African Union Deputy Director General Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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African Union Deputy Director General Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

African Union Ethiopia looking for “Deputy Director General”.

Applicants with a PhD Degree may apply on or before January 16, 2024.

The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The bloc was founded on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. The intention of the AU was to replace the Organization of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa by 32 signatory governments; the OAU was disbanded on 9 July 2002.

The African Union has published a job vacancy announcement on December 30, 2023 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Deputy Director General to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

African Union Job Vacancy 2024

Specific Responsibilities:

Ensure effective execution of the Africa CDC’s multi-year Strategic Plan.
Participate and fully share in the responsibility for planning, managing and evaluating the programmatic aspects of the Africa CDC.
Lead the development of long-term multi-year strategic goals and objectives for public health programs and initiatives.
Ensure accountability for and adherence to internal controls and external regulations, laws and policies applicable to Africa CDC programs and activities and requirements of key stakeholders and donors.
Ensure delivery of comprehensive and timely accountability reporting to the Director General for informing the agency Governing Board and key stakeholders as appropriate.
Represent Africa CDC at high level technical and strategic engagements ensuring the Vision of Africa CDC is well understood within the global public health space.
Lead, coordinate and ensure regular evaluation of agency programs and research activities in collaboration with the secretariat’s leadership.
Identify need for change in organization priorities and acts to implement such changes, communicate related outcomes, change and action plans to internal and external audiences as effectively as possible.
Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of the Governing and other Advisory Boards, other agency leaders, key stakeholders and other public health partners.
Ensures appropriate, effective and timely resolution of issues and problems regarding agency activities and programs raised to the Secretariat by Member States and other Constituents.
Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high performing team; empower, energize and develop overall staff capacity.
Perform any duties assigned by the Director General.

Position in Organization:

Position Name: Deputy Director General
Reports to: Director General of Africa CDC
Directorate/Department/Organ: Africa CDC
Number of Direct Reports: 0
Number of Indirect Reports: 0
Job Grade: D2
Number of Positions: 1
Contract Type: Regular
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Minimum Requirement:

Degree equivalent to Doctor of Medicine or Ph.D in Relevant Medical Sciences from a recognized institute or university. In addition, to the Doctor of Medicine or a Ph.D, a Master’s degree in public health (MPH), or epidemiology or equivalent is required.
At least 15 years of experience in public health management, planning, or public policy development with evidence of ever-increasing levels of responsibility at the national level or above.
At least 15 years’ proven experience in operational management of a public health organization at country, regional or continental level, with at least ten (10) years of managerial experience involving a minimum of five (5) years supervisory exposure.

Language:

Proficiency in one of the AU working languages (Arabic, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, and Spanish) is madatory and fluency in another AU language is an added advantage.