Programme Officer Road Infrastructure & Road Safety at Economic Community of West African States

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Last Date: June 26, 2010

Programme Officer Road Infrastructure & Road Safety
1 Position

* Department: Infrastructure
* Directorate: Transports & Telecommunications
* Grade: P5
* Salary Scale: USD 80,335.83 - USD 89,325.91
* Supervisor: Director, Transports & Telecommunication
* Reference: ECW-COMM/REC/INFRA-P003/2010
* Duration: 2 Years, Renewable
* Closing date: 26-06-2010

Under its cooperation Agreement with the African Development Bank for implementation of the Nigeria-Cameroon Highway Project and implementation of the Regional Programme for Roads Infrastructure, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States, is to recruit one Programme Officer, Road Infrastructure & Road Safety and one Programme Officer Transport Facilitation & Policy to reinforce the capacity of the Transport Division of the Directorate of Transport and Telecommunications.

Duties and responsibilities

* Develop short, medium and long term programme and plans for construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of road infrastructure in ECOWAS region;

* Develop implementation plan for road safety programmes in collaboration with member states;

* Coordinate and monitor implementation of the Nigeria -Cameroon Highway Project and other Regional Road Infrastructure development in the ECOWAS region;

* Produce literature and conduct awareness campaigns on Road Safety;

* Draw up term of reference for studies in road infrastructure and coordinate such studies;

* Organize donors' meetings in the area of road infrastructure development and follow up outcomes of such meetings;

* Perform other related duties as may be assigned by the director of transport & Telecommunications and the Principal Programme Office, Transport.


Qualifications/Experience/Skills

* A Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Building Engineering, Construction or related fields with at least 10 years post qualification experience in the area of road infrastructure.

* He / She must have worked at senior level of Supervision, Planning and Programming in a Directorate of Highways. Experience in regional or international organization is an added advantage.

* Membership of relevant Professional association is an advantage.

* Ability to write and present articulated reports.

* Ability to work in a multicultural team.

* Good ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with senior government official , donors, international agencies and professional associations in the road transport sector.

* Sound experience in the planning, preparation and coordination of road infrastructure development and road safety programmes.

* Must be computer literate.


Age

Candidates must not be fifty (50) years old or over at the point of recruitment and must be a citizen of one of the ECOWAS member states.


Languages

Must be fluent in one of the official languages of ECOWAS: English, French and Portuguese. A working knowledge of a second official language would be an advantage.

Apply online: http://www.ecowashr.info/en/vacancies/road_infrastructure.php?job_id=19