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  External Relations Officer

Job Title                     :       External Relations Officer X 2                               

Grade                         :       8

Location                     :       External Relations Department

Reports To                 :       Director External Relations

Job Description

• Arranges meetings and courtesy calls for the Presiding Officers, Clerk of Parliament and
•       Members of Parliament.
• Meets and attends to diplomats, foreign visitors and other high-profile dignitaries.
• Liaises with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic Missions on various
•      developmental and protocol issues.
• Makes local and international travel arrangements for all parliamentary delegates especially
•       Presiding Officers, Members of Parliament and the Clerk of Parliament.
• Provides protocol and hospitality services.
• Organises official functions.
• Draws - up programmes for incoming delegations and provides administrative support for the
•       visits and produces reports.
• Prepares briefs for outgoing parliamentary delegations; and
• Performs any other duties as assigned, from time to time, by Director External Relations.

Minimum Qualifications & Work Experience

• Any Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities or equivalent.
• Any professional qualification in Diplomacy, Public Relations and international relations is an advantage.
• Knowledge of an international language such as French, Portuguese or Swahili is an added advantage.

In return, the Parliament of Zimbabwe offers a comparatively competitive public sector remuneration package which will be disclosed to shortlisted candidates.

Applications, together with fully detailed curriculum vitae, copies of certified educational and professional certificates and three contactable referees, clearly showing which job is being applied for, should be hand-delivered and / or sent to:

The Clerk of Parliament

Parliament Building

Corner Third Street & Nelson Mandela Avenue

P.O. Box CY 298

Causeway

HARARE

Canvassing and CV fraud will lead to automatic disqualification.

NB: Female candidates and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

The closing date for receiving applications is 13 October 2023 before 1630 hours.