Janitor at INTERSOS Nigeria

INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equality of rights and opportunities, respect for diversity and coexistence, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Janitor

Location: Ngala, Borno State- North East Nigeria (100% field)
Starting date: 1 st April 2019
Duration of contract: 3 month (Extendable)
Reporting to: Warehouse In-charge, Ngala
Dependents: No

General Context of the project

• The Boko Haram armed opposition insurgency started in 2009 and Maiduguri was the epicentre of the armed conflict.
• The armed conflict later spread to all twenty-seven (27) Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno State, North East Nigeria.
• The conflict took an international dimension as it spread to the neighbouring countries of Cameroun, Niger and Chad, resulting in the displacement of millions of people across all four frontiers.
• The Armed Opposition Group (AOG) has been killing people in both rural and urban centres in their quest to form a hairline Islamic State in the north east of Nigeria. A high number of towns and cities have been burned and destroyed. Social services and amenities have also been destroyed and are now non-existent. Agricultural activities which used to be the source of food security and livelihoods among the rural communities of the North East are no longer existent.
• Joint military operations by Cameroun, Nigeria, Chad and Niger have resulted in the liberation of 15 LGAs.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Within the scope of INTERSOS's Common Warehouse Storage project, funded by WFP, the Janitor is responsible
• for the Good House Keeping (GHK) and other associated tasks during the implementation of this project at Bama in Borno State.

Specifically:

• Clean and mob the warehouse, offices, rooms, restroom, warehouse compound etc
• Maintain the prescribed health and hygiene standard of the warehouses, rooms, offices, stocks, restrooms, work environment and total project operation environment.
• Ensure the project building and facilities are tidy and clean at all time
• Assist in warehouse repackaging, minor stock loading and unloading
• Ensure good stock arrangement
• Ensure clean light fixture to improve lighting efficiency
• Ensure proper waste segregation and disposal
• Monitors the operation of the project power generating set and other utility equipment and machines.
• Ensure perfect working condition of the tools and equipment used to execute the cleaning and maintenance job.
• Ensure the work space is not injury or accident -prone
• Report all repairs and other house keeping operation needs as prompt as possible
• Replenish working tools as necessary
• And any other assigned duties by the Project Lead

Required Qualification/Experience

• SSCE/ ND in any field
• Experience in working in complex and volatile contexts;
• Technical in Good House Keeping;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Ability to deliver high quality work within tight deadlines;
• Strong negotiation skills;

Brief Conditions

• INTERSOS reserve right to transfer position as per need / project demand any time during the project. Position will be based in Ngala
• Staff will responsible to manage for his/her own food;
• Staff will be provided an accommodation in common Guest House
• Travelling from home to duty station will be staff own responsibility but facilitation could be provided as per situation;
• No TA/DA will be provided for the field work appointed to work for;
• Other Terms & Condition will be part of Job Contract;

Application Closing Date
23rd March, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter ( in PDF format) to: recruitment.nigeria@intersos.org and indicate the object the position for which they apply (example: "Janitor"). Please send your CV with the following format “Surname_Position”.

Note: Please note that Intersos does not ask for any form of payment at any stage of recruitment. We regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.