Senior Law Enforcement Officer at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Law Enforcement Officer

Job Code: 20001176
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Institution: GIABA
Grade: P3/P4
Duration: Permanent
Directorate: Directorate Evaluation and Compliance
Line Supervisor: Principal Officer, Law Enforcement
Supervising: Law Enforcement Officer
Department: Law Enforcement

Role Overview

• Under the supervision of Principal Officer, Law Enforcement, the Senior Law Enforcement Officer, Law Enforcement Unit, shall be responsible for following functions.

Role and Responsabilities

• Participate fully in GIABA mutual evaluation exercises;
• Draft reports on sections of the mutual evaluation reports (MERs) covering relevant FATF
• Recommendations and Immediate Outcomes;
• Participate in assessors training; pre-assessment training; training on FATF Standards and Methodology;
• Analyze Follow up reports submitted by Member States
• Undertake the identification, design and implementation of capacity building activities in the law enforcement sector;
• Organize capacity building activities on issues in Law enforcement areas for relevant stakeholders in Member States;
• Provide inputs into revision of FATF Standards; Methodology; Guidance and Best Practice papers;
• Universal ME Procedures; and GIABA ME Process and Procedures;
• Provide inputs for the production of draft reports for GIABA Statutory meetings (ECG; TC/Plenary; GMC and any other fora)
• Provide inputs into GIABA Annual reports, Strategic Plans; Annual Work Plan or any other relevant
• publications of GIABA and/or Members of the AML/CFT Global Network;
• Develop law enforcement strategies and policy in accordance with the FATF Standards;
• Participate in the technical assistance needs assessments of Member States in the area of lawenforcements relating to AML/CFT compliance.
• Undertake any other functions as may be assigned.

Academic Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in law and called to Bar or equivalent, with a major in international, administrative or commercial law from a recognised university.
• 5 years of progressively relevant experience as a lawyer in the legal office of an intergovernmental, private or government organisation.
• Knowledge of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to drug law enforcement/criminology / criminal justice
• Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to economic and financial crime, crime against peace and security .
• Knowledge of relevant ECOWAS instruments (treaties, conventions, protocols, regulations, etc) and applicable jurisprudence.
• Application of legal and administrative expertise to analysing a diverse range of issues and problems, including in the context of the disciplinary process, and to develop innovative and creative solutions and to litigate employment-related matters.
• Age: The minimum age for recruitment is 24 and the maximum age is 50. Age limit is not applicable to internal candidates .
• Language: Candidates must speak one of the official languages of ECOWAS: English, French or Portuguese. Knowledge of a second official ECOWAS language is an advantage

ECOWAS Key competencies:

• Ability to execute tasks, collaborate with colleagues and contribute as needed towards decision making to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Ability to respect the chain of command in an appropriate manner.
• Ability to guide own work by setting and monitoring goals with strong personal initiatives and
• commitment to ECOWAS.
• Ability to model and advocate for compliance, good work ethics, flexibility and persistence to get job done coupled with an ability to influence positive teamwork and cooperation.
• Ability to work in teams to carry out semi-routine work including assigning work, training reviewing and monitoring work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with clients in positive correspondence that establishes mutual expectations, understanding and reduces uncertainties and conflicts.
• Ability to keep clients informed on matters relevant to expectations, establishing “bring forward” systems and introducing other procedures/techniques to ensure that service standards are maintained.
• Ability to make decisions based on guidelines, procedures and precedents and maintain confidentiality and discretion with clients.
• Good judgement and demonstrated ability to be assertive – rather than passive or aggressive when interacting with clients.
• Well-developed problem-solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to perceive the moods and feelings of others, and to understand the attitude, interests, needs and perspectives of others.
• Well-developed ability to relate well with people from varied backgrounds, open to understanding diverse cultural differences, especially within West Africa.
• Ability to listen attentively to people’s ideas, requests and concerns and to explain to others the need for diversity management in everyday workplace practices.
• Ability and responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
• Ability to factor in diversity when providing services, responding to requests, recognising, and releasing preconceived notions and stereotypical views of certain groups and individuals.
• Basic understanding of the governance structure, mandate and functions of ECOWAS.
• Ability to explain the functional area assigned to and the contributions it makes to the organisation and its mandate.
• Knowledge of semi-routine procedures, processes and practices of ECOWAS related to assigned responsibilities and information systems.
• Ability to apply ECOWAS standards in emailing, reporting, correspondences, etc. and to contribute to implementing associated changes as directed.
• Ability to carefully review and verify the accuracy of information in work reports provided by
• management, management information systems or other individuals.
• Good knowledge of office monitoring indicators of relevance to own work and ability to provide brief reports or updates.
• Ability to edit, check, track and review documents prepared by others and reorganize data or information according to instructions using latest technology.
• Efficiently retrieves, inputs, edits, formats, transmits, and links electronic file data used for analysis and understands data management operations.
• Ability to condense information and/or produce concise summary notes to help others with decision-making, problem solving and/or assessment of work.
• Demonstrated computer skills to communicate using tools, to write and format documents appropriately for presentation, the web, proposals, reports, and other documents.
• Ability to proofread, edit and revise documents to ensure they follow standard conventions for
• punctuation and mechanics and formatted in accordance with ECOWAS communication standards.
• Ability to relay/redirect complete and accurate messages to appropriate persons/departments.
• Proficiency in information communication technology (ICT);
• Fluency in oral and written expressions in one of the ECOWAS official languages of the Community
• (English, French & Portuguese). Knowledge of an additional one will be an added advantage.
• Ability to organize information and materials for others, solving minor problems and checking for completeness and compliance to standards and instructions.
• Knowledge of techniques to prioritize tasks in fast paced workplace with frequent interruptions and moving deadlines and adaptability/ flexibility to meet work expectations.
• Understanding and adherence to the policies, procedures and guidelines required to support the ECOWAS planning cycle at the individual and organizational level.
• Good initiative with an ability to identify what needs to be done and act in a proactive manner.

Salary
P3: UA 43,414.62 ($68,499.59) / P4: UA 50,354.45 ($79,449.26).

Application Closing Date
7th March 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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Note: Assessment of qualified candidates may include an assessment test and a competency-based interview.