THE HIRING DEPARTMENT/DIVISION:
The role of the Bank’s Office of the Secretary General and General Secretariat (PSEG) is to facilitate the achievement of the objectives set out in the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy, the High 5s and the Development and Business Delivery Model, by streamlining the decision-making process of governance bodies and forging better working relationships with shareholders and host countries of the Bank. Office of the Secretary General and the General Secretariat: (i) the Office of the Secretary General, which is also responsible for managing the Records Management and Archives Section, the Corporate Governance Policy and Shareholder Relations Section and the Conferences and Meetings Section; (ii) Board Affairs and Proceedings Division; and (iii) the Protocol, Privileges and Immunities Division.
The main functions of the Protocol, Privileges and Immunities Division (PSEG.2) are to provide protocol services and manage relations with the Bank Group Headquarters or host Country Offices of the Bank Group and diplomatic missions.
The position:
The purpose of the Senior Protocol Assistant is to assist the Principal Protocol and Events Management Officer in providing protocol assistance for the President of the Bank, Elected Officers, Senior Management and Special Guests when visiting countries covered by the regional hub and monitor the implementation of the Agreements establishing the regional hub as well as the immunities, privileges and exemptions extended to the Country Offices in the region and staff;
The job holder will assist in the monitoring of relations with the host country and the management of the relations with diplomatic missions in the host country as well as the management of the Bank’s ceremonies and events in the host country and high-level visits to the Country Offices in the region.
Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision and direction of the Principal Protocol Officer, the Senior Protocol Assistant main tasks are to:
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience
THIS POSITION DOES NOT ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE POST HOLDER WILL BE CONSIDERED AS LOCAL STAFF AND WILL NOT HAVE INTERNATIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT).
ONLY APPLICANTS WHO ARE NATIONALS OF South AFRICA OR are nationals of member countries of the bank who ALREADY HAVE A PRE-EXISTING LEGAL RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN South AFRICA WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. THE BANK DOES NOT Sponsor or sUPPORT APPLICATIONS FOR WORK PERMITS AND RELOCATION in relation to this post
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