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ECOWAS EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
URGENT VACANCIES IN AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

The Executive Secretariat of ECOWAS has been transformed into a 9-member
Commission headed by a President. The Commission is responsible for the
formulation of its own programmes and, subject to the oversight of its
governing bodies, manages their delivery. It operates in close
collaboration
with the other ECOWAS institutions and specialized agencies and centres.

It seeks to recruit the following dynamic and result oriented
professionals
who will effectively contribute to the envisaged organisational
transition:
B. Job Title: Director, Political Affairs Department Ref:
ECW-COMM/REC/015/2006
Reports to: The Commissioner, Political Affairs, Peace and Security
Job Profile:
The job holder will be responsible for the development and design of
political strategies and initiatives to support the Commission's mandate.
He/she will provide the normal range of managerial skills to ensure that
staff members of the Department perform in an efficient and effective way,
and that they deliver the regular outputs needed at sufficient quality and
in a timely manner.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
* Contributes to the future vision of the Commission through the
design, development and implementation of sound political strategies in
good
governance, conflict prevention, and peace building.
* Monitors developments in the sub-region with the view to proposing
feasible options for conflict prevention and resolution.
* Provides top quality advice on African and international political
issues to enhance the achievement of the Commission's mandate.
* Maintains close links with ECOWAS institutions and organs at the
operational level.

* Provides strategic direction to units and sections within the
department.
* Monitors and keeps abreast with emerging trends in the global
political terrain in order to ensure that the Commission's strategies and
programs positively reflect these trends.
* Collaborates with Senior Management and other Directors within the
Commission to support their efforts at organizational change and render it
as efficient as possible.

Academic Qualification and Experience
* Minimum of a Masters degree in Political Science, Development
Studies, International Relations or Law, with a minimum of 12 years
professional experience including 6 years relevant international
experience
and 5 years at the supervisory level.

* Demonstrated ability to develop and execute political strategies.
* Excellent analytical and editorial skills.
* Excellent knowledge of the workings within the Regional Economic
Communities, (REC's) African Union Commission and the United Nations
Organisation.

* Demonstrated networking ability, particularly with development
partners and civil society organisations.
* Excellent command of one of the three official languages of ECOWAS
Commission, namely, English/ French/Portuguese and a good working
knowledge
of one other.

* The ability to work efficiently in all the three official languages
will be an added advantage Good knowledge and practical experience in
using
the Microsoft Office Suite.

Essential Personal Competencies for all the Positions
* Capacity for strategic thinking and its translation into broad
functional requirements.

* Good communications skills for influencing groups or peers and
stakeholders outside the organization.

* Demonstrated ability to successfully undertake change management in
a large, diverse international organization.

* Good interpersonal social skills for working with peers and
subordinate staff.

* Able team-player with drive and energy.
* Demonstrated fairness and self control.

Age Limit
Not more than fifty years.

Nature of Employment
Permanent Employment.

Salary
Attractive

Method of Application:
Qualified candidates should send their detailed curriculum vitae including
photocopies of their certificates, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses,
contact addresses not (P.O. Box) to:
The Executive Secretary
ECOWAS Executive Secretariat
60, Yakubu Gowon Crescent
Asokoro
PMB 401, Garki Abuja

The envelopes should be clearly marked with the appropriate reference
number.
Prospective candidates are also advised to visit ECOWAS website at
<http://www.ecowas.int/> www.ecowas.int
The deadline for all applications is Friday, February 9, 2007 at 5 p.m.
prompt.

Duplicated applications will be disqualified. ECOWAS is an equal
opportunity
employer.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Citizens of ECOWAS states,
including those in the Diaspora are encouraged to apply.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional
organization composed of 15 member states, but currently undergoing a
restructuring process with a view to attaining increased capacity to meet
the challenges of capacity building for the promotion of regional
integration, good governance, sustainable development, peace and security
in
the region. It seeks for immediate employment a Management Information
Systems Analyst, Ref: ECW-COMM/REC/009/2006

Job Profile
The Management Information Systems Analyst is to function in a
participative, structured and professional manner as part of the Policy
Analysis and Strategic Planning Unit (PASPU) set up in the office of the
Executive Secretary to support the activities of the Commission. The
Management Information Systems Analyst is part of the team with a unit
coordinator, advising the Executive Secretary. In addition to all the
responsibilities mentioned below, the incumbent will assist to perform any
other tasks related to his/her area of competence as the Executive
Secretary
may direct.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
. Formulate and implement strategies for a reliable information management
system in the Commission for the enhancement of the institution's
organizational performance and promote synergy with the other ECOWAS
institutions and specialised agencies and stake holders.

. Evaluate current and future information technology requirements of the
ECOWAS Commission and make recommendations on solutions to improve global
satisfaction, reduce cost and improve organization efficiency.

. Devise, implement and intensify the functionality of the existing
information/database systems and processes, including the institution's
intranet and internet facilities and portals for effective information
flow,
knowledge sharing and records management.

. Assist in planning the study of work and information flow and their
associated problems and make recommendations for improvement.
. Review forms and reports, and confer with management and users about
format, distribution, and purpose, in order to identify problems and
improvements.

. Help to evolve an in-house information flow policy and strategy.
Qualifications and Experience
* An advanced university degree in Management Information Systems or
Business Administration/Management Studies.
* Experience with IT management in a progressive, fast paced
environment.

* Candidates with additional qualification in Information Technology
will have an added advantage.

* A minimum of 5 years work experience in planning management
information systems in a large and complex organization or agency, whether
governmental, non-governmental agency, corporate, or international.
* Evidence of established personal network and involvement with
organizations or institutions of relevance in the management of
information
systems.

Person Specifications
* Effective in managing organizational change.
* Strategic thinker.

