Programme Officer, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation at the European Development Fund (EDF) Cell – ECOWAS Commission

ECOWAS Commission – Our client seeks to recruit staff members to be employed in the European Development Fund (EDF) Cell to support to the ECOWAS Commission through the WAEMU Institutional Capacity Building Programme funded by the European Union.

Applications are invited for:

Job Title: Programme Officer, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

Vacancy code: GOPA/PARCI/MBB/PMMNE/2019102
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job category: Professional
Department/office: ECOWAS, Dept. of External Relations
Contract type: Consultant

Details

EU Support to the ECOWAS Commission through the WAEMU Institutional Capacity Building Programme implemented by GOPA Worldwide Consultants.

Background Information
The ECOWAS Commission adopted in December 2016 the Regulation PC/REX.4/12/16 establishing a Regional European Development Fund (EDF) Cell within the ECOWAS Commission to support the Regional Authorising Officer (RAO). The main objective of the Cell is the facilitation of project programming and preparation, coordination of activities with the different stakeholders, information, communication and training.

The role of the cell is to provide support to the RAO on the following:

Identification, formulation, programming and coordination of the implementation of EU funded programmes;
Monitoring and evaluation and audits of the EU funded programmes;
Coordination among the ECOWAS departments involved in the implementation of the EU funded activities;;
Dialogue with the EU, West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), ECOWAS Member States, International Cooperating Partners (ICPs) and all stakeholders involved in the implementation of the EU funded programmes;
Support the preparation of meetings of the EU funded programmes governance bodies, including the Technical Working Group (TWG/GTT) and the Strategic Orientation Committee (SOC/COS) meetings;
Follow up and monitoring of the implementation of the decisions of the Strategic Orientation Committee;
Training to ensure the reinforcement of the capacities in the domains of programming, identification and formulation, implementation and financial & contractual management of EU funded programmes.
Development of information systems as well as other systems for monitoring and evaluation for the implementation of the programmes at contributing to the efficiency of the cooperation, improvement of the results, easing the information flows among stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Effectively coordinate, monitor, and report on EU funded programme
Participate in the monitoring and evaluation missions for the regional/national components of EU Funded programmes.
Prepare progress reports on the activities of the regional component adopting a holistic view of the EU Funded Programmes taking into account the progress of the national components.
Preparation of reports of the outcome of the regional and overall steering committees to be presented to the participants.

Qualification and Skills

Degree in Project Management, Law, Economics, Business, Development Studies, Engineering or related disciplines.
Good knowledge of M&E of programmes.
Good knowledge of EDF programmes and procedures.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work well with diverse people.
Excellent writing and communication skills in English and at least one of the other two official ECOWAS languages (French or Portuguese).

General Professional experience:

A minimum of 5 years’ experience working in international development sector for a public administration or an international regional organisation.
At least 1 year of experience in working in West Africa Region.

Specific Professional experience: