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Bayelsa State Government has established an Agency, Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), which would in the first instance be responsible for implementing a 5 years World Bank Assisted Project, Community and Social Development Project (CSDP).
CSDP overall goal is to improve access to services for human development. To achieve this goal, the project aims to support empowerment of communities and Local Government Authorities (LGAs) to sustainably increase access of poor people to improved social and natural resources infrastructure.
The Bayelsa State Community and Social Development Agency invites applications from suitably qualified candidates from both the public and private sector to fill the vacant position of:
Job Title: Project Officer-Supervision
Location: Bayelsa State
Duties
The Project Officer-Supervision shall be:
- Responsible for supervising and coordinating the activities of operations officers.
- Regular and timely liaison with other Project Officers for deployment of operations officers for field level activities.
- Assist in the provision of technical advice on all engineering works e.g. construction/rehabilitation of infrastructure, erosion control bands, agro-processing equipment, feeder road construction etc.
- In close liaison with relevant state ministries, departments, agency (ies) ensure the adoption of state approved standard technical designs for social infrastructure;
- Ensure compliance with state level technical specification/standards for all social infrastructure,
- Prepare budget and work plan for supervision of CDPs and micro-projects contained therein;
- Provide guidance to Operations Officers designated to undertake supervision.
- Regularly submit monthly supervision reports to the managers Operations and M&E;
- Provide specific reports on supervision as may be requested by any of the Managers and the General Manager.
- Assist in organizing training for line ministries, LGA, LGRC and Operations Officers in social infrastructure operations and maintenance
- Liaise with the relevant state agency for certification for all social infrastructure at completion,
- Directly responsible to the Operations Manager;
- Any other duty as may be assigned by the General Manager.
Qualification and Experience
- At least a degree in Engineering, Architecture, Social and Natural Sciences with at least, five(5) years experience in design and/or supervision of social infrastructure construction.
- Computer literacy is essential and experience in implementing community level infrastructure is an added advantage.
Application Closing Date
6th November, 2014
Method of Application
Interested applicants should submit ten copies of signed and sealed application with curriculum vitae to:
Oboro, Oyintonyo Eve
General Manager,
Community and Social Development Project, (CSDP)
14, Green Villa Road,
Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State.