Rivers State Government Agency: HEAD, OPERATIONS

Our Client is a Rivers State Government Agency charged with the responsibility of providing the citizens with potable drinking water. The Agency would like to strengthen Its human resource base In order to meet the aspirations of the State Government and would like to Identify experienced, result-oriented professionals to form the new management team as part of Its re-organisatiion plan.

Specifically, the Agency would like to fill In the following position:

 Head, Operations

Samuelson has been engaged by the Agency to identify exceptional, proactive, experienced and versatile individuals to fill this position.

HEAD, OPERATIONS (Ref: HOWB)

QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS:
• A University Degree in Hydrology, Water Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field, with a minimum of second class division.
• A combination of training, education and experience in Engineering procedures and practices
• Procurement methods and procedures of a large-scale centralized purchasing function including buying, quality assurance, contract administration and contract law.
• Public sector experience, a good understanding of the Rivers State Public Procurement Law
• Experience in large-scale water engineering projects
• IT / IS proficiency and project management skills – a must
• Membership of COREN & NSE will be an added advantage

RESPONSIBILITIES/ SCOPE OF WORK:
• Develops and implements a proactive and structured approach to problem diagnosis, presentation and solution development as regards the management of water projects and installations.
• Manages the Public Procurement Office of the Authority and ensures that contracting and procurement are line the requirement of the Rivers State Bureau on Procurement.
• Interfaces with the Bureau and ensures the preparation of written financial and administrative reports required for the processing of submissions to the Bureau
• Ensures timely maintenance of infrastructure, as appropriate prepares technical reports

The General Requirements:
• Minimum of 12 years post graduation experience
• Strong verbal, written communication & intersectorial skills
• Postgraduate degree and / or professional qualifications will be a distinct advantage
• Good MS Office skills – Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Application Deadline:
 13th July 2010

METHOD OF APPLICATION
All qualified and interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. candidates should send their applications in confidence with detailed CURRICULUM VITAE (including telephone number(s) and an email address) latest 13th July 2010 to:

recruiting@samuelson.com.ng

OR

P.O. Box 5924,
Marina,
Lagos

OR

P.O.Box 5863,
Trans Amadi,
Port Harcourt.

Please note that ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted