Chief executive - Regional Animal Health Center at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Mali

Position Overview

Under the direction and oversight of the Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Natural Assets, the incumbent will offer strategic executive guidance for the prevention and regulate of Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) in terrestrial and aquatic animals, and emerging and re-emerging zoonoses through the dispatch of good and maintainable regional veterinary compliance in addition to community health assist for food safety in the ECOWAS region to support to the entire aspiration of poverty reduction, upgraded livelihoods, wealth formation, and food and nutrition guard as envisioned in the ECOWAS agriculture regulatory framework (ECOWAP).

Position duties

• Offer strategic executive guidance at the RAHC for the prevention and regulate of TADs and emerging and re-emerging zoonoses, and regional Food Safety through Community health assist.
• Advance the accomplishment of premium quality outcomes through efficient management of multi-disciplinary teams and multifaceted strategic collaborations.·       Start and oversee the execution of projects/programs in the site of animal health and food safety while supervising the stages of their execution and the accomplishment of their targets.
• Ensure the execution of M&E for the organizing, supervising, and assessment of the outcomes of projects/programs connected with the targets in addition to the work strategies.
• Oversee employees and the execution of work strategies, ensure the servicing & maintenance of a certain neutrality in the assessment of their effectiveness
• Strategy and oversee financial resources and management in general, especially the project setup of yearly initiatives
• Formulate business strategies, organize financial plans, oversee expenditures in accordance with authorized financial plans, and organize advancement documentation for initiatives.
• Recognize avenues for strategic collaboration and steer towards the establishment and strengthening of cooperative projects with such associates.
• Collaborate with the Heads of Unit in their zone of ​​skilled to offer them with a organizational approach for the execution of their initiatives.
• Head specific asset mobilization initiatives which includes donor recognition and connection management in addition to proposal development.
• Perform other obligations that may be allocated by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Natural Assets

Essential skills:

• Executive team expertise in establishing long-term alliances, operating jointly, and building general agreement with various internal and/or external participants on sophisticated concerns in a multi-disciplinary governmental or international company.
• Expertise in the ECOWAS mandate, business roadmap/key focuses in addition to the economic, political, and community-related state/practices of member states, as pertains to own scope of work.
• Exhibit uniformity on actions, values, methods, secrecy, ethics, measures, principles, requirements, and results which suggests a in-depth dedication to do the right thing for the right cause, regardless of the situations.
• Capability to establish and preserve efficient operating connections with Heads of Institutions, elected authorities and statutory employees to coordinate adherence, build relation, settle clashes, and acquire assist for adjustment.
• Capability to respect the chain of commands in an suitable manner.
• Capability to advance a culture where people hold themselves personally responsible for outcomes.
• Capability to offer direction, management, and technical monitoring for all project initiatives and programme outputs in accordance with ECOWAS lawful and managerial procedures and guidelines.
• Capability to carry out periodic assessments of employee output in keeping with the ECOWAS results tracking system and to train employees to guarantee high levels of inspiration, dedication, capacity, and collaboration.
• Capability to supervise initiative management, internal regulates, and stewardship of financial assets and to handle concerns in a assured and competent manner whilst making decisions that exemplifies unbiased and non-partisan strategic judgment.
• Capability to exercise the plan and resourcefulness necessary for at the same time dealing with a range of participant needs, pursuing various duty, and delivering positive results.
• Capability to produce synergies with customer groups and others to attain targets in setting and supervising service guidelines and indicators.
• Capability to motivate and engage others in supporting or embracing industry standards in customer solutions.
• Capability to recognize and enhance solutions and customer engagements through suitable networks and to produce creative ways of dealing with these in an responsible and transparent manner.
• Expertise in anti-discriminatory/human rights compliance-related environment and capability to improve plans to promote an welcoming operating environment and healthy company respectful of cultural diversity and gender equality and free from harassment and discrimination.
• Comprehension of multifaceted cultural views especially within West Africa, being sensitive to group differences, gender concerns and capability to support to, support for, and/or formulate rules which are gender sensitive and responsive to various cultures.
• Capability to promote a multifaceted and welcoming interactive work environment that can productively bring together a wide spectrum of creative thoughts and experiences to solve challenges, formulate project/programs and enhance outcomes.
• Capability and duty for combining gender perspectives and making sure the equal involvement of women and men in all zones of work.
• Capability to remain goal in coordinating clashes regardless of cultural differences/roles, gender differences, and motivate other employees to overcome cultural and gender prejudice and differences.
• Comprehension of ECOWAS business hierarchy, office culture and dynamics.
• Capability to utilize understanding of ECOWAS regulatory structure, strategic key focuses, and business guidelines to formulate/modernize rules and programs and/or to execute rules and programs in a maintainable and efficient manner.
• Well-conceptualize business, community-related and political strategic insight, presenting a robust dedication to the aspiration and mandate of ECOWAS coupled with a wide expertise of the economic, political, and community-related conditions and practices in Member States.
• Sound judgement and strategic judgment competencies on matters concerning regulatory framework and planning process significant to the actualisation of the ECOWAS mandate and the advancement of results for Member States.
• Capability to evaluate documentation in addition to socio-economic and institutional dynamics and identify zones of possibility barriers or hurdles and formulate creative strategies or alternatives to handle obstacles and accomplish strategic/business key focuses.
• Capability to expect and analyze the outcomes of ecological modifications and its effect on community-related, economic, and political outlook, and make strategic guidance.
• Capability to recognize/handle advantages and weaknesses, stimulate creativeness, reduce resistance to adjustment and enhance the accomplishment of strategic targets.
• Capability to make prudent decisions concerning the management of human, financial and material assets.
• Capability to actively listen and comprehend perspectives of others to make informed assertions, decisions, or strategic guidance.
• Capability to build various external cooperative connections to assist strategic and business targets, recognize the key concerns and accommodate the key players with well thought out information exchange and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Capability to liaise with visual precision and guilty verdict, make captivating demonstrations that advance new findings, creative thoughts and perspectives and a better comprehension of concerns and hurdles.
• Exhibit active listening competencies to motivate more resilient information exchange amongst team members to show care and make them feel valued and to lead employee relation in all institutions and agencies.
• Outstanding bargain and dispute leadership abilities concentrating on building and fostering efficient and cooperative connections.
• Competence in information, information exchange, and technical solutions (ICT).
• Fluency in spoken communication and documented expressions in one of the ECOWAS formal languages of the Group (English, French & Portuguese). Expertise in an additional one is a plus.
• Capability to organize strategies, set clear targets in a regular manner and possess efficient monitoring of results tracking procedures to guarantee that targets and guidelines are fulfilled.
• Capability to set efficient targets and oversee adjustment in a manner that displays adaptability, composure, and a positive outlook in an environment of uncertainty and ambiguity.
• Capability to enable the development of corporate and individual skilled throughout the execution of strategic, business, programme project and individual strategies.
• Capability to execute strategies, mobilize/engage people, recognize critical factors, minimize risks, track indicators and response, start corrective measures, and build capacities for long-term viability.
• Capability to institute thorough M&E procedures and learn from setbacks and mistakes to guarantee ongoing development.

Age Limit:

Be below 50 years old. This offering does not submit application to internal applicants.