The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS

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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