Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS Job Recruitment (7 Positions)

Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS

No. 10 Dare Es Salaam Crescent,
Off Aminu Kano Crescent,
Wuse II, Abuja-Nigeria.
PMB 567 Garki, Abuja
Tel/Fax: 234-9-6708210/09-5240781

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

I. Portuguese Interpreter (1 Position) 
Category P5 French into Portuguese and Vice-Versa

Duties and 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 in simultaneous, consecutive and other modes.

Qualifications and Experience

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

Salary scale P5 (UA: 33,807 - 37,996)
II. Portuguese Interpreter (1 Position) 
Category P5 English into Portuguese and Vice-Versa

Duties and 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 and Experience

• 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-quatificatlon experience in conference interpreting;
• Knowledge of law would be an advantage;
• Ability to interpret from French into Portuguese would be an advantage.

Salary scale P5 (UA: 33,807-37,996)
III. English Interpreter (1 Position)
Category P5 French into English and Vice·Versa 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide interpretation from French into English and vice versa durinq 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 and Experience

• 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.

Salary scale P5 (UA: 33,807 - 37,996)
IV. English Translator (2 Position): Catagory P4 Frencg into English

Duties and Responsibilities

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

Qualifications and Experience

• 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.

Salary scale P4 (UA: 28,499 - 33,198)
V. French Translator (1 Position): Catagory P4 English into English

Duties and Responsibilities

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

Qualifications and Experience

• 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.

Salary scale P4 (UA: 28,499 - 33,198)
VI. Administrative Officer (1 Position)
Category P4

Duties and 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 allother duties related to the functions of the position.

Qualifications and Experience

• MList 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 rnanaqernent;
• 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 Frenchand/or English and/or Portuguese;
• A good knowledge of one of the two other languages would be an added advantage.

Salary scale P4 (UA: 28.499-33,198)
VII. IT Officer (1 Position) Category P3

Duties and 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-class 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 and Experience

• 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 outto 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 SQL databases in general;
• Must have the ability to use tools or language programming suchas 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.

Salary scale P3 (UA: 23,724 - 28. 590)
Conditions To Be Met By All Applicants

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.

Applications must reach the Court no later than 8th October, 2012. 

Application Format 
Applicants who meet the requirements for any of these positions should forward their application together with photocopies of all their certificates and a Curriculum Vitae (CV) containing the information below in the following order:

1. Full names
2. Date and place of birth
3. Permanent address
4. Contact address
5. Country of origin
6. Work experience with names of establishments, dates and positions held
7. Institutions attended
8. Degree/Professional qualifications obtained with dates
9. Names and Addresses of three (3) referees

Applicants should state the desired position applied for at the top right hand corner of the envelope, and send their appllcation by post to:

The President
Community Court of Justice
No 10, Ora Es Salaam Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja-Nigeria

NB: Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted