The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions:


1.) Portuguese Interpreter (1 Position):
French To Portuguese And Vice-Versa
Responsibilities:

  • Provide interpretation from French into Portuguese and vice- versa during court sessions, meetings and deliberations;
  • Provide interpretation for the Judges and staff members as required;
  • Must be capable of working as part of a team of highly experienced interpreters;
  • Must be capable of interpreting simultaneous, consecutive and other modes.

Qualifications:

  • A university degree plus a diploma or certificate in conference interpreting from a recognized school; OR a university degree in conference interpreting from a recognized school;
  • At least four (4) years post-qualification experience in conference interpreting;
  • Knowledge of law would be an advantage;
  • Ability to interpret from English into Portuguese would be an advantage.


Portuguese Interpreter (1 Position)
English Into Portuguese And Vice-Versa
Responsibilities:

  • Provide interpretation from English into Portuguese and vice-versa during court sessions, meetings and deliberations;
  • Provide interpretation for the Judges and staff members as required;
  • Must be capable of working as part of a team of highly experienced interpreters;
  • Must be capable of interpreting in simultaneous, consecutive and other modes.

Qualifications:

  • A university degree plus a diploma or certificate in conference interpreting from a recognised school; OR a university degree in conference interpreting from a recognised school;
  • At least four (4) years’ post-qualification experience in conference interpreting.
  • Knowledge of law would be an advantage;
  • Ability to interpret from French into Portuguese would be an advantage.


3.) English Interpreter (1 Position)
French Into English And Vice-Versa
Responsibilities:

  • Provide interpretation from French Into English and vice-versa during court sessions, meetings and deliberations;
  • Provide interpretation for the Judges and staff members as required;
  • Must be capable of working as part of a team of highly experienced interpretérs;
  • Must be capable of interpreting in simultaneous, consecutive and other modes.

Qualifications:

  • A university degree plus a diploma or certificate in conference interpreting from a recognised school; OR a university degree in conference interpreting from a recognised school;
  • At least four (4) years post-qualification experience in conference interpreting;
  • Knowledge of law would be an advantage;
  • Ability to interpret from Portuguese into English would be an advantage.


English Translator (2 Positions)
French Into English
Responsibilities:

  • Translate court proceedings from French into English;
  • Translate official documents for Judges and staff members as required;
  • Report directly to the Revisor.

Qualifications:

  • A University degree plus a diploma or certificate in Translation from a recognised translation institute or school; OR a university degree in Translation from a recognised school;
  • At least three (3) years experience in translation from French into English preferably in an intergovernmental or international organisation;
  • Excellent writing skills;
  • Knowledge of law would be an advantage;
  • Ability to translate from Portuguese into English would be an advantage.


French Translator (1 Position)
English Into French
Responsibilities:

  • Translate court proceedings from English into French;
  • Translate official documents for Judges and staff members as required;
  • Report directly to the Revisor.

Qualifications:

  • A University degree plus a diploma or certificate in Translation from a recognised translation institute or school; OR a university degree in Translation from a recognised school;
  • At least Three (3) years experience in translation from English into French preferably in an intergovernmental or international organisation;
  • Excellent writing skills,
  • Knowledge of law would be an advantage; -
  • Ability to translate from Portuguese into French would be an advantage.


6.) Administrative Officer (1 Position):
Responsibilities:

  • Directly responsible to the Head of Administration and Human Resources Division.
  • Coordinates specific tasks assigned to various sections;
  • Responsible for managing and monitoring of movable and immovable assets of the
  • Court and files relating to job security;
  • Participate in the preparation of basic documents for budgetary sessions and internal and inter-institutional technical committee meetings;
  • Performs all other duties related to the functions of the position.

Qualifications:

  • Must have Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Administration or management; .
  • Must have at least seven (7) years post qualification professional experience in the field of administration or management;
  • Must have a good knowledge of computers, especially research on the internet, electronic communication, word processing through standard software;
  • Must have a good aptitude for analysis and synthesis, organizational skills and good ability to work as a team in a multicultural environment;
  • Must have an excellent ability to communicate in French and/or English and/or Portuguese;
  • A good knowledge of one of the two other languages would be an added advantage.

7.) IT Officer (1 Position)
Responsibilities:

  • Directly responsible to the Head of Administration and Human Resources Division
  • Analysis and development of computer applications;
  • Development and maintenance of the website of the Court;
  • Maintenance of existing applications: troubleshooting and technical support;
  • Development of interfaces between existing and future applications of the Court of Justice in order to obtain a stable and efficient information system;
  • Participation in all project linked to information system of the Court and ownership of roles that will be his/hers in order to take charge of obligations and time limits;
  • Establishment of a management solution and coordination of information flow in accordance with the internal information system of the Court;
  • Participation in the distribution and integration of solutions in production environments of the local area network of the Court (LAN);
  • First-dass support in the integration of any software solution and training of users in the context of ongoing and future projects;
  • Implementation of operating manuals for the various systems deployed.

Qualifications:

  • Must have a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Information Technology;
  • Must have at least seven (7) years post qualification professional experience in a technical and functional management project in which large projects have been carried out to completion;
  • Must have a minimum of three (3) years experience in software and/or web platforms development;
  • Must have a mastery of the concept and technology of software engineering workshops and have great experience in the design, distribution and use of related databases;
  • Must have a mastery of Mysql, Postgresql and SOL databases in general;
  • Must have the ability to use tools or language programming such as HTML, ASP, PHP, C, C++, CSS and JAVASCRIPT;
  • Must have a good knowledge of the Internet and associated technologies;
  • Must have a good aptitude for analysis and synthesis, organizational skills and good ability to work as a team in a multicultural environment;
  • Must have an excellent ability to communicate in French and/or English and/or Portuguese;
  • A good knowledge of one of the two other languages would be an added advantage.

Requirements For All Candidates:

  • For candidates to be admitted, they are required to fulfil the following additional conditions:
  • Must be a citizen of an ECOWAS Member State;
  • Must not be more than fifty (50) years of age at the moment of recruitment;
  • Must be computer literate.


Application Closing Date:
8th OCtober, 2012;
Method Of Application:
Applicants who meet the requirements for any of these positions should forward their application together with photocopies of all their certificates and a Curriculum Vltae (CV) containing the information below in the following order:

  • Full names
  • Date and place of birth
  • Permanent address
  • Contact address
  • Country of origin
  • Work experience with names of establishments, dates and positions held
  • Institutions attended
  • Degree/Professional qualifications obtained with dates
  • Names and Addresses of three (3) referees


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