Project officer, Internet and Cybersecurity at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja (FCT)

Position Overview

The Project officer Internet and Cybersecurity shall report to the oversight of the Chief Project officer Internet, Cybersecurity & e-Applications to advance the development of internet use and solutions in addition to carry out initiatives towards the securing the ECOWAS cyberspace.

Position duties

• Carry out projects and programs targeted at nurturing the development of Internet and the fight against cybercrime.
• Advance affordable Internet entry and solutions in the ECOWAS region.
• Support to the execution of ECOWAS cybersecurity schedule.
• Support to the definition of needs and qualifications from Member States in the region on Cybersecurity and cybercrime.
• Organize associated evaluation documentation to guarantee that needs of Member States are well recognized in terms of Cybersecurity and cybercrime.
• Follow the evolution of key practices in compliance-related, regulatory framework and legislation in the zones of duty (Internet and Cybersecurity).
• Evaluate, recognize internet regulatory framework and compliance-related concerns, requiring the attention of the ECOWAS region.
• Carry out the West Africa Internet Compliance Forum (WAIGF) and organize the Internet Compliance role for West Africa for adoption by Member States governments.

Age Limit:

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

ECOWAS 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 that occur with minimal direction and/or to 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 of significance to the timeline, 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 manner that anticipates their needs mitigates concerns and carefully balances specialist obligations with the need to be sensitive and responsive to their needs.
• Capability to counsel, advise, advise and mentor others on matters pertaining to allocated customer support duties and established customer support guidelines.
• Show respect for cultural differences, fairness, and capability to associate well with people from diverse profile, nationality, gender, ethnicity, race and religion.
• Comprehension of multifaceted cultural views especially within West Africa, with sensitivity to group differences; capability to difficulty prejudice and to 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 multifaceted advantages.
• Capability and duty for combining gender perspectives and making sure the 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 attain work tasks and meet targets.
• Expertise in regulations and standardized processes of ECOWAS connected allocated duties and capability to clarify these transparently to others.
• Expertise in the ECOWAS culture, systems and effectiveness concerns and key focuses affecting allocated duties.
• Expertise in member states development practices, indicators, hurdles and avenues as it concerns project/program allocated to own role.
• Capability to study data/information from a range of 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 targets.
• Expertise in and capability to submit application methods to produce innovative creative thoughts and new approaches to meeting targets.
• Capability to use evidence and analysis to guide rules and programs and recognize applicable and suitable suppliers of information, which includes participants, regional institutions and/or internal panels.
• Show business computer competence using suitable resources.
• Capability to make sound use of graphics and tables to productively show quantitative data to compose semi-sophisticated technical documentation/proposals and refine/check design frameworks, letters, etc.
• Capability to share data transparently and succinctly in a succinct and structured manner through both drafting and verbal means.
• Exhibit people skills, make demonstrations, express opinions and debate creative thoughts with others in a productive manner.
• 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.
• Capability to formulate, execute an individual action strategy for delivering specific work targets.
•  Recognize, arrange and track duty throughout to coordinate implementation.
• Capability to support and/or head on projects as per accepted project coordination guidelines and methods, to co-ordinate payments by others to set and deliver on time.
• Capability to arrange work, set key focuses, and work within timelines, offering attention to description, participants, indicators and risks.
• Capability to recognize, collect and evaluate indicators to track results and to take initiative-driven remedial action as necessary.

Note

• Select applicants may be necessary to undergo a documented test and subsequently an interview session.
• Successful applicants shall be subjected to further screening / profile checks.
• Job proposals are contingent upon acceptable due diligence.