To provide strategic leadership and direction to the human capital and administration functions that will effectively contribute to the achievement of COMESA’s strategic objectives.
To integrate work, people and professionalism through principles, evidence and outcomes driven Human Resource Management.
To ensure that all physical assets are properly maintained, secured, insured and safeguarded; and
To assist Executive Management to provide a secure and conducive work environment which facilitates high level productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency.
Main Duties and Accountabilities
Provides input into midterm strategic and policy priorities/ issues relating to the
Secretariat role in supporting and advancing development in Member states to realize the regional integration agenda.
Prepares Divisional Annual work plan and Annual Budget against set 3 objectives, policies, and programs aligned to the MTSP (in order to gain
Management approval and funding of work plans required to execute Divisional mandates.
Implements the Divisional Annual work programs and budgets to ensure that the Divisional mandate is executed in line with COMESA strategy.
Undertakes annual HR planning by assessing current capacity, forecasting future HR requirements and integrating HR plans with achievement of strategic objectives.
Designs, develops, and executes innovative strategies, policies, processes, procedures, practices, and programs which effectively support the achievement of COMESA strategic objectives on Human capital management and Administration.
Such strategies, policies, processes, procedures, practices, and programs include among others.
Talent Management
Recruitment and Selection
Training and Development
Performance Management
Remuneration and compensation, Change Management, Business
Continuity Plan, HIV and AIDS.
Leads the recruitment and selection of Staff personnel to ensure the COMESA Secretariat is adequately staffed, with appropriately qualified, experienced and motivated staff to meet the Secretariat’s changing needs in a timely manner.
Motivates, engages, and builds staff into a high performing divisional team, though coaching, mentorship, effective communication and continuous
development.
Executes talent management programs including training and development, total rewards, global benefits and compensation surveys.
Monitors the development of staff skills and the overall preparation and implementation of the organization’s succession plan.
Provides business continuity information and metrics to management to allow for decision making, better planning and managing of teams.
Prepares technical papers on Human Capital Management and Administration for the technical Committees, Sub committees
and the Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Matters, Bureau and Policy Organs.
Ensures effective implementation of Council decisions.
Ensures compliance with Host Government agreement and guidelines.
Manages the Insurance policies for both staff and assets; ensures that all staff are on a Medical Insurance scheme.
Manages staff remuneration and benefits: i.e., the payroll, salary, and allowance structures (link with the SMART HR System).
Manages all Administrative support services relating to facilities including undertaking renovations and improvements to buildings/estates, travel and transport, security, secretarial and cleaning.
Provides high level supervision of:
Information Resource Centre
Records Management
Security services
Registry and documentation
Supervises the organization of all COMESA Conferences and Meetings as well as the provision of services associated with conferences and meetings, such as:
Language translations Interpretation Reproductions Documentation and Protocol.
a. Leads the development, implementation, and review of the Balanced Scorecard Performance Management System in COMESA.
Manages the performance management process in the Division to ensure achievement of divisional objectives.
Undertakes any other related duties assigned by the Executive Management.
Qualifications and Experience
Minimum Academic Qualifications Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management or Organization Development with specialization in Human Resource Management. A PhD in the same field would be an added advantage.
Professional Certifications/Qualifications
Membership of a recognized HR professional body known in any Member State.
Certification in Performance Management system and tools – is desirable.
Specialized Knowledge in the following is desirable:
Organization design and development.
Human Capital Management processes and best practices.
Knowledge of the Labour laws of any COMESA country.
International Labour Laws.
Minimum Experience:
At least fifteen (15) years’ experience in management position or similar positions in national, regional, and international organizations.
