Career Opportunities for Specialists


Created on 28 May 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional intergovernmental organization formed by the following fifteen (15) Member States: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Its Headquarters is in Abuja, Nigeria and its official working languages are: English, French and Portuguese

In order to ensure an effective implementation of its sectoral programmes, ECOWAS specialized agencies and institutions including the Community Court of Justice, the ECOWAS Parliament, the West African Health Organization (WAHO) and the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering (GIABA) wishes to recruit qualified and capable, national candidates from ECOWAS Member States in the following areas: .

1. General Administration, Conferences, Finance; Human Resources Management,

2. Macroeconomic policies, Economic Research, Infrastructure,

3. Trade, Customs, Free Movement, Industry and Promotion of the Private Sector

4. Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources, Health, Animal Health

5. Political Affairs, Peace, Security, Social Affairs and Gender 6. Education, Science and Culture, Youth and Sport Development

7. Telecommunications and Information Technologies

8. Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

9. International Relations, Diplomacy, Legal Affairs

10. Monitoring and evaluation, Strategic management, Strategic planning

11. Mining, Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Internal audit