The ECOWAS Commission, through its National Office in Freetown, situated within the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), on Friday 10th February, 2023, ended a 3-day zoom interview sessions for shortlisted Young Professionals within the 15 ECOWAS Member States to be recruited to serve and provide technical support in the Health and education sectors, as the fourth batch to be deployed in Sierra Leone since 2013, when the deployment of EVP volunteers started.
Among the 10 people to be recruited, 2 will be Nationals of Sierra Leone and the 8 will be qualified young people from other member states. This is an addition to 12 other volunteers that were recruited in august 2022 as post COVID-19 deployment, who are currently providing specialized support and services in selected areas within Sierra Leone, with support from the ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC) within the ECOWAS Commission.
The recruited candidates are expected to serve as ECOWAS volunteers in Sierra Leone for a period of one year with an option to renew, as; Anesthetic nurse, anesthetic Tutor, pediatric nurse, palliative nurse, basic science teacher, chemistry teacher, French teacher, mathematics teachers and English teacher.
Accordingly, the ECOWAS National office together with specialized representatives from the related Sectors will provide supervision and monitoring of the Volunteers and compile reports for the attention of the Commission.
The ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP) is a skills-based volunteering model that leverages the professional and specialized skills and talents of the individual volunteers to respond to demands, fill gaps and generally provide support to member States in areas of identified need and developmental deficits.
The interviews were conducted by specialized representatives from the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Basic Secondary School Education and the Human Resource Management Office all in Sierra Leone.
The process was duly observed via zoom by the ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre (EYSDC) team from the ECOWAS Commissioner.
