The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional grouping with 15 Member States in West Africa (three landlocked and one island) with a population of about 300million and an annual economic growth rate of around 6%. The ECOWAS Commission is one of the eight Regional Economic Communities supporting the African Union to coordinate the implementation of continental and regional integration and development programmes in the West African region.
We are currently seeking to employ suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Program Officer, Cross Border Cooperation
Job Ref # ECW/CHR/MR/3105/2017
Location: Abuja
Supervisor: PPO Free Movement & Tourism
Grade Level: P3
Department: Trade, Customs and Free Movement & Tourism
Directorate: Free Movement &Tourism
Duration: Contract
Job Summary
- Under the supervision of the Head of the Programme& Project, the incumbent is responsible for the surveillance of the border.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Providing support to cross-border cooperation pilot projects implemented under the auspices of ECOWAS in favor of stability and development, and analyzing the impact of cross-border cooperation on free movement, the right of establishment and migration.
- Establishing a Community cross-border cooperation financing fund.
- Initiating concrete regional community cooperation projects.
- Developing good neighborliness relations between ECOWAS Member States and between ECOWAS and its neighbors.
- Identifying border areas that can serve as bases for cross-border cooperation.
- Initiating regional and multilateral development projects in collaboration with the other technical directorates of the Commission and those of Member States.
- Discussing and initiating a vast medium- and long-term land use planning program.
- Ensuring compliance with bilateral agreements on inter-State land boundary demarcation.
- Initiating campaigns to raise the awareness of populations straddling borders, of the need for peaceful cohabitation.
- Monitoring ECOWAS Member States’ boundary delineation/demarcation processes.
- Identifying sources of border problems.Preparing a directory of land borders.Building national authorities’ and local communities’ border management capacities.
Minimum Requirements
Educational Qualification:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Social Sciences, Business Administration or related field;
Experience:
- A minimum of five (5)years of experience. A higher degree will reduce the number of years experience by two (2) years.
- Experience with a regional , governmental, non-governmental or international organisation is desirable.
Language:
- The candidate must be fluent in one of the official languages of ECOWAS namely, English,French and Portuguese. Working knowledge of another language will be an advantage.
Job Title: Bilingual Secretary
Reference: ECW-CDC/BSEC-G/2017
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: Administration & Finance
Directorate: Administration & Finance
Grade: G5
Supervisor: Administration & Finance
Duration: Permanent
Duties and Responsibilities
- Management of the Supervisor’s schedule: receive and welcome visitors; organise and manage appointments; keep the Supervisor’s timetable; make telephone calls; verify in-coming calls to ensure their importance and possibility to respond; manage the Director’s diary and schedule;
- Administrative management: organise meetings; receive, draft, type and make follow-up on administrative letters; meeting room bookings; provide supplies to the office;
- Management of mail: create a recording system of in-coming and out-going mails; ensure archiving and filing of documents; manage documents (in-coming and out-going, filing of letters); ensure follow-up on documents submitted to the Director for signature;
- Undertake any other duty assigned by the superiors.
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Vocational Training/Diploma or equivalent in Secretarial work or Administration;
- At least 6 years’ experience in a similar position;
- Excellent command of computer applications: MS-Office (Windows, Word, Excel, Internet);
- Document and database management skills;
- Sense of confidentiality;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills;
- able to work under pressure in a multicultural environment;
- organised and high sense of responsibility and relations;
Language:
- Fluency (written and oral) in two of the official languages of ECOWAS: French, English and Portuguese. A working knowledge of a third ECOWAS language would be an advantage
Age:
- The officer should not be over 50 years old at the point of recruitment
Annual Salary
USD USD 19,388 – USD 25,781.
Deadline: 29th August, 2017.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the “Application Form” below, fill the form and send it as an e-mail attachment along with their CV’s to: border@ecowas.int
Interested and qualified candidates should download the “Application Form” below, fill the form and send it as an e-mail attachment along with their CV’s to: border@ecowas.int
Click here to download Application Form (Ms Word Format)
Note: Locally-recruited Post ; candidates to this position should be legally resident in the Member State where the duty post is located, at the time of application.
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