The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - one of the eight Regional Economic Communities supporting the African Union to coordinate the implementation of continental and regional integration and development programmes in the West African region.
POSITION : Bilingual Secretary
Responsibilities
- Management of mail: create a recording system of in-coming and out-going mails; ensure archiving and filing of documents; manage documents (in-coming and out-going, filing of letters); ensure follow-up on documents submitted to the Director for signature;
- Undertake any other duty assigned by the superiors.
- of the Supervisor’s schedule: receive and welcome visitors; organise and manage appointments; keep the Supervisor’s timetable; make telephone calls; verify in-coming calls to ensure their importance and possibility to respond; manage the Director’s diary and schedule;
- Administrative management: organise meetings; receive, draft, type and make follow-up on administrative letters; meeting room bookings; provide supplies to the office;
Qualifications
- Document and database management skills;
- Sense of confidentiality;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills;
- able to work under pressure in a multicultural environment;
- Vocational Training/Diploma or equivalent in Secretarial work or Administration;
- 6 years’ experience in a similar position;
- Excellent command of computer applications: MS-Office (Windows, Word, Excel, Internet);
- organised and high sense of responsibility and relations;
Language:
- Fluency (written and oral) in two of the official languages of ECOWAS: French, English and Portuguese. A working knowledge of a third ECOWAS language would be an advantage
Age: Not be over 50 years old at the point of recruitment
Annual Salary
USD USD 19,388 - USD 25,781.
How To Apply
Candidates should download the Application Form fill and submit along with their CV's to: ecorys@ecowas.int
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