{"id":50723,"date":"2019-12-19T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T14:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=50723"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:56:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T14:56:57","slug":"southern-africa-trade-and-investment-hub-recent-job-opportunity-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/southern-africa-trade-and-investment-hub-recent-job-opportunity-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub Recent Job Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"
The USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the \u201cHub\u201d) project, a five-year trade and investment program for Southern Africa in its third year of implementation, is expected to increase global competitiveness and intra-regional trade and improve food security in Southern Africa. The Hub engages with partners across the region to increase sustainable economic growth, global export competitiveness, and trade in targeted Southern African countries.<\/p>\n
It supports these objectives by increasing exports from Southern African countries to South Africa and the United States (under the African Growth and Opportunity Act [AGOA]), boosting capital and technology flows from South Africa to other Southern African countries, and providing targeted trade facilitation support to Zambia.<\/p>\n
The Hub works with market actors to identify and resolve enterprise constraints and to implement sustainable solutions through market-based trade and investment facilitation services. The Hub partners with USAID bilateral missions through the USAID\/Southern Africa Regional Economic Growth Office in the successful delivery of its objectives.<\/p>\n
Going forward, in partnership with USAID, the Hub will narrow its activities to achieve the following three objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition, the Hub will improve Zambia\u2019s trade enabling environment as part of a buy-in from USAID\/Zambia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party<\/strong> Objectives and Duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Deputy Chief of Party will oversee two Portfolio Directors for Regional and AGOA trade, and Investment Promotion as well as five Country Representatives (Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini\/Lesotho, and Namibia), as well as serve as Chief of Party in Chief of Party\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n The Deputy Chief of Party will:<\/strong><\/p>\n Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Deputy Chief of Party will supervise the Portfolio Directors for regional trade, AGOA, and Investment promotion, and Country Representatives (Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini\/Lesotho, and Namibia)<\/p>\n Place of Performance and Reporting:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Deputy Chief of Party will be based in Pretoria, South and will report to the Chief of Party.<\/p>\n Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n Interested candidates should submit their online application at\u00a0https:\/\/chm.tbe.taleo.net\/chm04\/ats\/careers\/requisition.jsp?org=DAINC&cws=1&rid=4807<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>South\u00a0 Africa<\/p>\n\n
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