* Demonstrated business analysis and project management skills.
* Excellent team player; committed to collective responsibility and to
sustaining partnerships with peers in order to collectively meet the
Commission's goals.

* High energy, involvement and decisiveness.
* Ability to work in a multi-cultural/national/stakeholder team
environment.

* Excellent command of written and spoken English/ French/ Portuguese
with a good working knowledge of any of the other as the second official
language.

* Prior knowledge of ECOWAS mandate/mission is an asset.

Nature of Employment
The position is a short-term, two-year appointment and renewable for one
additional year only. It is subject to an annual performance review and
attracts a competitive salary and benefit package paid from the ECOWAS
Donor
Pool Fund.

Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their detailed curriculum
vitae with a covering letter and accompanied with two letters of
recommendation from referees familiar with applicant and his/her work
addressed to:
The Executive Secretary
ECOWAS Executive Secretariat
60, Yakubu Gowon Crescent
Asokoro
PMB 401, Garki
Abuja
The envelopes should be clearly marked with the appropriate reference
number.

Prospective candidates are also advised to visit ECOWAS website at
<http://www.ecowas.int/> www.ecowas.int
The deadline for all applications is Friday, 9th February 2007 at 5 p.m.
prompt. Duplicated applications will be disqualified. ECOWAS is an equal
opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Citizens of ECOWAS states, including those in the diasporas are encouraged
to apply.

The Executive Secretariat of ECOWAS has been transformed into a 9-member
Commission headed by a President. The Commission is responsible for the
formulation of its own programmes and, subject to the oversight of its
governing bodies, manages their delivery. It operates in close
collaboration
with the other ECOWAS institutions and specialized agencies and centres.

It seeks to recruit the following dynamic and result oriented
professionals
who will effectively contribute to the envisaged organisational
transition:
A. Job Title: Director, Department of Finance. Ref: ECW-COMM/014/2006
Reports to: The Commissioner, Administration and Finance.
Job Profile:
The job holder will be responsible for planning, organising, managing and
directing the programs and activities of the Finance Department. He/she
will
also be responsible for the delivery of all the financial aspect of the
Commission including preparation of annual budgets, annual financial
statements, management accounts, project accounts and the commission's
treasury. He will also manage financial relations with institutional
donors.
He /she will provide the normal range of managerial skills to ensure that
staff members of the Department perform in an efficient and effective way,
and that they deliver the regular outputs needed at sufficient quality and
in a timely manner.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
* Supports Senior Management by providing broad financial strategies
in a changing and more complex environment.

* Interprets broad policy guidelines of the Governing Bodies and
advises and participates in overall policy formulation and review.

* Executes policies and schemes for the effective and efficient
management of the funds of the Commission.

* Manages a virile campaign to drastically improve the financial work
processes within the Commission.

* Provides practical solutions to problems within the department and
with other managers where questions of financial effectiveness are
concerned.

* Manages all the funds of the Commission, and assists the Commission
in managing the Community's own resources (Community levy) and the
preparation of consolidated accounts of the Community institutions.

* Coordinates the processing of expenditures, the monitoring and
auditing of the Community Levy, and the financial and material
contribution
of development partners and other income.

* Coordinates the preparation of the Commission's annual budget.

* Supervises the development of periodic financial reports to the
Commissioner of Administration and Finance, and other departments.

Academic Qualification and Experience
* MBA or a Masters Degree with a specialisation in Financial
Management. A minimum of 12 years professional experience including 6
years
relevant international experience and 5 years at the supervisory level.

* Good knowledge and practical use of modern accounting software is
essential as well as practical experience in using Microsoft Office Suite.

* Excellent command of one of the three official languages of ECOWAS
Commission, namely, English/French/Portuguese and a good working knowledge
of the other. The ability to work efficiently in all the three official
languages will be an added advantage.

Essential Personal Competencies for all the Positions
* Capacity for strategic thinking and its translation into broad
functional requirements.

* Good communications skills for influencing groups or peers and
stakeholders outside the organization.

* Demonstrated ability to successfully undertake change management in
a large, diverse international organization.

* Good interpersonal social skills for working with peers and
subordinate staff.

* Able team-player with drive and energy.

* Demonstrated fairness and self control.
Age Limit
Not more than fifty years.
Nature of Employment
Permanent Employment.
Salary
Attractive
Method of Application:
Qualified candidates should send their detailed curriculum vitae including
photocopies of their certificates, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses,
contact addresses not (P.O. Box) to:
The Executive Secretary
ECOWAS Executive Secretariat
60, Yakubu Gowon Crescent
Asokoro
PMB 401, Garki Abuja
The envelopes should be clearly marked with the appropriate reference
number.
Prospective candidates are also advised to visit ECOWAS website at
<http://www.ecowas.int/> www.ecowas.int
The deadline for all applications is Friday, February 9, 2007 at 5 p.m.
prompt.
Duplicated applications will be disqualified. ECOWAS is an equal
opportunity
employer.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Citizens of ECOWAS states,
including those in the Diaspora are encouraged to apply.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created on May
28, 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria.

ECOWAS aims at promoting cooperation and integration with the
establishment
of a West African economic union as an ultimate goal. It is aimed at
improving the living standard of the people, ensuring economic growth and
strengthening relations between Member States. In order to achieve these
goals, ECOWAS has set up a number of structures entrusted with the
preparation, implementation and evaluation of the Community programmes and
projects.

ECOWAS has many achievements to its credit, in particular in the areas of
free movement of people and goods, transport, telecommunications,
management
of conflicts and peace-keeping. The ECOWAS INTERNET Site is created to
inform you about the activities of the Community and to share with you
more
than two decades of experience in the field of African integration.
We remain open to your remarks and suggestions. On behalf of ECOWAS,