The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional economic community founded and maintained by countries in Southern Africa. It aims to further the socio-economic, political and security cooperation among its Member States and foster regional integration in order to achieve peace, stability and wealth. SADC currently has sixteen (16) Member States with a population of approximately 340 million and a combined GDP of US$720 billion.

The Secretariat is currently recruiting for various positions to enhance its capacity to deliver on the above mandate. Amongst others, this includes the positoin for:

• Senior Programme Officer Natural Resources and Wildlife.

The positions are open to qualified applicants who:

• Are 50 years old or younger. This requirement is based on the Organization’s need to recruit staff who can serve for a reasonable period of time before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 60 years.

• Are from the following eligible Member States: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Mauritius, Namibia and Seychelles.

Closing Date and Submission of Applications: Applications must be submitted to the SADC National Contact Point https://www.sadc.int/opportunities/employment/national- contact-points/ of the eligible Member States not later than or on 13 November 2020.

For more information and the ToR please visit the SADC webiste on: https://www.sadc.int/opportunities/employment/recruitment-regional-posit...

Note: Kindly be informed that the Government of Botswana recently published a press release that Botswana is no longer eligible (see attached press release)