ROLE OVERVIEW
The EGDC Director serves as the legal representative of the Centre, with overall responsibility to provide strategic direction, innovative leadership and ensure the effective management of the Centre.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
·        Monitor and consolidate these strategies for the effective mobilization and development of women in the ECOWAS Region;
·        Periodically carry out needs assessment strategies for women empowerment in Member States and on these outcomes, design appropriate training, advocacy and research programmes on gender issues;
·        Maintain a functional and pro-active Gender Centre;
·        As the key administrative and accounting officer of the Centre, effectively manage the human capital and material resources of the Centre;
·        Contribute strongly to the success of the Centre through the formulation of strategies to enhance and mainstream gender issues within the framework of ECOWAS mission;
·        Champion the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, NEPAD policies and programmes and other gender-related commitments, and work in collaboration with partners on gender programmes and projects in the ECOWAS region;
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
·        12 years of professional experience in socio economic development, policy analysis, programme management, social research or related area, including 6 years relevant international work and 5 years at a supervisory level;
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AGE LIMIT
·        Be below 50 years old. This provision does not apply to internal candidates.
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ECOWAS KEY COMPETENCIES
·        ability to provide leadership, management, and technical oversight for all project activities and program  deliverables in accordance with ECOWAS legal and administrative practices and standards;
·        ability to conduct periodic reviews of staff performance in keeping with the ECOWAS performance management system and to mentor staff to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity, and teamwork;
·        ability to oversee project management, internal controls and stewardship of financial resources and to address issues in a confident and capable manner whilst making decisions that exemplifies impartial and non-partisan decision-making;
·        ability to exercise the initiative and resourcefulness necessary for simultaneously addressing a variety of stakeholder needs, pursuing multiple tasks and achieving positive outcomes;
·        ability to create synergies with client groups and other to achieve objectives in setting and monitoring service standards and indicators;
·        ability to motivate and engage others in promoting or adopting best practices in client services;
·        ability to identify and improve services and client interactions through appropriate networks and to create innovative ways of addressing these in an accountable and transparent manner;
·        Fluency in oral and written expressions in one of the ECOWAS official languages of the Community (English, French & Portuguese). Knowledge of an additional one will be an added advantage;
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