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Post Description: Deputy Director (DD)
Background:
Applications are invited from nationals of SPREP member countries and territories for the above position with the SPREP in Apia, Samoa. SPREP is an Intergovernmental Organisation which assists Pacific Island countries and territories to protect and manage their environment to ensure they achieve sustainable development. SPREP’s membership comprises 21 Pacific Island Countries and Territories *, together with 4 developed countries (Australia, New Zealand, France and the United States of America).
Appointment will be for a 3 year term with one possible renewal for a further 3 year term depending on performance and available funding.
* American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Sates of America, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
The Deputy Director of SPREP is a senior regional position, carrying diplomatic status and calls for proven qualities of diplomacy, vision, leadership and management skills. He/She is responsible to the Director for the professional, effective and efficient management of the Secretariat’s daily operations.
Key responsibilities include:
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Provide strategic policy advice on all matters pertaining to the efficient and effective management and achievement of the Secretariat’s core functions;
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Ensure appropriate systems and procedures are in place to develop, guide and implement the Secretariat’s work programme and budget as well as to monitor and evaluate the Secretariat’s work performance;
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Lead, manage and guide the Secretariat’s management team in achieving established Programme outputs and outcomes;
- Lead and guide the management and application of the Secretariat’s staff regulations, development and working conditions;
- Oversee donor and country liaison and lead and guide the negotiation and acquisition of funding and Members’ support for the Secretariat’s work;
- Liaise and communicate with local, regional and international organisations and collaborating institutions on all issues relating to the strategic and effective management of the Secretariat’s work;
- Represent the Director in his/her absence.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
Essential
- Management/development related tertiary qualifications from a recognised educational institution;
- Extensive administration and management work experience at a very senior level, preferably in the Pacific islands region, (experience at the highest level of environmental management would be an advantage);
- Proven ability and success leading and managing a multi disciplinary team of professional and support staff;
- High level experience and competency in dealing with regional and extra-regional governments and institutions and in negotiations with donors and development agencies; and
- Commitment to and empathy with the sustainable social, economic and environment development aspirations of the Pacific island countries and territories and proven ability to work and lead within a multicultural environment.
Terms and Conditions
Duty
Station: Apia, Samoa.
Duration:
Appointment is for a term of 3 years initially with a possible renewal
for a further 3-year period depending upon the officer’s performance during
the first term, continuity of related programme activities and availability
of funds.
Priviledges and Immunities: Under the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Samoa and SPREP, the Deputy Director of SPREP shall have the like priviledges and immunities as are accorded a diplomatic agent. The members of the family of the Deputy Director forming part of their household shall have the like priviledges and immunities as are accorded the members of the family of a diplomatic agent.
Grade: Appointment will be at the Grade L
of SPREP’s authorised salary scale for professional staff.
Salary:
The basic salary range for this position is expressed in International
Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). The salary range is from
52,403 SDRs to a maximum of 77,483 SDRs (including COLDA), depending on
the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience. Currently, the
equivalent salary in Samoan Tala is SAT$208,742 to a maximum of SAT$308,646
per annum (including COLDA).
Adjustments:
Professional staff salaries and appropriate allowances are paid in Samoan
Tala and adjusted every month based on the monthly average in the value
of the SDR relative to the Samoan Tala (WST) at the time the salary payment
is processed. SDR movement however is limited to within 5% above or below
a reference point set annually. Remuneration is paid monthly in WST equivalent.
The international currency exchange rate at the time of writing is approximately
USD1.00 = SAT2.58
Representational
Allowance: The Deputy Director is entitled to a non-accountable
representation allowance of 1% of basic salary as per Staff Regulation
22.
Term: For
those recruited from outside Samoa, the term begins from the day the appointee
leaves his or her home to take up the appointment. Appointment is subject
to a satisfactory medical examination, as well as a 6 months’ probationary
period. An appointment
is terminated by (i) completion of term of contract (ii) one month’s notice
by either party (iii) without notice by either party paying one month
salary in lieu of notice or (iv) dismissed with or without notice as a
disciplinary measure.
For an appointee recruited from outside Samoa, the following applies:
Relocation Expenses: SPREP will meet certain appointment and termination expenses for professional staff recruited from outside Apia, Samoa, including transport and accommodation en-route for the appointee and accompanying dependent(s) between home and Apia, and return, by the shortest and most economical route. This includes:
- economy class airfares;
- reasonable
cost of packing, insuring, shipping and transporting furniture, household
and personal effects as follows:
- 6m 3 for the staff member;
- 2m 3 for dependent spouse;
- 1m 3 for each dependent child; and
- up to 20 kilos of excess baggage for the appointee and family.
