Programme Officer Strategic Analysis at ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region. Considered one of the pillars of the African Economic Community, the organization was founded in order to achieve collective self-sufficiency for its member states by creating a single large trading bloc through an economic and trading union. It also serves as a peacekeeping force in the region. The organization operates officially in three co-equal languages French, English, and Portuguese.

We are currently recruiting for the position below

Job Title: Programme Officer Strategic Analysis

Reference: ECW-COMM/REC/SMA-P/002/2012
Duty Station: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: Office of the Vice-President
Directorate: Strategic Planning Unit
Grade: P3
Supervisor: Director, Strategic Planning

Job Description
The Strategic Planning Directorate was created to ensure that ECOWAS activities are all consistent with the ECOWAS Vision 2020, are set within priorities established in the ECOWAS Strategic Plan and are set out in a coherent multi-year medium term programme of activities. ECOWAS is working with its Development Partner to develop an integrated Strategic Planning system.

The Programme Officer, Strategic Analysis, is at the heart of operations of the directorate. The job holder will carry out tasks in the section he/she assigned to work within the three units of the directorate.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertake environmental scan of ECOWAS (economic, political, social, infrastructure, etc) with a view to identifying strengths
• Conduct occasional research, identifying key challenges for the Commission and prepare knowledge products to be disseminated within the Commission in relation to capacity building
• Analyse concepts and ideas in relation to strategic planning and assess feasibility, trade-offs and constraints in respect of their application
• Examine available models and analytical frameworks and apply appropriate models to related concepts, providing the department with materials for use at strategy and planning sessions
• Develop an outcome “planning” document and related templates suitable for developing action plans (objectives, responsibilities, time lines, budgets, etc)
• Coordinate capacity building activities in collaboration with Directorates and Units of the Commission as well as Development Partners (using existing coordination mechanisms)
• Work with departmental managers and teams to ensure the development and documentation of functional strategic plans, ensuring compliance with set standards
• Consolidate work/action plans for all departments and work the Finance Department for financial costing of plans, ensuring their integration into the work plans (budgets)
• Monitor key corporate performance metrics and analyzes trends and root causes of variance,
• Execute any other tasks assigned by the Director

Educational Qualification

• A Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences or any other related subject

Experience

• A minimum of five years (5) of professional experience including at least two (2) years planning, statistical or analytical (consulting) related work
• Good working knowledge of planning frameworks and tools will be an advantage
• Must have good writing skills and be computer literate.

Age
Candidate should not be 50 years old or over at the point of recruitment and must be a citizen of one of the ECOWAS member states.

Language
Must be fluent in one of the official languages of the Commission; English, French and Portuguese. A working knowledge of another would be an advantage.

Remuneration
Annual Salary: USD 36,901 - USD 44,469

Application Closing Date
3rd April, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online