Programme Officer, Cross Border Cooperation at ECOWAS

Job Title: Programme Officer, Cross Border Cooperation

Ref No.: ECW/CHR/MR/3105/2017

Grade: P3

Location: ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, Nigeria

Application Ends: 2-August-2017

Job Summary:

Under the supervision of the Principal Programme Officer, the incumbent is responsible for the surveillance of the border.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist in providing support to cross-border cooperation pilot projects implemented under the auspices of ECOWAS in favor of stability and development, and analyzing the impact of cross-border cooperation on free movement, the right of establishment and migration.
• Assist in establishing a Community cross-border cooperation financing fund.
• Assist in Initiating concrete regional community cooperation projects.
• Participate in developing good neighborliness relations between ECOWAS Member States and between ECOWAS and its neighbors.
• Assist in identifying border areas that can serve as bases for cross-border cooperation.
• Assist in initiating regional and multilateral development projects in collaboration with the other technical directorates of the Commission and those of Member States.
• Participate in discussing and initiating a vast medium- and long-term land use planning program.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with bilateral agreements on inter-State land boundary demarcation.
• Participate in initiating campaigns to raise the awareness of populations straddling borders, of the need for peaceful cohabitation.
• Assist in monitoring ECOWAS Member States’ boundary delineation/demarcation processes.
• Assist in identifying sources of border problems. Preparing a directory of land borders. Building national authorities’ and local communities’ border management capacities.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Social Sciences, Business Administration or related field;

Experience:

• A minimum of  five (5) years of experience. A higher degree will reduce the number of years experience by two (2) years.
• Experience with a regional , governmental, non-governmental or international organisation is desirable.

Language:

The candidate must be fluent in one of the official languages of ECOWAS namely, English, French and Portuguese. Working knowledge of another language will be an advantage.

How to Apply:

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