Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced citizens of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states to fill the following vacant position at the Headquarters of the ECOMAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA) in Accra.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Junior Lawyer Expert<\/strong><\/p>\n GRADE:<\/strong>\u00a0P2\/P3 Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n Under the supervision of the Senior Legal Expert, he\/she will give assistance in the management of legal and licensing matters relating, among others, to the:<\/p>\n \u2022 Analysis of existing cross-border power exchange contracts or those in preparation and their implementation. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A minimum of a law degree in Common law. Age:<\/strong>\u00a0The applicant should be less than 50 years old at the time of recruitment.<\/p>\n Language requirement<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Must be fluent in one of the official languages of ECOWAS Commission, English, French, and Portuguese. Working knowledge of any of the other ECOWAS language would be an advantage.<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Applicants should send an electronic copy of their letter of motivation and curriculum vitae to the following email address:\u00a0jrlegal@erera.arrec.org<\/strong>\u00a0In line with their desire to speed up and improve the recruitment process, ERERA will only accept online applications.<\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a030 August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced citizens of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states to fill the following vacant position at the Headquarters of…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[44],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-aIK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMonthly Salary:<\/strong>\u00a0USD 6,500
\nSTATUS:<\/strong>\u00a0CONTRACT
\nDuration:<\/strong>\u00a0One year renewable<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Review and drafting of standards cross-border power exchange contracts.
\n\u2022 Review and drafting of regional electricity market rules and the procedures as well as their enforcement.
\n\u2022 Advise on dispute resolution and enforcement proceedings relating to the regional electricity market regulation
\n\u2022 Monitoring the execution of ERERA\u2019s administrative and legal assignments
\n\u2022 Analyze and provide legal opinions on any legal matter to ERERA.
\n\u2022 Review and drafting legal texts and agreements of ERERA.
\n\u2022 Advise on court proceedings by or against ERERA
\n\u2022 Manage a record-keeping system for legal documents and safeguard all legal and confidential documents of ERERA
\n\u2022 Processing of licenses and permits
\n\u2022 Any other duty as may be assigned by the hierarchy.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Five (5) years of professional legal experience with a minimum of three (3) years in the regulation of the power sector.
\n\u2022 Possession of a higher degree would reduce the required professional experience to three (3) years with a minimum of two (2) years in the power sector.
\n\u2022 Relevant knowledge acquired within an international organization would be an advantage.
\n\u2022 Must possess good analytical skills, ability to use initiative and work as part of a team, ability to communicate complex legal advice and have good drafting and report writing skills.
\n\u2022 Ability to present sensitive issues\/positions and prepare reports at short notice
\n\u2022 Ability to work independently with a high degree of responsibility, and with minimal supervision
\n\u2022 Experience in Regional or International organizations would be an advantage.
\n\u2022 Good team player and performance-oriented, capability to work in a multicultural team.
\n\u2022 Should be computer literate and have good interpersonal relations skills.
\n\u2022 Excellent communication skills (spoken, written and presentational) and interpersonal skills (team player).<\/p>\n