Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is seeking to fill the position of Chief Registrar.
ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.
Responsibilities
- Attend court sittings
- Supervise, monitor and coordinate the activities of the court registry
- Responsible for the acceptance, transmission and custody of documents under the direction of the president
- Responsible for the preparation of minutes and records of proceedings under the direction of the president
- Supervise, monitor and coordinate the processing and service of all applications
- Monitor the translation of all pleadings into the official languages of the court
- Plan, supervise, monitor and coordinate the duties and programmes assigned to the registry department for the accomplishment of the court’s mandate under the direction of the president
- Supervise, monitor and coordinate docket management, record keeping, judicial record management, automated case file management, control, indexing and retrieval mechanisms under the direction of the president
- Prepare the institution’s annual draft programme budget under the direction of the president
Requirements
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Law from a recognised university
- 15 years of progressively responsible experience in law in a senior leadership capacity, with seven years, minimum, of experience working on issues related to the ECOWAS region
- Knowledge of policy and strategy development, change management and related issues, with broad geographical outcomes/impacts
- Ability to lead the development, management/review of reports and papers on technical and policy issues
- Knowledge of ECOWAS policies, management, administrative, budgetary and staffing systems, procedures and regulations
- Progressive senior leadership experience in establishing strategic partnerships, working collaboratively and building consensus with multiple stakeholders on critical and/or complex issues
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