INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY DIVISION
Senior Economist: Africa Continental
R 671,196.00 per annum (All inclusive)
(Ref. S034/2016 )
PRETORIA
Purpose
To support the National Treasury’s research and policy development in the areas of International and Regional Economic Policy.
Requirements
To be considered for this position, the applicant should have:
4-6 years’ experience within a development institution/ policy/ financial environment
Knowledge of policy analysis and formulation of drafting notes and cabinet memoranda
Proven knowledge and experience of benchmarking and research with recognized international institutions.
Knowledge and experience on a diplomatic level will serve as an added advantage.
Key outputs
Assist with the formulation of National Treasury’s position paper on regional integration and specific focus areas identified for output.
Identify key strategic countries in Africa (excluding SACU and SADC countries) to complement SA’s domestic and regional integration objectives.
Assist in developing an ‘Africa Strategy” and take responsibility for monitoring the implementation of this strategy.
Align outputs of regional and continental multilateral institutions to policies developed by National Treasury / SA Government on regional integration.
Develop key policy positions emanating from continental institutions, key African countries, which have a bearing on SA’s regional integration objectives.
Manage SA’s relations with the AU, UNECA and any other continental institutions (to which SA is a member or might decide to become a member)
Assist in facilitating capacity building within Finance Ministries in strategic countries on the continent.
Assist in facilitating a dialogue forum with Finance Ministries at office level and ministerial level on the continent, based on the identification of strategic countries.
Manage National Treasury’s participation in special projects aimed at economic integration, e.g. North-South Corridor and Infrastructure Consortium for Africa.
Assist with co-ordinating National Treasury’s visits and engagements on the continent.
Provide inputs into cabinet memoranda and coordinate the Inter-Ministerial Committee process.
Please note: All Shortlisted candidates for SMS Post will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the department. Following the interviews and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency based assessments). The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools.
Applications for this post may also be e-mailed to recruit.tpfsp@treasury.gov.za
The National Treasury is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and people with disabilities in particular. Our buildings are accessible to people with disabilities. Applications should be accompanied by a comprehensive CV and originally certified copies of qualifications and ID.
Please forward your application, quoting the relevant reference number and the name of the publication in which you saw this advertisement, to the Recruitment Administrator: National Treasury, Private Bag X115, Pretoria 0001 or e-mail to the address mentioned at each post.
Closing date: 29 February 2016 at 12:00
No late applications will be accepted.
Qualifications and SA citizenship checks will be conducted on all short-listed candidates and, where applicable, additional checks will be conducted.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). If you have not received feedback from the National Treasury within one month of the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful.