Administrative Officer – GIZ Ghana Full Time

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – is a public-benefit federal enterprise working in more than 100 countries worldwide.

We work on behalf of the German Government and support public and private sector clients in a wide variety of areas, including economic
development and employment, energy and environment, and peace and security. Our activities cover three priority areas:

Scope of the Role:

We are looking for an assistant to support the Head of the GITC, who will be solely responsible for our institutional partnership in Ghana. The preferred candidate will set up agendas for meetings and stay closely connected in a triangle between the Head of GITC, (AHK) and the BMWK.

The preferred candidate will be the facilitator and coordinator of all meetings with the partners involved.

Task

• Closely collaborate with the GITC and the AHK and the BMWK to facilitate workshops.
• Get to know the GITC and understand their demands on the project and help in translating them into the project plan.
• Organize flight bookings and regular visits of the BMWK team travelling to Ghana and GITC staff to Europe.
• Contribute to reporting activities
• Coordinate meetings and agendas of Steering meetings.
• Organize workshops when required
• Prepare correspondence to participate partners for conferences
• Coordinate activities of the GITC and key partners

Qualification Required & Experience

• University degree in economics or law or related qualification
• At least 4 years professional experience in a similar capacity
• Basic understanding of international trade, especially the WTO and anti-dumping cases
• Good administrator with good organizational skills
• Well networked
• Good report writing skills
• Ability to express oneself very well both verbally and in written English;
• Good knowledge of the Trade space in Ghana

Location: Accra

How To Apply