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.
In seeking to achieve these objectives, the African Union intends to
strengthen its capacity to deliver by, among others, the implementation
of new organizational structure and the filling of all vacant posts.
The Commission of the African Union invites applicants who are citizens of Member States for the post of EDITORIAL ASSISTANT.
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Post title: Editorial Assistant
Post level: P1
Department: Economic Affairs Department
Supervisor: Head of the Statistics Division
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
2. Main duties and responsibilities
Under the general guidance of the Director of Economic Affairs and the
direct supervision of the Head of the Statistics Division, Editorial
Assistant functions will
3. Educational Qualifications
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in the field of communication, journalism, economics or related fields.
4. Work experience
Candidates must have at least 3 years of relevant working experience in
the field of publication. A Master university degree in combination with
one additional year of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of
3 year of relevant working experience.
5. Other Relevant Skills
The candidate of this post
6. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
Proficiency in one of the African Union working languages. Proficiency
of one or several other working language(s) would be an added advantage.
7. 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.
8. 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, Madagascar ,SaoTome and Principe, Seychelles and
Somalia.
9. GENDER MAINSTREAMING
The AU Commission is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
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10. REMUNERATION
Indicative basic salary of US$ 24,056.00 per annum plus other related
entitlements e.g. Post adjustment (46% of basic salary), Housing
allowance US$ 14,414.40 per annum), 3 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 7 st September 2015.
Directorate of Administration and Human Resource Management African Union Commission