2 Operations Officers

The Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) is a joint Institution of the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States established in the framework of the Cotonou Agreement. Its objective is to ensure the development of ACP enterprises operating in the private sector with non-financial services.

The Centre is currently working on the reinforcement of its operational capacities in the ACP countries through its Six ACP Regional offices established in the ACP States.

To this end, the CDE Regional office in Central Africa based in Yaounde, Cameroon, wishes to recruit two (2) Operations Officers, citizens of one of the ECCAS countries or an EU citizen residing in these countries with the necessary competences to support the Manager of the Regional office in the implementation and management of programmes for third parties.

Key Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Manager of the Regional Field Office, the Operations Officers will be responsible for:
- Identifying, preparing and handling the projects and programmess in line with the Institution?s regulations.
- Collecting pertinent information from institutions active in the same field of activities in the region.
- Providing assistance in the preparation of programmes and other development initiatives.
- Implementation of programmes for third parties, such as the PADSP of Cameroon.
- Executing other related duties as assigned by the Manager of the Regional Office.

Qualification and Experience
Mature and self-driven person of high integrity and who meets the criteria?s outlined below:
- University degree: Masters in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering or a related degree.
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience acquired in the Private sector (enterprise or consultancy firm) or in an International institution.
- Proven experience in preparation, management and/or the financing of projects in the private sector and/or enterprise development and in particular, experience with SMEs/SMI.
- Skills and experience in design, monitoring, evaluating and/or auditing of technical assistance projects.
- Good IT skills ( Internet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, outlook),
- Fluency in French (oral and written) is a requirement
- Good knowledge of English (oral and written) would be an advantage.

The remuneration will be based on the salary grill of the European Union Delegation in Yaounde or any other similar salary grill.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
Each application of the candidate should contain an updated CV, copies of diplomas, work certificates, motivation letter and a minimum of 3 references.
The Deadline for reception of applications is fixed to the 18th December 2012 at 18 hours GMT.
Replies should be sent exclusively to the following CDE e-mail address: jobs@cde.int with the following reference: ?CO_2012/RFO/CA?

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