Under the supervision of the Central Africa Regional Hub Coordinator, the GABAC Liaison Officer will ensure coordination with GABAC as a key regional actor, plan the program of work destined for GABAC, and engage GABAC on a specific collaboration platform.

The GABAC Liaison Officer for the Central African Hub will be based in Libreville, Gabon and will occasionally travel to selected countries in the region, in accordance with Expertise France's security protocols and procedures.

The GABAC Liaison Officer will be responsible for the following tasks:

Coordination and Communication

• Ensure a permanent communication between the Central Africa Regional Hub and the GABAC in order to identify the organization’s evolving needs
• Liaise with GABAC to deliver on the three-pillared support destined for GABAC:
  • Define a joint strategy between GABAC and the project.
  • Follow up on the delivery of joint work.
  • Draft Terms of Reference (ToRs) for activities with short-term experts and oversee the implementation of activities destined for the FATF (Financial Action Task Force)-Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs).
  • Report on the activities conducted to Central African hub.
• Provide and coordinate training, whenever possible, with the GABAC Secretariat, on:
  • Governance in preparation for the plenaries.
  • Methods and tools.
  • Training offered by the FATF (certification and high-level trainings).
• Facilitate the contribution of the project expert to the GABAC project, specifically to legislative amendments upheld by the FSRB and other regional economic stakeholders 
• Support inter-FSRB work among Sub-Saharan FSRBs through the exchange of experience and mentoring.
• Support the contribution of FSRBs to international debates and instruments under preparation at the African Union, notably the AFTCA and the Afreximbank PAPSS.
• Develop new tools and innovative approaches to the delivery of technical assistance with the FSRBs (and experts).
• Engage in stakeholder management in the community of partners supporting GABAC and other regional economic stakeholders.
• Represent the Central Africa Regional Hub Coordinator/the program in daily operations with the FSRBs.
• Support any exchange mechanisms between Sub-Saharan Africa FSRBs.

Operational support to project management

• Participate in the drafting and delivery of yearly action plan in coordination with the Central Africa Regional hub coordinator
• Support the implementation of project activities as a whole in accordance with the quality, duration and cost criteria contractually agreed with the donors and in close collaboration with the various stakeholders;
• Support the organization, reception and mobilization of project implementation partners (experts, consultancies, associations, private companies, etc.) in the field;
• Report any difficulties encountered, risks identified and/or contextual factors (sectoral, security, political, etc.) that may have an impact on the successful completion of activities, and help identify mitigation measures;
• Report frequently on progress and contribute to the project Technical and Steering Committees
• Manage Short-term and long-term experts mission to GABAC in coordination with the Regional Hub logistics assistant

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning:

• Report to the projet MEAL officer in Dakar progress on the project indicators linked with the second specific objective of the action
• Support GABAC in producing relevant data to support evidenced-based monitoring and evaluation of its activities
• Develop and deliver capitalization material to highlight lessons learned based on the support provided to GABAC