Programme Officers Jobs in Nairobi - TradeMark East Africa (TMEA)

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) is an initiative funded by a range of development agencies to promote regional trade and economic integration in East Africa by working closely with East Africa Community (EAC) institutions, national governments, business and civil society organisations.

TMEA seeks to support East African integration by unlocking the economic potential through:

    * increasing efficiency of transport corridors and trade facilitation;
    * improving efficiency and effectiveness of EAC institutions;
    * strengthening national capacities for policy making and implementation;
    * increasing participation of private sector and civil society;
    * improving monitoring and evaluation systems; and
    * focusing on cross cutting issues.

In order to ensure that TMEA delivers on these strategic objectives, we now seek to recruit high calibre, results oriented and self driven professionals as Programme Officers to assist in implementing our programmes in the following areas;

    * Private Sector Organisations/Civil Society Organisations;
    * Knowledge and Results; and
    * Regional Trade and Integration.

The positions are available on an initial 3-year contract and will be based at the TMEA headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel within the region.

We are also keen to recruit equally excellent Programme Officers to be based in our Country Offices:

   1. Arusha, Tanzania
   2. Bujumbura, Burundi
   3. Dar es Salaam Tanzania
   4. Kampala, Uganda
   5. Kigali, Rwanda

Bi-lingual language skills (English and French) are essential for the Burundi and Rwanda positions. These are challenging and extremely exciting roles for which we will offer attractive salary and benefit packages.

The detailed job profiles can be accessed on www.eastafrica.kpmg.com.

Applications including a detailed curriculum vitae detailing your qualifications, experience, present position, current remuneration, names and addresses of three referees, a working e-mail address, daytime telephone contacts and your preferred location should be sent electronically in PDF file format to:

The Human Resources Manager,
TradeMark East Africa
E-mail: recruitment@trademarkea.com by Friday, 10 December 2010 by 5.00pm East African time.

Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing 24 January 2011 and will be held in the location where the relevant position will be based.

Applications received after the deadline time and date will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to accept or reject any application.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.