DEPUTY PROGRAMME MANAGER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVICES SECTOR



Closing Date: November 4, 2022

Type of Vacancy: /

Details of the Post

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community to fill the abovementioned position in the Caribbean Community Secretariat with assigned duty station in Guyana.

2.         FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

The Deputy Programme Manager has responsibility for the conceptualization, preparation and promotion of strategies and programmes to develop and strengthen the non-financial services sector and infrastructure throughout the CARICOM region, in keeping with Article 54 of the Revised Treaty and agreed upon priorities and the objectives of the Community. The portfolio does not include Transportation and Tourism services, which are dealt with separately.

In addition, the Deputy Programme Manager is expected to maintain active and effective working relationships with all relevant regional, sub-regional and national bodies involved in developing and promoting various aspects of the services sector, including the infrastructural, legal and regulatory elements. The position also requires the preparation of technical papers, reports, including recommendations on the implementation of policies and practices for the safe, cost-effective and internationally competitive provision of services and on supportive institutional arrangements to ensure the implementation of these policies and practices.

The Deputy Programme Manager’s responsibilities extend to the efficient utilization of the human and financial resources, including proposals for any shift in strategy in keeping with perceived threats to the realization of the work program results.

As Team Leader in the sub-unit, there is the need to ensure that efforts are continually directed towards determining and promoting the possibilities for vertical and horizontal regionalization of those service sectors which could achieve the objectives of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

The position is deemed to be effective and efficient when:

  • There is tangible as well as anecdotal evidence of the developments in the services sector of the region for at least two priority areas arising from CCS intervention.
    • Technical reports and other assignments are prepared on a timely and professional basis.
    • The work program is implemented within the limits of the budget.
    • Effective communication and collaboration within the Unit occurs and with other Units and Directorates, as appropriate on matters relating to services policy.

3.         QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

A Master’s Degree in Economics or related Social Sciences, with evidence of course exposure to treatment of the services sector, plus at least five (5) years’ experience in a similar environment. Ideally, the incumbent should gain his/her experience from any one of the following:

  • Trade or Development Ministry/Agency
  • Services Industry
  • CARICOM or other relevant regional organisation

The candidate should possess specialized training and good working knowledge in:

  • International Trade Relations
    • Services Industry
    • Programme planning
    • International negotiation strategy

4.         DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Result: Preparation and promotion of strategies to develop and strengthen the service sector

Activities

  1. DESIGNS, PLANS, PREPARES, EXECUTES and monitors programmes to stimulate economic complementarities within the Services Sector, in order to accelerate economic development in CARICOM Member States;
  1. DESIGNS programmes to seek the required human, financial and technical resources to achieve competitiveness in the provision of services;
  1. RESEARCHES and RECOMMENDS a regime of incentives for the development of and trade in services and also collaborates on the formulation of recommendations for the development of trade in services;
  1. ADOPTS measures to promote the establishment of an appropriate institutional and administrative framework to support the services sector of the CSME;
  1. CONVENES meetings of Regional Technicians to formulate recommendations on the Community’s programme of cooperation in services;
  1. PREPARES draft working documents for consideration by Regional Technicians, including at the level of the Council for Trade and Economic Development ( COTED);
  1. REVIEWS documents, including recommendations of technicians; finalizes, and circulates reports to Member States in order to advance draft policy recommendations;
  1. UNDERTAKES on-going evaluation in and monitoring of the Community’s programme of collaboration in the services sector;
  1. DEVELOPS and IMPLEMENTS plans for the smooth operation and results orientation of the office;
  1. REPRESENTS the Secretariat in international fora; and
  1. FACILITATES the operationalisation of Article 54, Chapter 3 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.

In addition to the Activities outlined above, the incumbent is expected to perform other related duties as assigned.

5.         EMOLUMENTS AND BENEFITS

An attractive remuneration package will be offered.

6.         EDUCATION GRANT

The Officer shall be eligible for the payment of an education grant in respect of children (including step-children and legally-adopted children) who require reasonable education facilities that are not available at the assigned duty station or whose education the Officer would not want to disrupt in relocating to take up this appointment.

The grant shall apply to children under the age of twenty-three (23) years and shall not exceed seventy-five per cent (75%) of the cost of tuition (including textbooks), room and board up to a maximum total of EC$16,200.00 per year per child for a maximum of two (2) children at any one time. The grant is payable for a maximum of five (5) years.

7.         SETTLEMENT GRANT

On assumption of duty in Guyana, the Officer shall be paid a settlement grant in respect of the staff member, his or her spouse and each eligible child or other approved dependent. The number of dependents eligible for Settlement Grant shall not exceed six (6) persons.

8.         RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT

Appointment may be on permanent establishment or on secondment from a Public Service or a statutory body of a Member State or approved regional organisation. It will be subject to such regulations, rules, orders and instructions as exist and as may be introduced from time to time in respect of service with the Secretariat.

An Officer recruited from outside the assigned duty station, on first appointment, will be provided economy class air passages by the most direct route for the Officer, spouse and children (provided they are below the age of eighteen (18) years, unmarried and dependent on the Officer) and for such other dependents not exceeding two as may be approved by the    Secretary-General, provided that the number of children and other dependents does not exceed six (6) in all.

In addition to passages, the Officer will be granted the following transportation allowances:

(i)         ocean freight charges, including insurance, for shipping personal and household effects to Guyana, not exceeding 45.3 cubic meters, plus a motor car (if the Officer already owns one);

(ii)        the cost of transporting baggage, personal and household effects from the home of the Officer to the place of embarkation and from the port of disembarkation to the place of residence in Guyana; and

  • the cost of packing and crating personal and household effects.

9.         LEAVE

The Officer will be eligible for the grant of vacation leave at the rate of twenty (20) working days a year and a leave grant after every twelve months of service in respect of the Officer, spouse and up to two (2) dependent children.

10.       PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

The Officer will be granted the privileges and immunities extended to officials of the Caribbean Community in accordance with Article 8 of the Community’s Headquarters Agreement with the Government of Guyana.

11.       GROUP HEALTH AND LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Subject to your acceptance by the Secretariat’s insurance carrier, Sagicor Life Inc., the Officer will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s group health, life and accident insurance schemes. With respect to the health insurance, the Officer will contribute fifty per cent (50%) of the premium.  The life and accident insurance scheme is non-contributory.

12.       SUPERANNUATION

An Officer appointed to this post will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s Defined Contribution Pension Plan and contribute 7 per cent of basic salary per month, while the Secretariat will contribute 13 percent of the Officer’s basic salary to the pension plan. Where the appointment is on secondment, the Secretariat will pay to the Officer’s substantive employer, over the period of secondment, a contribution not exceeding twenty-five per cent (25%) of the pensionable salary normally payable to the Officer by that employer so as to maintain the pensionable status of the Officer in the substantive employment.

13.       APPLICATIONS

Interested candidates must create a job profile and apply for the position via the CARICOM Secretariat’s Employment Portal. The link can be accessed at – https://caricom.org/opportunities_category/caricom-secretariat-vacancies/.

14.       The deadline for the submission of applications is 4 November 2022.

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