Graduate Operations Officers at the Niger State Community and Social Development Agency (NGCSDA) - 2 Positions

The Niger State Community and Social Development Agency (NGCSDA) - The Federal Government of Nigeria has applied for a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the implementation of Community and Social Development Project (CSDP). The overall goal of the CSDP is to improve access to services for Human Development (HD). To achieve this goal, the Project Development objective is to increase access of poor people to social and natural resource infrastructure services in a sustainable manner through the provision of grant support to beneficiaries for identifying, prioritizing, implementation and maintenance of Community-driven micro projects in approved Community Development Plans (CDPs).

The Niger State Community and Social Development Agency (NGCSDA), now invites applications from suitable qualified candidates from the public and private sector for recruitment into the position below:

Job Title: Operations Officer

Location: Niger
Slot: 2

Responsibilities

• Sensitise and mobilize communities on CSDP project and activities as well as issues related to HIV/AIDS;
• Facilitate communities to undertake needs assessment and prioritization that arc socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable;
• Facilitate communities in the formulation of CDP in line with (the second bullet above)
• Build capacity of the CPMCs and LGRC Desk Officers, as appropriate, through providing training in requisite areas e.g. Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRAs), record and book-keeping, project management, mainstreaming gender, environment and natural resources issues etc. as identified by the Project Officer - IEC and training;
• Supervise the implementation of the CDPs to ensure quality assurance;
• Ensure timely replenishment of accounts of the CPMCs;
• Collect, collate and forward to the M&E Department, information/data on micro-project activities in communities:
• Submission of monthly, quarterly and annual departmental reports to M&E Department on schedule, through the Manager, Operations.
• Set monthly and quarterly performance targets based on the work plan;
• Submit regular reports to the Project Officer or relevant section for whose activity they are deployed at any point in time.
• Responsible to the Project Officer, Supervision.

Qualifications

• A first degree or HND in Engineering, Social Sciences, Biological and Natural Sciences, Business Administration, Accountancy or related field, with at least 1 year post qualification experience in any area.
• Computer literacy and willingness to learn and work extra hours and on week-ends is a must.
• Applicants are not expected to be more than 35 years as at the time of recruitment and not above Grade level 9 if recruited from the civil service..

Application Closing Date
12th April, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit ten (10) copies of hand written application each with comprehensive curriculum vitae and photocopy of credentials and delivered to:
Board Chairman,
Niger State Community and Social Development Agency,
Abdullahi Kure House,
No. A6 Muazu Muhammed Road,
Minna,
Niger State.

Note

• Applicants are to clearly mark on the envelop "Expression of Interested for Operations Officer position".
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.