Senior Customs Officer – Legal and Compliance Career Placement – East African Community (EAC)

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Organisation: East African
Community (EAC)
Duty Station: Arusha,
Tanzania
Reports to: Principal
Officer – Compliance and Enforcement
REF: EAC/HR/2016-17/17
About US:
The East African Community is a regional intergovernmental organization
comprising the Republic of Burundi, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of
Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda with its
Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The EAC mission is to widen and deepen
economic, political, social and cultural integration to improve the quality of
life of the people of East Africa through increased competitiveness, value
added production, trade and investments.
Job Summary: The Senior
Customs Officer – Legal and Compliance will provide support and assist in the
development and implementation of EAC Customs compliance programmes and review
of customs laws to strengthen enforcement.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Undertake studies on Customs preventive
    services, investigation and enforcement in EAC.
  • Oversee the development, monitoring and
    implementation of the EAC Customs enforcement programs;
  • Coordinate the harmonization of risk
    assessment framework applicable in the Partner States.
  • Coordinate the development, review of
    regional guidelines and regulations on preventive measures, investigation
    on counterfeits and illicit trade;
  • Actively facilitate the Trade Remedies
    Committee in the implementation of anti -dumping, countervailing measures
    and Rules of origin disputes as per the EAC Customs Management Act 2004.
  • Initiate and identify areas for review in
    the Customs laws of the Community and work closely with CTCs office in the
    review of the respective laws;
  • Tasked with advising and providing legal,
    technical and administrative interpretations of the customs law of EAC to
    Partner States;
  • Build and maintain a database on
    enforcement in the EAC;
  • Initiate requirements and coordinate the
    training of customs officers  on
    compliance and enforcement;
  • Render support in the publication of the
    EAC gazette;
  • Plan and implement enforcement and
    investigations operations for suppression of customs offences, ability to
    analyze information and data.
  • Perform any other official duties as may
    be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the East African
    Community (EAC) Senior Customs Officer – Legal and Compliance job
    opportunity must hold a Master’ degree in Law. Enrolled to Practice Law in
    any of the Partner States
  • At least eight years of relevant
    experience with three years being at a senior level preferably in customs
    related environment.
  • Extensive knowledge of regional
    integration and trade policy issues in the Regional Integration.
  • Should have demonstrable knowledge of
    customs and trade laws applicable in EAC.
  • Practical skills in enforcement,
    investigations and preventive work.
  • Highly analytical skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Good research skills
  • Good computer skills and meeting tight
    deadlines.
  • Age: Below 55 years. 
Job Benefits: The
established posts offer attractive fringe benefits including housing allowance,
transport allowance, education allowance, a medical scheme, and insurance
cover.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan candidates are advised to
send their applications, detailed curriculum vitae, photocopies of academic
certificates, names and contact details of three (3) referees, and a copy of
National Identity Card, Birth Certificate or Passport showing the date of birth.
Please quote the respective reference number on both the application letter and
the envelope. For electronic submissions, please quote the respective reference
number on the subject of the email and forward to the address given below.
NB:
  • Please submit your application either
    electronically or in hard copy but not both.
  • Applications which do not: indicate
    nationality and age; the reference number; an application letter attached;
    have certified copies of their academic degrees and other professional
    certificates; or fail to provide three referees shall be disqualified.
The Secretary General,
East African Community,
P. O. Box 1096 Arusha – Tanzania.
E-mail to:
vacancies@eachq.org
Deadline: Friday, 21st
July 2017 by 5:00pm

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