Communications Specialist – CCPS Cluster

Reports to: Senior Finance Manager

Duration: 2 years (possibility of extension exists)

BACKGROUND

The Centre for Cooperation with the Private Sector (CCPS) was established at the beginning of 2014 to coordinate the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) South Africa’s strategy for cooperation with the private sector. It is an umbrella unit responsible for implementing various regional or global programmes all with the aim to promote private sector cooperation. Thes CCPS programmes include:

❖ Team Europe Initiative IYBA-SEED “Investing in Young Businesses in Africa - Supporting Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development”, with a special emphasis on women and young people. This is a Co-financed project supported by the EU and BMZ and is implemented in five countries: South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Benin and Togo.

❖ WE4D (Promoting female employment for Africa’s green transformation) working with the private sector in partnership with business by developing projects to create job opportunities, improve the employment situation and enhance business capacity of enterprises. Opportunity-driven and demand-oriented measures will be conducted with individual partner organisation and multi-actor partnerships in the implementation countries Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa (SA) with the aim of achieving quantitative employment effects and qualitative, transformative results.

❖ The Natural Resources Stewardship Programme (NatuReS) which promotes collective action of multiple stakeholders to protect and manage natural resources while safeguarding investments in key economic zones, creating and securing jobs, boosting awareness of natural resource stewardship to be embedded into key institutions so they can drive policy and practice.

❖ The Access Benefit Sharing (ABS) Compliant Biotrade in Southern Africa (ABioSA) aims at creating a high-growth jobs-rich and innovative biotrade sector that complies with international and domestic ABS regulations. It contributes to the livelihoods of rural people and the productive use of South(ern) Africa’s plant biodiversity.

❖ The BioInnovation Africa (BIA) - Equitable Benefit-sharing for the Conservation of Biodiversity in collaboration with ABioSA aims to strengthen European-African partnerships and Private Sector engagement for biodiversity-based innovations and products with equitable benefit-sharing for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

❖ The planned Circular City Labs (CCL) project aiming at a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through waste prevention, by testing reusable packaging systems and strengthening the participation of women in the local circular economies.

RESPONSIBILITIES - see full job descriptions below

The Communications Advisor is responsible for developing and implementing the Cluster’s Communication and Knowledge Management Strategy and providing strategic communication advice and support to the CCPS cluster team members. They will maintain a good flow of information and ensure adherence to all GIZ requirements. Some projects in the cluster are co-funded (EU, SECO) and as such adherence to the communication requirements from these donors is also ensured.

APPLICATION PROCESS

GIZ will only assess applications which meet the following criteria:

Suitable candidates should apply by submitting:

  • A motivation letter (max. 1 page) stating why they should be the preferred candidate, the value-add they will bring to the work of NatuReS II and their desired salary range.
  • This should be accompanied by a detailed CV and indicating their nationality.

Applications should be submitted to: recruit-pretoria@giz.de with the email subject line “Application for Communications Advisor – CCPS Cluster” for the attention of Head: Human Resources.

Closing date for applications: 26 August 2024

Correspondences will be limited to the short-listed candidate.

Applications not complying with the application process will be disqualified