WASCAL, the West African Science Service Center for Climate Change and Adapted Land Use is seeking to fill the position of Bilingual Executive Secretary, Department of Graduate Studies.

Responsibilities:

The incumbent will act as Executive Secretary to the Director, Department of Graduate Studies fulfilling the following tasks:

•  Providing general secretarial/administration support to the Director;
•  Managing the Department's activities schedules;
•  Dealing with official correspondence (electronic and others);
•  Taking minutes, drafting reports;
•  Keeping the records of the WASCAL graduate schools documents and students files;
•  Assist in the preparation of regional meetings;
•  Support the implementation of graduate research programme (GRPs & MRPs);

The incumbent will also have to perform any other duty as may be assigned by WASCAL management. He/she will be under the supervision of the Director, Department of Graduate Studies.

This is a local position based in Accra, Ghana and currently hosted by AGRA. Salary and benefit will be commensurate with experience.

Qualification Required & Experience

The following qualifications are required:

•  Bachelor's degree in administration/secretarial and related area
•  At least 5 years of working experience preferably in a university environment
•  Fully bi-lingual English/French
•  Citizen of a WASCAL member country (see www.wascal.org)

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Applications will be accepted until May 18th, 2013 per e-mail to Mr Rainer Pruess at e-mail address:

pruess.r@wascal.org

Closing Date: 18 May, 2013

Further information on WASCAL can be obtained through the web-site: www.wascal.org