VACANCIES AT ECOWAS COMMISSION

By regulation C/REG.18/01/05 of 18 January 2005, the ECOWAS Council of Ministers created within the ECOWAS Executive Secretariat (transformed into a commission in January 2007) a NEPAD infrastructure project implementation unit, known as PDIU (now Project Preparation and Development Unit). The mandate of this unit is to develop and implement regional infrastructure, especially those related to NEPAD.

The establishment of the PPDU stems from the desire of African States to implement regional integration policies to guarantee their development in connection with NEPAD infrastructure project Short Term Action Plan (STAP).

In a bid to fulfill its mandate, the ECOWAS Commission seeks to recruit qualified, capable and result oriented individuals into the positions of:


S/N POST UNIT
1. One (1) Director Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
2. One Transport Infrastrucuture
Specialist (Railway) Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
3. One (1) Transport Infrastructure
Specialist (Civil Engineering/Roads) Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
4. One (1)Energy Infrastucture
Specialist Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
5. One (1)Telecommunications
Infrastrucutre Specialist Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
6. (1)Economy/Financial Analyst Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
7. One Regulation Specialist (Legal
Adviser) Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
8. One (1)Procurement Specialist Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
9. One(1)Head of Admin & Financial
Officer Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
10. One(1)Accountant Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)
11. One Human Resources &
Administrative Officer Project Preparation & Dev. Unit (PPDU)


To know more about and apply for the above positions, interested ECOWAS citizens are advised to visit the official ECOWAS website: www.ecowas.int.

In line with their desire to speed up and improve the recruitment process, the ECOWAS Project Preparation and Development Unit will only accept online applications.