Offset Reproduction Operator at The African Union

The African Union, established as a unique Pan African continental body, is charged with spearheading Africa's rapid integration and sustainable development by promoting unity, solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among the peoples of Africa and African States as well as developing a new partnership worldwide. Its Headquarters is located in Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia.

In seeking to achieve this objective, the African Union intends to strengthen its capacity to deliver by, among others, the implementation of its organizational structure and the filling of all vacant posts.

1. POST

Grade: GSA5

Supervisor Protocol Officers

Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Department: Director of Conference Management and Publication

2. Major Duties and Responsibilities

Produce documents & follow-up operations, monitoring quality, flow of inputs and outputs so as to ensure that AU documents and publications are produced/printed in accordance with the established standards by selecting appropriate mode of production in order to meet deadline.

Work scheduling on all printing & reproduction equipment in order of priority;
Coordinate activities of machine operators in the press room;
Prepare, adjust, operate and maintain printing presses and other equipment in the pressroom;
Prepare periodic reports on activities of the unit and guide machine operators of the unit on how to reduce wastage and maximize efficiency;
Mix various colour inks in order to get the required colour;
Report major faults on Printing & reproduction of documents;
Ensure quality-control in Printing and Reproduction of documents;
Perform any other relevant duties assigned by Supervisors.

MEASURES OF PERFORMANCES

Periodic Reports (etc.);
Well maintained Printing & Reproduction machines in the unit under control;
Job dockets produced;
Work produced;
Major Fault-reports produced;
All Documents of expected standards produced.

3. Educational Qualifications and Work Experience

A recognised diploma in Printing and a minimum of Grade 12 or equivalent plus at least 4 years of on-job-training or apprenticeship in a recognized institution;
At least five (5) years of industrial job experience;

4. Language requirement

Proficiency in one of the AU working languages (English, French, Arabic and Portuguese) is a must. Knowledge of second or all of the other working languages would be an added advantage.

5. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

Proficiency in one of the African Union working languages. Proficiency of one or several other working language(s) would be an added advantage.

6. TENURE OF APPOINTMENT

The appointment will be made on fixed term contract for a period of three (3) years, of which the first twelve months be consider as a probationary period. Thereafter, the contract will be for a period of two years renewable, subject to satisfactory performance and deliverables.

7. LEAST REPRESENTATIVE COUNTRIES

Candidates from the following least represented countries are encouraged to apply: Eretria, Central African Republic, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Sahrawi Arab Republic, Madagascar ,SaoTome and Principe, Seychelles and Somalia.

8. GENDER MAINSTREAMING

The AU Commission is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

9. REMUNERATION

Indicative basic salary of US$ 14,852.00 per annum plus other related entitlements e.g. Post adjustment (46% of basic salary), Housing allowance US$ 14,414.40 per annum), education allowance (75% of tuition and other education related expenses for every eligible dependent up to a maximum of US$7,800.00 per child per annum), etc for internationally recruited staff of the Commission.

Applications must be made through the AUC E-recruitment Website http://www.aucareers.org not later than 7 st September 2015.

Directorate of Administration and Human Resource Management African Union Commission