FUNCTIONS OF THE POST
The Trade Policy and Legal Specialist provides trade policy and legal expertise to strengthen the effectiveness of the CSMT Directorate’s work on external trade with Member States and other major stakeholders regionally and internationally. The position is required to provide expert technical support in the areas of Institutional Issues and Dispute Settlement, Services, Investment and any other area assigned by the Director, External Trade, to ensure the effective and efficient discharge of the Directorate’s Work Programme on external trade.
The position is deemed to be effective and efficient when:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Candidates must possess a Bachelor of Law Degree and must be admitted to the Bar of a Member State. In addition, candidates must also possess a Post-Graduate Degree in International Trade Law or International Trade Policy, or approved equivalent areas of study, plus at least eight (8) years relevant experience in the area of trade law and trade policy, expertise in dispute settlement, services and investment at a professional or specialist level. The candidate should ideally gain his/her experience from institutions such as:
The incumbent should possess technical competencies in:
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Result 1: The incumbent is expected to perform the following advisory duties:
Key Result 2: The incumbent is also required to perform the following operational duties:
In addition to the Results and Activities outlined above, the incumbent is expected to perform any other relevant duties and responsibilities in keeping with job functions.
EDUCATION GRANT
The Officer shall be eligible for the payment of an education grant in respect of children (including stepchildren and legally adopted children) who require reasonable education facilities that are not available at the assigned duty station or whose education the Officer would not want to disrupt in relocating to take up this appointment.
The grant shall apply to children under the age of twenty-three (23) years and shall not exceed seventy-five per cent (75%) of the cost of tuition (including textbooks), room and board up to a maximum total of EC$16,200.00 per year per child for a maximum of two (2) children at any one time. The grant is payable for a maximum of five (5) years.
SETTLEMENT GRANT
On assumption of duty in Barbados, the Officer shall be paid a settlement grant in respect of the staff member, his or her spouse and each eligible child or other approved dependent. The number of dependents eligible for Settlement Grant shall not exceed six (6) persons.
RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT
Appointment may be on the permanent establishment or on secondment from a Public Service or a statutory body of a Member State or approved regional organisation. It will be subject to such staff rules and policies, rules, regulations, orders and instructions as exist and as may be introduced from time to time with respect to service with the Caribbean Community Secretariat.
An Officer recruited from outside the assigned duty station, on first appointment, will be provided economy class air passages by the most direct route for the Officer, spouse and children (provided they are below the age of eighteen (18) years, unmarried and dependent on the Officer) and for such other dependents not exceeding two (2) as may be approved by the Secretary-General, provided that the number of children and other dependents does not exceed six (6) in all.
In addition to passages, the Officer will be granted the following transportation allowances:
LEAVE
The officer will be eligible for the grant of vacation leave at the rate of twenty (20) working days a year and a leave grant after every twelve (12) months of service in respect of the officer, spouse and up to two (2) dependent children.
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
The officer will be accorded privileges and immunities that are available to staff members of the Caribbean Community whose assigned duty station is in Barbados.
GROUP HEALTH AND LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
Subject to acceptance by the Secretariat’s insurance carrier, the Officer will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s group health, life and accident insurance schemes. With respect to the health insurance, the Officer will contribute fifty per cent (50%) of the premium. The life and accident insurance scheme is non-contributory.
SUPERANNUATION
An Officer appointed to this post will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s Defined Contribution Pension Plan and contribute 7 per cent of basic salary per month, while the Secretariat will contribute 13 per cent of the Officer’s basic salary to the pension plan. Where the appointment is on secondment, the Secretariat will pay to the Officer’s substantive employer, over the period of secondment, a contribution not exceeding twenty-five per cent (25%) of the pensionable salary normally payable to the Officer by that employer so as to maintain the pensionable status of the Officer in the substantive employment.
APPLICATIONS
Applications in English Language with full curriculum vitae details, including the email addresses of three (3) referees (at least two of whom must be familiar with the applicant’s work)
Please fill in the form, upload your CV to complete your application. You will also register during this process to enable you to log in track your application and setup Job Alerts.
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