Project officer, Anti Corruption and Responsibility at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja (FCT)

Position Overview

Under the direction and direct oversight of the Chief of Democracy & Good Compliance Division, the officer’s main duty and duties will be to assist the work of the Division in supporting the Anti-corruption and Responsibility Schedule in ECOWAS Member States as articulated in the Supplementary Procedure on Democracy and Good Compliance.

Position and Duties

• Support to the development and execution of programs meant to assist and strengthen Member States' institutions to prevent and fight corruption and corruption-associated initiatives.
• Arrange development program for Civil Society Entities (CSOs) and anti-graft institutions in Member States on corruption prevention; help in supervising programs and their execution, and evaluate applicable documents and documentation.
• Recognize challenges and concerns to be handled and start corrective actions; coordinate possessing applicable participants and ensure client engagement actions.
• Analysis, evaluate, and show information assembled from multifaceted suppliers with a concentration on corruption risk evaluations and endorse risk reduction plans.
• Offer assistance and proficiency for the synchronization of regulatory framework development on anti-corruption, which includes analyzing and evaluating concerns and practices, and getting ready reviews or other analysis initiatives and studies.
• Arrange and organize documented results which includes regulatory framework and programmatic documentation, profile papers, evaluation, documentation sections, studies, and inputs to publications applicable to the division’s work.
• Offer backstopping to advisory sessions, professional forums, workshops, etc.; recognize participants, and organize documents and demonstrations.
• Work alongside and organize with associates, Member States' anti-corruption institutions, and other applicable entities which includes CSOs on anti-corruption matters, with a concentration on honesty and reliability and responsibility.
• Act as the Desk Officer to the Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIWA); organize the Yearly General Sessions, workshops, and capacity-building needs of the Network.
• Track and evaluate industry standards, structured approaches, and program in anti-corruption.
• Help the Chief of the Division in status updates on the division’s initiatives.
• Execute other applicable obligations as necessary or allocated by the manager.