Bilingual Executive Secretary At WASCAL

WASCAL, the West African Science Service Center for Climate Change and Adapted Land Use is seeking to fill the position of Bilingual Executive Secretary, Department of Graduate Studies. Responsibilities The incumbent will act as Executive Secretary to the Director, Department of Graduate Studies fulfilling the following tasks: Providing general secretarial/administration support to the Director; Managing the Department's activities schedules; Dealing with official correspondence (electronic and others); Taking minutes, drafting reports; Keeping the records of the WASCAL graduate schools documents and students files; Assist in the preparation of regional meetings; Support the implementation of graduate research programme (GRPs & MRPs); The incumbent will also have to perform any other duty as may be assigned by WASCAL management. He/she will be under the supervision of the Director, Department of Graduate Studies. This is a local position based in Accra, Ghana and currently hosted by AGRA. Salary and benefit will be commensurate with experience. Qualification Required & Experience The following qualifications are required: Bachelor's degree in administration/secretarial and related area At least 5 years of working experience preferably in a university environment Fully bi-lingual English/French Citizen of a WASCAL member country (see Location: Accra How To Apply For The Job Applications will be accepted until May 18th, 2013 per e-mail to Mr Rainer Pruess at e-mail address: pruess.r@wascal.org Closing Date: 18 May, 2013 Further information on WASCAL can be obtained through the web-site: Show more Show less