Operations Officers at Niger State Government

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