerized management and organization of the Library and Archives, facilitating access to them, encouraging staff of the Commission to refer to them and use this knowledge rationally with a view to improving the overall performance of the Commission. Some of deliverables will include project management tools, shared document storage, meeting and videoconferencing platforms, and multiple knowledgebase that make information accessible.
Post
Post title: Head of Knowledge Management Division
Post level: P5
Department: SPPMERM DIRECTORATE
Supervisor: Director of SPPMERM
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Main duties and responsibilities
Education Qualifications and Experience
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
TENURE OF APPOINTMENT
The appointment will be made on fixed term contract for a period of three (3) years, of which the first twelve months be consider as a probationary period. Thereafter, the contract will be for a period of two years renewable, subject to satisfactory performance and deliverables.
LEAST REPRESENTATIVE COUNTRIES
Candidates from the following least represented countries are encouraged to apply: Eretria, Central African Republic, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Sahrawi Arab Republic, SaoTome and Principe, Seychelles and Somalia.
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
The AU Commission is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
REMUNERATION
Indicative basic salary of US$ 47,829.00 per annum plus other related entitlements e.g. Post adjustment (46% of basic salary), Housing allowance US$ 14,414.40 per annum), education allowance (75% of tuition and other education related expenses for every eligible dependent up to a maximum of US$7,800.00 per child per annum), etc for internationally recruited staff of the Commission. Applications must be made through the AUC E-recruitment Website http://www.aucareers.org not later than 22 th May 2015. Directorate of Administration and Human Resource Management African Union Commission
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