P2/P3 At ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA) – TheNigerialawyer

JOB TITLE: JUNIOR LAWYER EXPERT GRADE:
P2/P3

ANNUAL SALARY: (UA 42,916.53/USD 67,713.70) TO
(UA 49,106.81/USD 77,480.72)

STATUS: CONTRACT DURATION: 02 Years

Duties
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:

• Analysis of existing cross-border power exchange contracts or
  those in preparation and their implementation.
• Review and drafting of standards cross-border power exchange
  contracts.
• Review and drafting of regional electricity market rules and
  the procedures as well as their enforcement.
• Advise on dispute resolution and enforcement proceedings
  relating to the regional electricity market regulation
• Monitoring the execution of ERERA’s administrative and legal
  assignments Analyse and provide legal opinions on any legal matter
  to ERERA.
• Review and drafting legal texts and agreements of ERERA.
• Advise on court proceedings by or against ERERA
• Manage record keeping system for legal documents and safeguard
  all legal and confidential documents of ERERA
• Processing of licences and permits
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the hierarchy.

Qualifications / Experiences/Skills

• A minimum of a law degree in Common law.
• Five (5) years professional legal experience with a minimum of
  three (3) years in the regulation of the power sector.
• Possession of a higher degree would reduce the required
  professional experience to three (3) years with a minimum of two
  (2) years in power sector.
• Relevant knowledge acquired within an international
  organisation would be an advantage.
• 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.
• Ability to present sensitive issues/positions and prepare
  reports at short notice
• Ability to work independently with high degree of
  responsibility, and with minimal supervision
• Experience in Regional or International organizations would be
  an advantage.
• Good team player and performance oriented, capability to work
  in a multicultural team.
• Should be computer literacy and have good inter-personal
  relations skills.
• Excellent communication skills (spoken, written and
  presentational) and interpersonal skills (team player).

Age

The applicant should be less than 50 years old at the time of
recruitment.

Language requirement

Must be fluent in one of the official languages of ECOWAS
Commission, English, French and Portuguese. A working knowledge of
any of the other ECOWAS language would be an advantage.

Applicants should send, latest by Friday 30 August,
2019, at 5.00pm GMT, an electronic copy of their letter of
motivation and curriculum vitae to the following email
address:  [email protected]^[1]

In line with their desire to speed up and improve the
recruitment process, ERERA will only accept online
applications.

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