Project
Description
The Southern Africa
Trade and Investment Hub Project’s key objectives are to increase international
competitiveness, intra-regional trade and food security in Southern Africa.
These objectives are underpin
ned by an improved regional trade and investment
enabling environment coupled with increased agricultural value chain
competitiveness supporting intraregional trade. This project is funded by the
USAID and works closely with the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Role &
Responsibilities
The National Single
Window Specialist will report to the director of trade and lead efforts to
operationalize a web-based National Single Window (NSW) for external trade in
the SADC. The specialist will be responsible for completion of programmatic and
administrative deliverables in a timely, organized, efficient and accurate
manager. The NSW specialist will build upon completed and in-progress work
while also supporting the following phases: design and conceptualization,
capacity building, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the NSW.
Specific
Responsibilities
· Regularly liaising
with NSW component implementation counterparts, including the BURS and other
identified stakeholders.
· Generate
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to support the implementation of the single
window system
· Assess legal and
regulatory environments for NSW
· Managing the NSW
component technical team including identification of input requirements and
quality of outputs.
· Delivering all
component reports and other identified deliverables on time in line with an
agreed work plan
Qualifications
· A minimum of eight
years of progressively responsible experience in customs operation.
· Demonstrated
experience in customs systems, procedures, and customs modernization.
· Demonstrated
ability to implement customs reform and trade facilitation in a developing
country context.
· Familiarity with
customs automation and ICT-related issues.
· Demonstrated
familiarity with single windows for foreign trade from process to customs
automation and ICT-related issues from a developing country perspective.
· Demonstrated
supervisory experience in teams and professional groups in a cross-cultural
environment.
· Minimum three
years developing country work experience, particulary under U.S. Agency for
international Development (USAID); work experience in SADC member countries
preferred
· Must demonstrate
personal attributes such as loyalty and integrity in addition to being
successful in challenging environments and difficult situations, which is
inherent in this position.
· Fluency in English
is required; bilingual or multilingual ability is preferred.
· Ability to live
and work in Gaborone, Botswana
Our Business
Crown Agents is an
international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a
presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 11 countries, and permanent
staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia Latin
America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents
provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional
development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade
facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health
systems strengthening.
Crown Agents USA
(CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct
technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to
stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health
outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United
States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support
to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of
State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.
To apply to this
position, please email your CV to careers@crownagents.com, including your name,
along with “25-38C
NSW Specialist”, in the subject line. Visit our website at www.crownagentsusa.com for more
information about our company. No phone calls, faxes or walk-ins please. Crown
Agents USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and affords equal opportunity to
all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, color,
religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status,
disability or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.
Crown Agents USA
will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with qualified
disabilities in accordance with the ADA. If you require a reasonable
accommodation for our application process, please contact our Recruiting
department directly. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on
a need-to-know basis only.