Job Description
Job Group/Grade/Scale: CSG6, :(98,500.00-166,780.00)
Ministry: Ministry of East African Community (EAC), and Regional Development
Department: East African Community
Qualifications and Requirements:
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Principal Regional Political Integration Officer CSG 8 and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service; (ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Government/Political Science, Law, International Studies/Relations, Public/Business Administration, Human Resource Management/Planning/Development, Education, Criminology, Sociology, Social Work, Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies, Disaster Management Studies, Public Policy, Peace and Conflict Studies or its equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
(iii) a Diploma in any of the following disciplines:- Diplomacy, Conflict Resolution and Management, Regional Integration, International Relations/Studies or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution will be an added advantage;
(iv) membership to a relevant professional body(where applicable);
(v) demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to proper management of regional political integration function
Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
An officer at this level will be responsible to the Integration Secretary for effective management and administration of regional political integration function.
Duties and responsibilities will include:-
(i) validating identified gaps in national and regional political integration policies, strategies, legal and regulatory frameworks and propose modalities for review and realignment;
(ii) coordinating the monitoring and evaluation of political integration activities;
(iii) prioritizing the recommendations arising from research, studies and intelligence findings and propose relevant actors for implementation;
(iv) validating draft proposals for resource mobilization;
(v) conducting due diligence on the suitability of proposed nominee(s) to participate in political integration assignments and make appropriate recommendation;
(vi) prioritizing interventions/recommendations arising from reports on political integration activities and advise appropriately;
(vii) overseeing effective implementation of awareness creation programmes on political integration;
(viii) spearheading the development of Information, Educational and Communication (IEC) materials on political integration;
(ix) monitoring and evaluating implementation of recommendation in consultative fora reports on political integration; (x) ensuring quality and standards of briefs, speeches, country position papers, Cabinet Memoranda and statements on political integration;
(xi) preparing drafts for communication of EAC Summit and Council decisions on political integration to Ministries, Counties, Departments and Agencies (MCDAs); and (xii) preparing draft proposals on areas of review on EAC treaty, laws, protocols, regulations and Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)