Chief Program Officer, Telecommunications & Post Regulatory framework and Rule at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja (FCT)

Position Overview

The Chief Program Officer (PPO) Telecommunications & Post Regulatory framework and Rule will collaborate with the Director Digital Economy & Post to carry out the execution of Post and Telecommunication/ICT program, with a concentration on harmonising regulatory framework and compliance-related frameworks for the development of the digital economy sector, conceptualizing regional telecommunication structure and postal sector development.

Position duties

• Supervise the development and execution of the program, projects and initiatives of the Division.
• Support to the formulation of regional plan and rules for the Telecommunications/ICT and Post sectors.
• Head the harmonization of rules and compliance-related frameworks process towards establishing a common Telecommunications/ICT market.
• Start and organize the elaboration and adoption of Group legislation in the Telecommunications/ICT and Post sectors.
• Advance the development of broadband structure inside the ECOWAS region and their interrelation.
• Coordinate the harmonization of the management of the radio-frequency spectrum to enhance its use.
• Advance the modernization of the postal sector to coordinate financial addition for all and the use of creative goods and solutions.
• Offer direction for closer co-process between postal administrations to optimise mail routing inside the region.
• Help in preserving operational and technical teamwork networks with heads of applicable regional and international entities in the fields of Telecommunication/ICT and Post.

Essential skills:

• Capability to head in allocated programs and projects by offering the necessary executive and business needed qualifications for the fulfillment of the company’s mandate.
• Capability to demonstrate leadership and arrange collaboration to motivate teamwork to attain targeted outcomes, advocate and build momentum for adjustment and to bring about employee relation; conceptualizes and executes internal regulates for aviator programme to oversee possibility obstacles to execution.
• Capability to respect chain of command in an suitable manner.
• Outstanding self-direction competencies, presenting ethics and honesty and reliability, secrecy and displaying due regards for internal regulates of regulations, representative-groups and transparency.
• Capability to bring together complementary competencies/proficiency, evaluate individual payments and identify/handle accomplishments and shortcomings in a manner that brings resumed success to the company.
• Expertise in programme management at the level usually obtained from a accreditation in programme management.
• Capability to analysis benchmarks and practices to bring about the best strategic guidance for the development and advancement of programs/projects that will best serve the group/company.
• Well-conceptualize relationship building and people skills to request input, information and data from a network of experts from various countries/sectors/entities and to recognize and prioritize the most critical group qualifications.
• Capability to oversee and co-ordinate customer management programs and make strategic guidance.
• Capability to formulate and execute industry standards in customer solutions.
• Capability to formulate and execute stakeholder engagement strategies, programs and programs to acquire buy-in on new programs, to better comprehend dissenting views, to gather materials and to grow perceptions of success.
• Capability to be diplomatic, tactful and respect other people from diverse profile, comprehension multifaceted cultural views especially within West Africa with the capability to transform diversity into avenues to enhance programme/business results.
• Capability to produce a multifaceted and welcoming interactive environment that perks from multifaceted advantages bringing together creative procedures.
• Capability to remain goal in coordinating dispute regardless of cultural differences /roles, gender differences, and motivate other employees to overcome cultural and gender prejudice and differences.
• Capability and duty for combining gender perspectives and making sure the equal involvement of women and men in all zones of work.
• Capability to serve the interest of culturally multifaceted global teams/entities/networks and people with disability without bias and prejudice.
• Comprehension of the ECOWAS business hierarchy, connected dynamics and requirements as necessary to work alongside, engage, support, and head productively.
• Expertise in the ECOWAS mandate, business roadmap/key focuses in addition to the economic, political and community-related circumstance and practices in member states, as pertains to own scope of work.
• Expertise in ECOWAS industry standards, programme management approaches and analysis methods to head and/or support to the development or evaluation of programs, projects or programs.
• Expertise in the ECOWAS regulations and standardized processes to accordingly analyze and submit application directive text, offer technical guidance, mentor others, and evaluate effectiveness.
• Capability to evaluate a circumstance by using indicators to evaluate the expenses, perks, risks, and chances for success, in making decisions.
• Capability to pull together information from different suppliers to recognize the cause of challenges, results of alternative causes of action, possibility barriers, and ways to avoid the issue in the future.
• Capability to break down very sophisticated conditions/information into simple terms to clarify strategic guidance and findings targeted at solving challenges or optimizing processes/programs/projects.
• Capability to formulate new findings into conditions, submit application creative strategies to challenges and to design new methods of dealing with concerns or disconnects where established methods and standardized processes are irrelevant or no longer efficient.
• Capability to liaise with effect, transparently and succinctly in a succinct and structured manner articulating credibility & trust when making demonstrations, setting requirements, and clarifying sophisticated concerns.
• Capability to listen intently and correctly analyze messages from others and take action accordingly.
• Achieved technical drafting and editing competencies.
• 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.
• Capability to offer feedback criticism, offer acknowledgment, handle shortcomings and motivate direct documentation to operate at peak effectiveness.
• Competence in information information exchange 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.
• Corporate and project/programme leadership abilities with significant expertise recognizing timelines, targets, expenses, and assets necessary to supply on business/programme/project results in line with result-based management approach.
• Capability to set efficient targets and targets for self, others, and the work unit and modifying work or project key focuses in response to evolving situations.
• Capability to use participatory approach in project organizing and recognize differences affecting the accomplishment of programme/project requirements and to design and execute intervention strategies necessary to build the wanted assignment.

Age Limit:

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

Note

• Evaluation method: Evaluation of certified applicants may comprise of a documented exercise and a skill-focused interview.
• ECOWAS delivers a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, honesty and reliability and a healthy personal-professional balance.
• We are dedicated to making sure gender parity in the company and therefore, we promote women to submit application for roles that match their skills.
• Individuals from minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are also highly inspired to submit application. Diversity, Equity and Addition is central to ECOWAS’s staff.
• Selection and assignment will be subject to profile and letter of recommendation checks and other managerial qualifications.
• ECOWAS does not charge for any application, processing, development, interviewing, running test in linkage with application or hiring process methods and does not issue itself with information on candidates’ bank accounts.