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
■Develop short, medium and long term programme and plans for construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of road infrastructure in ECOWAS region;

■Develop implementation plan for road safety programmes in collaboration with member states;

■Coordinate and monitor implementation of the Nigeria -Cameroon Highway Project and other Regional Road Infrastructure development in the ECOWAS region;

■Produce literature and conduct awareness campaigns on Road Safety;

■Draw up term of reference for studies in road infrastructure and coordinate such studies;

■Organize donors’ meetings in the area of road infrastructure development and follow up outcomes of such meetings;

■Perform other related duties as may be assigned by the director of transport & Telecommunications and the Principal Programme Office, Transport.

Qualifications/Experience/Skills
■A Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Building Engineering, Construction or related fields with at least 10 years post qualification experience in the area of road infrastructure.

■He / She must have worked at senior level of Supervision, Planning and Programming in a Directorate of Highways. Experience in regional or international organization is an added advantage.

■Membership of relevant Professional association is an advantage.

■Ability to write and present articulated reports.

■Ability to work in a multicultural team.

■Good ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with senior government official , donors, international agencies and professional associations in the road transport sector.

■Sound experience in the planning, preparation and coordination of road infrastructure development and road safety programmes.

■Must be computer literate.

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.

1 Position ■Department: Infrastructure
■Directorate: Transports & Telecommunications
■Grade: P5 ■Salary Scale: USD 80,335.83 – USD 89,325.91 ■Supervisor: Director, Transports & Telecommunication ■Reference: ECW-COMM/REC/INFRA-P003/2010
■Duration: 2 Years, Renewable■Closing date: 26-06-2010
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