Under its cooperation Agreement with the African Development Bank for implementation of the Nigeria-Cameroon Highway Project and implementation of the Regional Programme for Roads Infrastructure, the
Commission of the Economic Community of West African States, is to recruit one Programme Officer, Road Infrastructure & Road Safety and one Programme Officer Transport Facilitation & Policy to reinforce the capacity of the Transport Division of the Directorate of Transport and Telecommunications.

Duties and responsibilities
■Review and assist in the development of transport policies with the view of improving transport facilitation within the region.

■Monitor the implementation of policy decision of ECOWAS Authorities on road transport as they relate to facilitation

■Monitor the implementation of the regional transport facilitation component in ECOWAS member states.

■Develop action plans to extend the facilitation programme on new regional corridors

■Coordinate implementation of the Action Plan of West African Transport Facilitation Strategy.

■Follow up with donors on the funding of all the component of the programme.

■Sensitize member states on the needs for transport facilitation.

■Develop short, medium & long term plans for the sustainable implementation of the facilitation programme (project preparation & implementation)

■Must be computer literate

■Perform other related duties as may be assigned by the Director of Transport &Telecommunications Directorate and the Principal Programme Officer, Transport.

Qualifications/Experience/Skills
■A bachelors or Higher Degree in Transport studies Economics, Law or any other degree in social Science or equivalent with specialization in Transport Economics, Policy or Planning.

■10 years relevant experience in transport facilitation or related areas

■He/she must have cognate work experience in policy analysis and formulation in the road transport sector

■Experience in a regional or international organization is an advantage as well as membership in professional associations

■Ability to prepare project proposal for submission to donors

■Ability to prepare Terms of Reference for studies, to be carried and for consultants to be recruited in the area Transport Policy

■Sound experience in the planning, preparation and coordination of programmes.

■Familiarity with Donor Procurement Procedures (ADB, EU, World Bank) will be an added advantage

■Knowledge in the Management of Donor Funded Projects will be an added advantage.

■Must be computer literate.

■Ability to write & present articulated reports.

■Ability to work in a multicultural team.

Age

Candidates 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.

Languages

Must be fluent in one of the official languages of ECOWAS: English, French and Portuguese. A working knowledge of a second official language would be an advantage.

■Directorate: Transports & Telecommunications
■Grade: P5■Salary Scale: USD 80,335.83 – USD 89,325.91 ■Supervisor: Director, Transports & Telecommunication ■Reference: ECW-COMM/REC/INFRA-P004/2010
■Duration: 2 Years, Renewable■Closing date: 26-06-2010

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