Recruitment Notice: Administrative Assistant
VACANCY NOTICE
The African Intellectual Property Organization is seeking applications for the recruitment of an administrative assistant.
Job Title : Administrative Assistant.
Category : SG5 – 1st Echelon
Level (Grade) : Principal Assistant
Date of entry into service : Two weeks after notification of recruitment
Duration of commitment : Permanent employment after a trial period of three (3) months
Administrative Unit : Directorate of Trademarks and other Distinctive Signs
Duty station : Yaoundé (Republic of Cameroon)
Closing date for applications : November 22, 2022
Conditions of eligibility
– Be a national of one of the OAPI member countries and reside in Cameroon.
– be aged at least 18 and at most 55 on the closing date for the submission of applications;
– enjoy their civic rights and be of good character.
Main powers
Under the responsibility of the Director of Trademarks and other Distinctive Signs, the incumbent is mainly responsible for:
➢ Receive and examine applications for registration in accordance with the requirements;
➢ Validate compliant files; ➢ Initiate irregularity notifications;
➢ Prepare draft decisions (regular requests);
➢ Prepare notification projects (irregular requests);
➢ Disseminate notifications to users; ➢ Proceed to the instruction of the files of the NC; ➢ Monitor the life cycle of titles; ➢ Inform users of management.
Qualifications required :
➢ Hold a Baccalaureate in any series or any other diploma recognized as equivalent by the competent authority;
➢ Justify at least three (3) years of professional experience;
➢ Have knowledge of economics;
➢ Have a good organization in the work, be rigorous and able to work under pressure;
➢ Have an excellent knowledge of the French language;
➢ Having a good knowledge of the English language would be an asset; ➢ Having knowledge of intellectual property would be an asset.
Composition of the application file
All candidates for this position must compile a file containing the following documents:
➢ A cover letter;
➢ an extract from the birth certificate or a certified true copy of the birth certificate or the supplementary judgment in lieu thereof;
➢ a detailed curriculum vitae;
➢ an extract from the criminal record dating from less than three months;
➢ a certified true copy of diplomas, titles, qualification certificates, work certificates;
➢ a regularly established certificate of public or private jobs previously held and indicating their duration;
➢ a certificate of medical examination, dating from less than three months, attesting that the candidate fulfills the conditions of physical and mental aptitude.
Remuneration
The position is classified in the SG5 category of the salary grid in force at OAPI. Recruitment is done at the 1st level. The person concerned will benefit from the advantages and allowances under the conditions provided for by the texts in force.
Elements of the commitment file
The successful candidate must, prior to taking up duty:
➢ Present the originals of their diplomas, titles and civil status documents;
➢ provide a sworn statement of free employment or, if he is a civil servant, an act of secondment.
Address to which files should be sent
The complete application files will be submitted, in sealed envelopes with the mention of the job concerned , to the OAPI at the address below, the postmark possibly serving as proof, or sent electronically to the address: recruitment@oapi.int.
Mr Director General of OAPI
BP 887 YAOUNDE (Republic of Cameroon)
Tel (237) 222 20 57 00
NB : Only candidates who have met all the requirements of the position will be contacted
HOW TO APPLY
recruitment@oapi.int
WELL READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ABOVE TO APPLY, AND NEVER SEND MONEY DURING A RECRUITMENT.
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