ECOWAS Careers

Created on 28 May 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional intergovernmental organization formed by the following fifteen (15) Member States: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Its Headquarters is in Abuja, Nigeria and its official working languages are: English, French and Portuguese

In order to ensure an effective implementation of its sectoral programmes, ECOWAS specialized agencies and institutions including the Community Court of Justice, the ECOWAS Parliament, the West African Health Organization (WAHO) and the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering (GIABA) wishes to recruit qualified and capable, national candidates from ECOWAS Member States in the following areas:

  1. General Administration, Conferences, Finance; Human Resources Management,
  2. Macroeconomic policies, Economic Research, Infrastructure,
  3. Trade, Customs, Free Movement, Industry and Promotion of the Private Sector
  4. Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources, Health, Animal Health
  5. Political Affairs, Peace, Security, Social Affairs and Gender
  6. Education, Science and Culture, Youth and Sport Development
  7. Telecommunications and Information Technologies
  8. Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
  9. International Relations, Diplomacy, Legal Affairs
  10. Monitoring and evaluation, Strategic management, Strategic planning
  11. Mining, Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
  12. Internal audit

Applicants are kindly requested to visit the ECOWAS website regularly, www.ecowas.int , where the positions will be published regularly and apply as follows:

  1. Download the application form by clicking on the link in parentheses (JOB APPLICATION FORM) and fill it out correctly;
  2. Attach a Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a motivation letter;
  3. Send all the above mentioned documents to the related e-mail addresses.

Potential candidates must be under 50 years of age. Female applications are encouraged. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications initially submitted with only the CV remain acceptable.


ECOWAS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR RECRUITMENT AND WILL NOT REQUEST FOR YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS.


Member States