Job vacancy for Director of Legal in ECOWAS

In January 2007, The Secretariat of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with its headquarters in Abuja was transformed into a Commission headed by a President, assisted by a Vice President and seven Commissioners. As part of this renewal process, ECOWAS is pre-occupied with the implementation of critical and strategic programmes and wishes to recruit qualified and capable individuals. ECOWAS is presently recruiting Director of Legal.


Objectives

• Clearly communicate the President’s and Commissioner’s vision to staff, explain how the Directorate’s activities aligns with them and how the Director expects the Directorate to carry-out set tasks on it.
• Stay on top of fast-moving technical, political, social or economic changes.
• Remain in frequent contact with the other Directors in the Institution to ensure that the work is harmonized with that of other Directorates as needed.
• Maintain a network of peer technical specialists and decision-makers in Member States, needed to ensure the smooth introduction of ECOWAS programmes.
• Direct technical guidance on programme design or implementation in an area where he or she has high-level technical expertise
• Represent ECOWAS in professional meetings or working groups; make speeches, negotiate agreements, mediate disputes
• Lead or participate in technical missions to develop projects and programmes
• Advise President, Vice President and Commissioner on issues relating to his or her area of technical expertise
• Work with the relevant specialized Parliamentary Committee on regional legislation, as needed.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (or equivalent post-graduate professional qualification) in in Law, with a specialization in international, administrative or commercial law
• Minimum of 12 years progressively responsible and relevant work experience
• Minimum of 5 years work experience managing others, preferably in a supervisory capacity within an international organization;
• Experience with the legal department of a government or international organization or with a private firm specializing in international or commercial law
• Must not be fifty (50) years old or over at the point of recruitment and must be a citizen of one of the ECOWAS member states.

Application
Interested candidates should apply here
Closing date: 07-03-2011