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Directs and manages the daily operations of the Women and Gender Policy & Development Division in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the directorate and the AU’s overall goals. 
 

•    Designs and implements policies, programs and projects to achieve the directorate’s strategic objectives. 
•    Manages and supervises employees within the division, ensures the timely delivery of the directorate’s goals and effective staff performance evaluation; 
•    Designs policies, strategies and programs to contribute to the effective implementation of relevant AU Policy Organs Decisions; 
•    Ensures the delivery of the division’s annual targets in line with the directorate’s overall goals and ensures robust and timely monitoring and reporting;
•    Provides technical leadership and ensures efficient functioning of all Units within the Division
•    Manages the work of the Division and supervises direct reports to ensure their effective performance in line with the organization’s performance management policy and system;
•    Engages stakeholders within Members States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs)/Regional Mechanisms(RMs) and relevant international organisations in designing and implementing strategies. 
•    Maintains thematic partnerships in support of the mandate of the Division;  
•    Maintains regular working relations with senior stakeholders in Member States and partner institutions in the execution of the Division’s mandate.  
•    Represents the organisation and communicates its position at conferences. 
•    Contributes to the preparation of periodic financial and budget execution reports and monitor budget execution at division level. 
•    Ensures the effective management of funds contributed to the organization;  
•    Manages risk within the division and recommends mitigation strategies 
•    Contributes to the development of the departmental business continuity plan and ensures implementation at division level 
•    Maintains a positive work environment that facilitates collaboration and information sharing and is conducive to attracting, retaining, and motivating diverse talent. 
 

•    Manages all activities within the Division and work closely with other members of the Directorate to ensure successful outcomes of annual plan of work and other expected results;
•    Supervises work of staff within the Division through providing leadership and technical guidance and professional development support;
•    Designs strategies and efforts in implementing the gender strategy for the AU and mainstreaming it into the organization’s work in the short, medium and long term, including defining programmes of work, resources and budgets for the stated periods;

•    Master’s Degree in gender and development, political science, anthropology, social science, project management, policy planning and management and economics. 
•    A minimum of twelve (12) years of appropriate experience in the relevant field of the job with strong knowledge of African Development context at national, regional or international level of which at least seven (7) years should have been served at managerial level and five (5) years at supervisory level. 
•    Proficiency in one of the AU working languages (English, French, Arabic, Portuguese or Spanish), fluency in another AU language is an added advantage