Establishment Grant: A lump sum, of SDR1,100 is payable
upon taking up appointment and arrival in Apia.
Temporary Accommodation and Assistance: On
arrival in Apia, the appointee and dependent(s) are entitled to temporary
accommodation at a suitable hotel or other fully furnished accommodation
for up to 6 working days. The
appointee will be assisted to settle into Apia. This will include help
in finding suitable rental accommodation.
School Holiday Travel: One return economy class flight
each year between the place of education (taken to be recognized home)
and Apia by (i) each dependent child being educated outside Samoa or (ii)
the staff member or spouse to visit the child, providing the journey is
not made within the final 6 months of the contract.
Home Leave Travel: Return economy class airfares between
Apia and the recognised home for the staff member and dependents after
completing 18 months of service for 3-year contracts providing no travel
is undertaken within the final 12 months of the contract.
Repatriation allowance: The appointee is entitled to
a repatriation allowance equivalent to two week’s salary, upon successful
completion of contract, provided the contract is not extended or renewed.
For ALL professional staff, the following applies:
Cost
of living differential allowance: Cost-of-living differential
allowance reflects the comparative cost of living difference between Suva
and Apia. This allowance is reviewed periodically based on data determined
by an independent reviewer.
Education Allowance: Education expenses maybe reimbursed
against actual receipts for dependent children, to cover up to 75% of
the actual cost of tuition and boarding fees only. Currently the allowance
is up to a maximum of Samoan Tala $15,600 per annum per dependent child,
with an overall maximum of Samoan Tala $46,800 per annum per family of
3 or more eligible children.
Housing Assistance: Professional staff shall receive
housing assistance of 75% of the typical rent payable in Samoa for expatriate
executive furnished housing. The current rate is SAT$2,138 per month.
This assistance shall be reviewed annually and adjusted on relative movement
in the local rental market.
Annual Leave: 25 working days a year (up to a maximum
accumulation of 50 days).
Sick Leave: 30 working days a year (up to a maximum accumulation
of 90 days).
Other Leave: Provisions also exist for maternity, family
(compassionate and paternity) and special (without pay) leave.
Duty Travel: SPREP meets travelling expenses at prescribed
rates necessarily incurred by staff required to travel away from Apia
on official business.
Personal Accident Insurance: All employees are covered
by SPREP’s 24 hour Life and Personal Accident Insurance Policy.
Medical Insurance: All employees and their dependents
are entitled to have all reasonable medical, dental and optical expenses
met by SPREP or by SPREP’s medical insurance scheme.
Superannuation: An expatriate contract staff member will
receive a superannuation allowance of 7% of basic salary. For local contract
staff, SPREP will pay 7% of basic salary to the Samoa National Provident
Fund.
Definitions:
'Dependent' means the financially dependent spouse or dependent child of an employee.
'Dependent child' means an employee’s unmarried, financially dependent, natural or legally adopted child ho is:
- under the age of 16 years; or
- under the age of 19 years if undertaking full-time study at a secondary school; or
- under the age of 22 years if enrolled and undertaking full-time study at a university or other tertiary institution; or
- mentally or physically incapacitated.
Equal Opportunities: SPREP
is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Men and women are equally eligible for
all posts in SPREP.
General: Appointment
will be under the terms and conditions of SPREP’s Staff Regulations, a
copy of which will be made available to the successful applicant.
Applications
Applications should include:
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A detailed curriculum vitae containing full personal details (birth date, gender, nationality, marital status, number of dependents and age/s, health status, home address, and full contact numbers); qualifications and experience relevant for the position; previous and current appointments with salaries, names and contact addresses/numbers/E-mail of three professional referees who are prepared to provide testimonials.
- A statement to address how each Essential Selection Criteria is met.
- Available references from at least three recent employers and/or supervisors.
- Copies of academic qualifications.
- Indication of possible starting date if successful.
All applications to be clearly marked “Application for Deputy Director” and addressed to:
The Director
SPREP Telephone: (685) 21 929
P O Box 240 Fax: (685) 20 231
Apia Email: SPREP@sprep.org
Samoa
Closing Date: 4 January 2008. Late applications will not be considered.
For further enquiries, the Personnel Officer can be contacted on telephone (685) 21929 ext 230 or Email: litiab@sprep.org