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21 August 2023

WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
(CONSULTANT SERVICES - FIRMS SELECTION)
SELECTION OF A FIRM FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A NEW SECRETARY
GENERAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a specialized institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the energy sector, with management autonomy. It was established in 2006 to integrate the operations of national energy systems into a unified regional electricity market with the ultimate goal of providing stable, reliable and affordable electricity to ECOWAS member countries. The WAPP Secretariat, headed by the Secretary General, is the administrative body that conducts the day-to-day management of WAPP activities necessary to support the Executive Board in achieving the mission of the Organization
The WAPP Secretariat intends to use part of its funds to hire a qualified recruitment Agency to assist in the selection of a new Secretary General. The overall mandate of the Agency is to support the WAPP Human Resources and Governance Committee (HRGC) and the Executive Board in recruiting a Secretary General.
The Agency will, among other tasks: (i) prepare a recruitment document including the job description and the required qualifications; (ii) publish the call for applications after approval of the recruitment document by the HRGC and the Executive Board; (iii) evaluate the received CVs and short list the candidates; (iv) assist WAPP in the conduct of interviews of the shortlisted candidates; (v) draft the final report at the end of the selection process.
Agency profile
Interested Recruitment Agencies must:
• Be duly registered and legally established in one of the ECOWAS countries and have activities therein.
• Have at least ten (10) years of proven experience in recruiting staff (senior level) for organizations or regional projects in the ECOWAS region.
• Have Consultants preferably bilingual (French/English); at least one of whom must be perfectly bilingual (Advanced level). The composition of the team of key experts is outlined in the Terms of Reference (TOR).
The consulting firms may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications and shall indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a Joint-Venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a Joint-Venture, all the partners in the Joint-Venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. In the case of a Joint Venture between a recruitment
Agency operating within ECOWAS and another from outside the region, the Lead Partner shall be from the ECOWAS region.
The total duration of the assignment is estimated at eight (8) months after commencement. The expected start date is August 2023.
The detailed ToR for the assignment can be found at the following WAPP website: http://www.ecowapp.org/en/tenders
Please note that these ToR are indicative and could change before the publication of the Request for Proposals that will be sent to the short listed Agencies.
The WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL now invites eligible consulting agencies to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested consulting agencies should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The Shortlisting Criteria are:
(i) Eligibility: the Agency must be registered and legally established in one of the ECOWAS countries and have activities therein;
(ii) References of similar services and comparable recruitments;
(iii) References in the drafting of personnel recruitment documents;
(iv) Working Experience in the ECOWAS region References submitted should clearly indicate the year the assignment was performed, the client, the country, the exact title of the assignment, two contact persons and their email and phone
numbers. It is strongly recommended that only references relevant to the assignment should be submitted.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at this stage; they will be evaluated during the evaluation of technical proposals. Therefore, the Agencies are requested not to present the CVs of experts in their expressions of interest but may give indications on their pool of experts.
The Agency will be selected in accordance with the Least Cost-based Selection (LCS) method set forth in the WAPP Procurement Code, which can be found on the WAPP website www.ecowapp.org
More information can be obtained at the address below.
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Expressions of interest must be submitted (in soft copy) by email in French or English language at the choice of the Agency (max 30 pages, A4 format). The signed Expression of interest shall be marked "Original”. A translation into the other language will be required for evaluation purposes and both versions will be submitted together. The document in the language of application chosen by the applicant Agency will be used as the reference document in case of discrepancy between the French and English versions.
Applications must be submitted no later May 8, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. local time in Cotonou to the secure address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Email applications should be clearly marked "Expression of Interest for the Selection of an Agency for the Recruitment of the WAPP Secretary General".
Hard copies shall not be accepted and any hard copy sent to the WAPP Secretariat will not be opened, and shall be rejected. Likewise, any application received by WAPP after the deadline will be rejected.
Applicants wishing to participate in the opening of applications, which will be hosted online using Microsoft Teams, should send a request to the address below to Mr. Mouhamadou S. Diedhiou via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , seven calendar days before the deadline, and the link to join the virtual meeting will be communicated to them.
The Minutes of the opening session of the expressions of interest shall be sent to all firms immediately after the opening.

