Advisor on transboundary water management and investment  for the African Union Commission-GIZ Retour vers les opportunités

Since 2004, GIZ has been a reliable and trusted partner of the African Union (AU) to enhance  inclusive growth and sustainable development on the African continent in line with the AU’s  Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. With around 250 staff, GIZ African Union cooperates with  the AU Commission, as well as the AU’s specialised institutions and agencies, such as the De 

velopment Agency AUDA-NEPAD, at continental, regional and national level in more than 40  member states. Key areas of engagement include Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention, Gov ernance, Sustainable Economic Growth, Health and Social Development, as well as Just Tran sition. 

The global programme ‘Water Security for Resilient Development (SecBlue)’ is part of the GloBe  Water Cluster (CoopBlue). It focuses on strengthening governance structures for improved wa ter security within broad development contexts to allow for more resilient development of coun tries and regions. Part of the global programme is the continental action ‘Blue Africa ‘, funded by  the European Union Delegation in Addis Ababa. Blue Africa is a key action of the Team Europe  Initiative on Transboundary Water Management in Africa (TEI TWM) and implemented in coop eration with the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) and the African Union Commis sion (AUC). The main objectives of Blue Africa are strengthening the continental water govern ance architecture, stimulating investments in the African water agenda, and the further develop ment of benchmarking and monitoring tools on water security.

• You are responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring measures foreseen for the  AUC and AIP under the action Blue Africa, in line with technical and economical standards  and aligned with the AUC direct management contract which the EU has awarded to the  AUC. This includes monitoring of impacts, indicators, activities, as well as quality and  knowledge management and support with reporting towards the EU. 

• Based on your close cooperation with the AUC, you provide guidance for the implementation  and further development of measures of the action Blue Africa, the overall TEI TWM, and  the global programme.  

• You support the advisory services of the global programme to BMZ. This includes advisory  on BMZ’s role and tasks as representative of the German government within the TEI TWM  as well as advisory on TWM in general.  

• You work closely with other advisors in the project team based in Addis Ababa, Abuja and  Germany, as well as bilateral and regional water programmes in Africa. This includes the  identification of, and where possible support towards, acquisition processes for additional  EU co-financing from the TEI TWM for other programmes. 

• In addition, you establish trustful relationships with key partners, which are the AUC,  AMCOW, AIP, and other ongoing TWM projects of BGR, KfW and GIZ. Furthermore, you  will cooperate closely with the GIZ competence center on water, wastewater, and waste.