Project officer, Payment Operational structures at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja (FCT)

Position Overview

Status updates to the PPO, Financial funding Campaigns and Payment Settlement Operational structures, the Payment Operational structures Project officer will assist the formulation and execution of programs and action strategies to coordinate the emergence of an combined financial markets in the region.

Position and Duties

• Formulate short, medium, and long-term work programs and action strategies to coordinate the consolidation and development of financial markets in the region.
• Coordinate relationship building among financial sector participants in the region and formulate linkages to the worldwide financial market to grow financial funding.
• Coordinate interconnectivity of financial markets structure in member-states to engender free flow of capital across borders.
• Assist execution of short, medium, and long-term work programs and action strategies for regional financial funding facilitation through improvement of financial intermediation in the region.
• Coordinate the harmonization of listing qualifications on the inventory exchanges in the region.
• Work alongside associations and institutions in the regional and international financial sector to coordinate the adoption of industry standards on the inventory exchanges and financial markets in the region.
• Work alongside financial markets participants to advance cross listings and the establishment of a regional inventory exchange with diversified linkages in members states.
• Advance initiatives that will grow the use of multifaceted financial market instruments and institutions in lifting capital for business in the region.
• Work alongside participants the coverage industry to advance a regional risk risk reduction and management structure and instruments for cross border business risks management the region.
• Work alongside and arrange sessions with professionals and donors as necessary to advance the Regional financial markets.
• Execute other associated obligations as may be allocated by the PPO Financial funding Advancement and Financial Markets Development.

Age Limit:

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

Essential skills:

• Capability to persuade/shape others to evaluate a certain point of view, adopt a new idea, or execute new methods and procedures.
• Capability to head a team of trainees/support personnel and instil a spirit of collaboration to participate employees and accomplish a well-defined set of initiatives.
• Capability to respect the chain of command in an suitable manner.
• Capability to settle hurdles with minimal direction and/or endorse and clarify initiatives or alternatives for authorization.
• Capability to utilize the Code of Ethics to oversee self, others, information, and assets.
• Capability to train others and produce response loops with supervisors, teammates, and subordinates to build robust operating connections and boost results.
• Support to preserving the corporate unit’s targets and guidelines.
• People skills with the capability to keep a customer informed of advancement or setbacks in projects connected with timelines, quality, and quantity.
• Capability to proactively interact with customers and build robust, trusting connections based on reciprocal regard and consistent discussions.
• Capability to establish and sustain specialist credibility with customers/participants in a way that anticipates needs, mitigates concerns, and balances obligations with responsiveness.
• Capability to counsel, advise, advise, and mentor others on matters connected with allocated customer support duties and guidelines.
• Exhibited respect for cultural differences, fairness, and capability to associate well with people from diverse profile, nationalities, genders, ethnicities, races, and religions.
• Comprehension of multifaceted cultural views, especially within West Africa, with sensitivity to group differences; capability to difficulty prejudice and practice tolerance and empathy.
• Capability to listen actively, evaluate people’s matters, and submit application judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Capability to operate in a multifaceted and welcoming interactive environment that perks from diverse advantages.
• Duty for combining gender perspectives and making sure equal involvement of women and men in all zones of work.
• Capability to motivate, empower, and support for people in an impartial and transparent manner.
• Expertise in ECOWAS institutions, sectors, program, and rules.
• Expertise in ECOWAS internal business qualifications of programs, projects, solutions, and operational structures necessary to meet targets.
• Expertise in ECOWAS regulations and standardized processes applicable to allocated duties and capability to clarify them transparently to others.
• Comprehension of ECOWAS culture, systems, and effectiveness concerns affecting allocated duties.
• Expertise in Member States' development practices, indicators, hurdles, and avenues applicable to allocated projects/programs.
• Capability to study data/information from various suppliers, recognize anomalies, practices, and concerns, report results, and make strategic guidance.
• Capability to break down challenges or methods into key parts to recognize and solve differences in service, QA, adherence, and effectiveness.
• Expertise and application of methods to produce innovative creative thoughts and new approaches to meeting targets.
• Capability to use evidence and analysis to guide rules and programs; recognize applicable suppliers which includes participants, regional institutions, and internal panels.
• Exhibited business computer competence using suitable resources.
• Capability to productively use graphics and tables to show quantitative data; compose semi-sophisticated technical documentation/proposals; and refine/check design frameworks, letters, etc.
• Capability to share data transparently and succinctly in both documented and spoken communication.
• Capability to show people skills, make demonstrations, express opinions, and debate creative thoughts helpfully.
• Competence in information information exchange technical solutions (ICT).
• Fluency in spoken communication and documented expression in one of the ECOWAS formal languages (English, French, or Portuguese); expertise in an additional language is a plus.
• Capability to formulate and execute an individual action strategy for delivering specific work targets.
• Capability to recognize, arrange, and track duty productively to guarantee smooth implementation.
• Capability to support to and/or head projects using standard project coordination methods and organize payments to deliver on time.
• Capability to arrange work, set key focuses, and organize schedule productively while remitting meticulousness, participants, indicators, and risks.
• Capability to recognize, collect, and evaluate effectiveness indicators and take initiative-driven remedial action when needed.

Note Evaluation method:

Evaluation of certified applicants may comprise of a documented exercise and a skill-focused interview.

ECOWAS Work Environment:

• 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.

Disclaimer:

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.