Exciting career opportunities in regional integration with Trademark East Africa (TMEA)

Trademark East Africa (TMEA) is a not-for-profit company which is managing a programme of harmonised aid delivery in support of regional trade and economic integration in East Africa.

TMEA will provide a platform for delivering significant strategic support to the East African Community’s (EAC) regional integration process, improving the region’s transport corridors and reducing the costs of trade and doing business in East Africa.

The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat based in Arusha, Tanzania is the regional intergovernmental organization for Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. EAC is part of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite arrangement.

The first COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government was held in Kampala, Uganda on 22 October 2008 and issued a number of directives aimed at harmonising the policies of the three Regional Economic Communities.
As part of implementation of the Tripartite Summit decisions, EAC wishes to establish a Tripartite Coordination Unit based in Arusha to assist the Secretary General in ensuring effective coordination of all administrative, policy and operational aspects of the Tripartite process.

TMEA therefore, on behalf of EAC, wishes to invite applications from individual consultants for the positions of:
  1. Corridor Coordinator
  2. Trade Coordinator
  3. Policy and Operations Coordinator
The positions are available on three-year contracts with a strong possibility of further extension and will be based in the Tripartite Coordination Unit of the EAC Secretariat in Arusha, Tanzania.

Interested consultants must provide information which demonstrates that they are qualified to provide these services.

The ideal consultant shall be in possession of an advanced degree in the relevant field with at least 10 years’ work experience, five of which must have been at a Senior Level.

Detailed terms of reference can be accessed at 
www.eastafrica.kpmg.com.

Applications including a detailed curriculum vitae, a working e-mail address and daytime telephone contacts should be sent electronically in PDF file format to: Executive Selection Division, KPMG East Africa, E-mail esdtmea@kpmg.co.ke by Monday, 9 August 2010 by 4.30pm East African time.

Applications received after the deadline time and date will not be accepted.

Our clients reserve the right to accept or reject any application.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.