The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a 15-member regional group mandated to promote economic integration, social cohesion, and political stability across West Africa. As a premier Intergovernmental Organization (IGO), ECOWAS operates through a robust institutional framework, led by the Commission and the Community Parliament, to harmonize policies, foster a "borderless" region, and uphold democratic governance for over 400 million citizens. 

Ensures the availability of interpretation services in the working languages to the Hon. Judges in the discharge of their judicial mandate.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide interpretation from English to French during court sessions, meetings and deliberations.
• Provide interpretation for the Judges and staff members as required.
• Must be capable of working as part of a team of highly experienced interpreters.
• Must be capable of interpreting in simultaneous, consecutive and other modes.

• A Master degree plus a diploma or certificate in conference interpreting from a recognized school. OR a University degree in conference interpreting from a recognized school.

• 10 years of experience in Interpretation (four of which should have been as a staff Interpreter).
• Exhibits highest standards of split-second accuracy, consistency and faithfulness to the style and nuances of the original and source languages.
• Demonstrated understating of how to “weigh” Interpretation teams.
• Ability to maintain highest standard of confidentiality.
• knowledge of terminological and reference research techniques with ability to use wide variety of information.
• Demonstrated professional competence and mastery of subject matter.
• Seeks to develop oneself professionally and personally and keep abreast of new developments in own occupation/profession.
• Demonstrated comprehension of every imaginable accent, in addition to coping with issues of speed and style.
• Ability to find proper cultural equivalents and take cultural context into account, thorough knowledge of both language and culture is thus required.
• Demonstrated capacity to uphold team coherence and booth manners.
• A perfect command of the target language and an excellent knowledge of the source language. Good knowledge of the third language of ECOWAS is an advantage.
• Excellent self-management skills, demonstrating ethics and integrity, confidentiality and displaying due regards for internal controls of rules, delegations and transparency.
• Ability to research benchmarks and trends to bring about the best recommendations for the development and improvement of programs/projects that will best serve the community/organization.  
• Well-developed networking and interpersonal skills to seek feedback, information and data from a network of professionals from multiple countries/sectors/organizations and to identify and prioritize the most critical community requirements. 
• Must not be above 45 years of Age.