Bilingual Executive Secretary, Department of Graduate Studies

About the role

WASCAL, the West African Science Service Center for Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, is looking for a Bilingual Executive Secretary for its Department of Graduate Studies. The post is a local position based in Accra, Ghana, currently hosted by AGRA, reporting to the Director of the department.

Key responsibilities

• Provide general secretarial and administrative support to the Director
• Manage the department's activity schedules
• Handle official electronic and other correspondence
• Take minutes and draft reports
• Keep the records of graduate school documents and student files
• Assist in preparing regional meetings
• Support the implementation of graduate research programmes (GRPs and MRPs)
• Perform any other duties assigned by WASCAL management

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in administration, secretarial studies or a related field
• At least 5 years of work experience, preferably in a university environment
• Fully bilingual in English and French
• Citizen of a WASCAL member country

Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience. Applications were accepted until 18 May 2013 by e-mail to the named contact at WASCAL.