The ECOWAS Immersion Program for Young Professional Graduates is designed to provide young graduates from Member States with practical exposure, institutional experience, and professional development within ECOWAS institutions and agencies. The next batch of young graduates on the program is scheduled to start from February to December 2026.
ECOWAS encourage young graduates to take advantage of the opportunity offered to gain practical experiences in order to strengthen your absorption in the job market. In clear terms, the immersion program is intended to be a win – win situation for you the young graduates and the ECOWAS commission by enhancing your professionalism for employability.
Benefits
- To offer an opportunity for young graduates in ECOWAS to immerse themselves in the various ECOWAS institutions and agencies.
- To create a framework that enables young graduates to contribute to the implementation of ECOWAS’ major programs within its institutions, departments, agencies and resident representations.
- To offer a source of income to young graduates.
Requirements
- Be a national of an ECOWAS member state (Benin, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo)
- Be at least 18 years of age and not more than 32 years of age at the time of application.
- Hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate or equivalent degree.
Application Documents
- A Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
- A cover letter
- A copy of the national identity card or national passport (PDF or JPEG)
- A copy of the academic degree(s) or its equivalent (PDF).
Method of Application
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Please read the attached terms of reference and the list of positions in the immersion program in full. The terms of reference give more details on the conditions of the aforementioned program, and the list of positions specifies the expressed need, the level of degree required. the date of completion of the program, among other relevant information.
A candidate is allowed to apply for a maximum of 2 positions.
For any additional information, kindly send a message to the following email : escyoungprofessional2026@ecowas.int.
Application Deadline: September 21, 2025.
