Director Of Office And Unesco Representative To West African States

Under the overall authority of the Director-General and the direct supervision of the Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations (ADG/PAX) and in close consultation with the Assistant Directors-General (ADGs) of the five programme sectors and with the Directors of the other UNESCO Regional Offices in Africa, the incumbent will act as the Director of the Regional Office for West Africa in Dakar and UNESCO Representative to Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo.

The incumbent will expand and manage the multidisciplinary programme of the Office and provide intellectual, strategic and operational leadership in planning and implementing activities, responding to the priority needs of the countries covered by the Regional Office (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) in UNESCO’s fields of competence. The incumbent also supervises the Heads of UNESCO National Offices in Abuja (Nigeria), Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), Accra (Ghana) and Bamako (Mali).

The incumbent works within the framework of UNESCO’s Medium-Term Strategies (C/4s), approved Programmes and Budgets (C/5s), the Operational Strategy for the Implementation of Priority Africa and the Priority Gender Equality Action Plan as well as within the framework of international agreed development agendas as Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063, in particular as regards to their regional and sub-regional dimensions.

The incumbent will also act as the Regional Representative in the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) and therefore serve as the regional coordinator, ensuring UNESCO’s contribution to the UN reform for the Africa region.

The core result, for which the incumbent is responsible, is the positioning of UNESCO as a trusted development partner in the countries covered by the office. Other results are the establishment and implementation of the multidisciplinary programme of the Office in close cooperation with the wider UN System; the effective and efficient management of the Office’s operations, resources, premises and assets; and the establishment and implementation of robust external relations and partnerships, including with the Association for Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).

Moreover, the incumbent will participate, or ensure participation of the Office, in the activities of the United Nations at the national level in Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo.

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Source: https://careers.unesco.org/job/Dakar-Director-of-Office-and-UNESCO-Representative-to-West-African-States/783718002/