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17 August 2023

CRS JOB ADVERT – INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
CRS is recruiting for X1 Position: WARO Regional Senior Project Officer
If you are interested and your profile matches the requirements, please read the below job descriptions,
and follow the instructions to submit your application package.

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17 August 2023

Helen Keller Sierra Leone - Job Announcement – External/Internal
Helen Keller Intl is a global health organization dedicated to eliminating preventable vision loss, malnutrition, and diseases of poverty. Helen Keller Intl partners with communities that are striving to overcome longstanding cycles of poverty and is devoted to scaling up evidence-based, cost-effective solutions to improve care practices and ensure that basic health interventions reach vulnerable people, with a focus on women, youth, and children.

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06 August 2023

One of Sierra Leone’s most reliable financial institutions, Vista Bank (SL) Limited, popularly known as the ‘People’s Bank’ last Tuesday 1st August,2023 launched the 'Back to School Promotion'.

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17 August 2023

World Vision is a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

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06 August 2023

ORANGE MONEY OKADA MAN

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17 August 2023

Career with BRAC Sierra Leone
With over 100,000 employees reaching an estimated 135 million people, BRAC is the world’s largest non-governmental organization.

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06 August 2023

Helen Keller
Job Announcement –Internal / External (Re-advertisement)
Programme Coordinator (Food Systems)
Job Type: Full time
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Start Date: 1 October 2023
End Date: 30th September 2024; Annual contract (renewable)
Reports to: Program Director
Open to Expatriates: No
Grade: J
Helen Keller International is a global health organization dedicated to eliminating preventable vision loss, malnutrition, and diseases of poverty. Helen Keller Intl partners with communities that are striving to overcome longstanding cycles of poverty and is devoted to scaling up evidence-based, cost-effective solutions to improve care practices and ensure that basic health and food and nutrition security interventions reach vulnerable people, with a focus on women, youth, and children.
Helen Keller Intl has been operating in Sierra Leone for nearly 20 years in support of the Nutrition and Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) components of the National Health Development Plan of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, as well as food security component of the ministry of Agriculture.
Food security and nutrition is a core focus for Helen Keller. Today over 10% of the global population go to bed hungry and over 45% of deaths of children under 5 is attributable to malnutrition. The Program Coordinator (Food Systems and nutrition) will help translate Helen Keller’s new strategic plan’s component related to this focus area into programmatic design and activities. The Coordinator will lead identifying funding opportunities in the sector, carry out analysis, lead and coordinate research as well as liaising with various external partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic planning and design of food systems initiatives of Helen Keller Intl’ Sierra Leone
- Ensure compliance of programs/activities in terms of achieving commitment to the donors
- Oversee all aspects of program implementation – technical, financial and operational in collaboration with other key members of the team and the country office, as needed
- Lead the quality assurance of all program activities
- Plan, conduct and implement associated surveys and/or assessments with support from the M&E lead in the Country Office
- Lead/support proposal development, as needed
- Ensure production of timely and high quality workplans and narrative and financial reports of the food systems programs
- Monitor expenditure to ensure accountability including leading/co-leading routine budget versus actual meetings/analysis
- Track program progress using mutually agreed indicators and targets and by organising regular update meetings
- Participate in and contribute to all relevant meetings, platforms, workshops in the country and represent Helen Keller at these platforms
- Establish and maintain good relationship with Government counterparts key amongst these being the Ministry of Agriculture
- Manage staff for the food systems team/programs, as needed
- Draft, revise and review research papers/abstracts and submit for international presentations
- Carry out additional tasks, as delegated by the Program Director and/or Country Director.
Qualification and experience
- A master’s degree in a relevant field – agriculture, nutrition, related social sciences, etc.
- At least 5 years’ of proven in managing/implementing agriculture and nutrition programs in an international organization
- Must possess highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiating and coaching
- Willingness to travel to the field frequently
- Must be able to work in a dynamic and complex environment
- Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal guidance
- Must be able and willing to work in a diverse office in terms of language, culture, etc. Proven experience in research, analysis and publication an added advantage
- Excellent written and verbal English language skills
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or hand-deliver to: Helen Keller Int Office at 16H James Macarthy Drive, off Spur Road, Wilberforce, Freetown.
Please mark your application as per the references stated in the position above (referencing the SUBJECT heading)
Closing date for the receipt of applications for the above vacancies is 17:00hrs on Wednesday 9th August 2023
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
“Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply”