GIZ Recruiting In Zambia: Imprest Administrator – July 2017
As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.
For our operations in Zambia/Lusaka, we are looking for an
Imprest Administrator (m/f) – Enhancement of the policy, legal and regulatory environment and capacity building for renewable energy and energy efficiency in Zambia
JOB-ID: 32651
Field of activity
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a state-owned organisation. We work worldwide in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ International Services (InS) is an integral division of GIZ. We offer the experience, the regional and technical know-how of GIZ in the global market and provide international clients with expertise in terms of economic and result-oriented services.GIZ International Services is shortlisted for the EU – funded tender: “Enhancement of the policy, legal and regulatory environment and capacity building for renewable energy and energy efficiency” in Zambia.The overall objective is to increase access to clean, reliable and affordable energy and renewable energy production in Zambia.The purposes are as follows:
- To support public institutions in Zambia to revise and further develop the policies as well as the institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks for unlocking the potential of renewable energy and to increase energy efficiency throughout the country;
- To build the capacity of both public and private sector stakeholders to ensure adequate know-how transfer and skills development and support local actors to promote long term and nation-wide supply with cost-effective, reliable and sustainable energies.
Your tasks
The Imprest Administrator (m/f) responsible for drawing up the technical and operational part of the programme estimate. With the imprest accounting officer, s/he submits the programme estimate for authorisation to the NAO representative. In implementing the imprest component the imprest administrator is also responsible for all expenditure commitments, payment authorizations and recoveries.
Your profile
Qualifications and skills
- A university degree in engineering, economics, business administration or equivalent.
- A relevant post-graduate qualification will be advantageous.
- Written and oral fluency in the English language.
General professional experience
- Minimum12 years professional experience in project administration
Specific professional experience
- Experience in external aid projects or programmes in ACP countries: minimum 440 working days / 24 man-months;
- Experience in EDF projects: minimum 220 working days or 12 man-months, with at least one assignment in ACP countries of duration of no less than 90 calendar days;
- Experience of developing and managing EU Programme Estimates and working with authorities on associated administrative and contractual issues will be an advantage;
- Experience in administration of programmes/activities similar in nature and complexity to those that are covered in the programme estimates will be an advantage.
Assignment period
The intended start date is 18 December 2017 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 48 months from this date.
Other information
Please note that we basically can only receive and process applications sent via our e-recruiting system. Should you not be able to do so, please contact the person named in the job advertisement.After submitting an application, please check your spam/junk folder regularly for incoming messages, as emails from our e-recruiting system are treated as spam by some providers.GIZ would like to improve the share of disabled employees, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.We would like to ask you to apply with a CV in Europeaid format.
If we caught your interest, we are looking forward to your application until 17.07.2017.