THE ECOWAS BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (EBID) YOUNG GRADUATES PROGRAM 2024/2025 FOR YOUNG AFRICANS

Applications are now open for the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development(EBID) Young Graduates program 2024. The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), the financial arm of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is an international financial institution belonging to the 15 ECOWAS Member States which are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Its headquarters is in Lomé in the Togolese Republic.

Application Deadline:  May 31, 2024

The goal of the EBID is to help create the conditions necessary for West Africa to become economically robust, industrialized, prosperous, and perfectly integrated both within the continent and in relation to the global economic system so that it can capitalize on the opportunities presented by globalization.

As part of the implementation of its young graduates program, the EBID wishes to recruit young graduates from universities and major schools in the West African sub-region and the diaspora.

Young high-level graduates under thirty (30) years old at the time of recruiting are the target audience for the young graduate recruitment program. The chosen applicants will be given a two-year fixed-term contract (CDD) as young executives in training at the Bank. After a six-month trial period in which either party may end the agreement with no further notice, their appointments will become a contract if they prove satisfactory during the course of the two-year fixed-term contract (also known as a CDD). for an unspecified amount of time, meaning they join the permanent workforce.

During the fixed-term contract period (CDD), they will be assigned on a rotating basis to the various departments so as to understand how they work and integrate a team within which they will make judicious contributions. In addition, they will report to senior managers and become familiar with the various departments, policies and development programs of the Bank.

Eligibility

You can apply for this program, candidates who are nationals of ECOWAS member countries meeting the following conditions:

  • be aged 30 or less at the time of recruitment;
  • hold a higher education diploma such as bac +5 (MASTER, DESS) or an equivalent diploma in line with the Bank’s operations, in particular private sector operations, public sector operations, infrastructure, risk management, asset/liability management, finance, auditing, legal advice, communications and marketing, language services, or any other field of study relevant to the Bank’s operations;
  • be able to work in a team and under pressure in a multicultural context;
  • have a good capacity for analysis and synthesis, sense of organization, planning and setting priorities;
  • have a good command of relevant information research techniques (banking analyses, statistics, monitoring of competitive trends, etc.), from external sources, mainly electronic and other professionally recognized media;
  • have a good command of office tools (Excel, Word, Access and Power Point);
  • have an excellent ability to communicate in French and/or English and/or Portuguese, and a good knowledge of one of the two other languages).

Benefits

  • Various allowances will be added to the salary corresponding to this grade (position adjustment, housing and transport allowances, family allowances if applicable). In addition, young graduates will be affiliated to the Bank’s retirement fund and will benefit during the period of their appointment from group insurance coverage covering the following risks: death and permanent, total and definitive disability, temporary incapacity for work. , partial permanent disability, illness, individual accidents.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates who meet the above conditions are invited to send the Bank their application file including the following documents:

  • a detailed curriculum vitae,
  • copies of diplomas,
  • a copy of the identity card or passport,
  • a copy of birth certificate.
  • a cover letter giving the reasons for requesting participation in the program, the technical area(s) of interest with reasons, relevant experiences and career prospects.

Interested candidates must submit by email, no later than May 31, 2024, their application file bearing the subject line “  Young professionals recruitment program – 2025  ” to the following address: recrutbidc@bidc-ebid.org

NB : Only pre-selected candidates will be invited for an interview. EBID reserves the right to withdraw notified vacancies or offer a position at a lower grade.

For More Information and to apply for the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) Young Graduates Program, visit the THE ECOWAS BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (EBID) YOUNG GRADUATES PROGRAM 2024/2025 FOR YOUNG AFRICANS’ official website.

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