Director General at the West African Monetary Agency (WAMA)

Posted Date: 2024-08-15 10:45:07 Employment Type: full-time

We are recruiting highly qualified and experienced candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Director General

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Duties

• Under the authority of the Committee of Governors, the Director-General is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Agency, as well as the implementation of activities in pursuit of the strategic orientations defined by the Committee of Governors.

Responsibilities of the Position

• Ensure the day-to-day management of WAMA.
• Coordinate and lead WAMA’s services and activities.
• Represent WAMA in its dealings with third parties.
• Prepare and implement the decisions of the Board of Governors.
• Manage relations with regional and international stakeholders.
• Manage and optimize human, material, and financial resources, and more generally all the institution's operational resources, and ensure its smooth running.
• Organize and coordinate the strategic, administrative, and operational management of the Agency’s human resources.

Eligibility Criteria

• All applicants must be nationals of one of the 15 ECOWAS member countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
• Be no more than 55 years of age as of July 31, 2024.

Qualifications

• At least a 5-year post-secondary degree in economics or finance from a university, business school or equivalent institution.
• At least twenty (20) years of relevant professional experience in a multilateral institution, public organization, central bank, regional economic organization or prestigious academic institution, including ten (10) years in senior management positions.

Specific Skills:

• Must be fluent in English or French 
• Must have thorough knowledge of macroeconomic and monetary issues (good knowledge of regional integration issues, exchange rates and monetary policies).
• Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• A demonstrated ability to build consensus and achieve results in highly complex situations.
• Ability to work effectively with multilateral institutions such as the member central banks, the AfDB, the IMF, the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, etc.
• Excellent aptitudes for managing a multicultural team.

Appointment

• Four-year term, renewable once.

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to the following addresses: amao@talentsplusafrique.com, wamao@amao-wama.org, mpdierc@cbn.gov.ng and recrutement.dgamao@bceao.int using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Documents Required

• A cover letter addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Governors of ECOWAS Central Banks (in French or English);
• A detailed Curriculum Vitae (in French or English);
• Copies of diplomas obtained.
• Copies of work certificates/certificates.