Jobs at Kwara State Community and Social Development Agency (KWCSDA)

Responsibilities
The GM Shall:

• Be in-charge of day to day administration of the project; Be the Accounting Officer of the State Agency, give approval for proposal of Community Development Plans recommended by the State Agency Management Committee;
• Authorize expenditure in accordance with the annual budget and work programme of the State Agency as approved by the Board;
• Represent the State Agency in all its dealings with third parties at the level of the Management;
• Conduct dialogue with donors and those capable of providing complimentary technical and administrative skills and financial resources;
• Delegate his authority to the staff of the Agency to the extent necessary for the efficient performance of the activities of the project;
• Perform such other duties as may be required for the effective functioning of the State Agency.
• Ensure regular reporting and adherence to the State Agency reporting relationship with the Project Financial Management Unit (PFMU) of the state.

Qualification and Experience

• A university degree in the Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering with at least fifteen years (15) post-qualification cognate experience in the private or public sector, five of which must be at management level.
• A post-graduate degree and experience in the management of Rural Development, Community Driven Development projects (CDD) and donor agencies shall be added advantage. Computer literacy is a must.

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Responsibilities

• 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, feeder road construction etc.
• In Close liaison with relevant state ministries, departments, agency(ies) to 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(ies) assigned by the Manager Operations.

Qualification and Experience

• At least a degree in Engineering, Architecture/Quantity Surveying, 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 the management of Rural Development, Community Driven Development projects (CDD) and donor agencies shall be added advantage.
• Must be Computer literate.

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for management of personnel matters, appraisal, discipline, promotions and any issue related to personnel.
• Shall be responsible for supervising clerical staff.
• Maintain and operate an open and secret registry;
• Ensure appropriate record keeping, filing and documentation of all Agency mails and correspondences.
• Responsible for managing all office utility services.
• Responsible for maintaining office assets including vehicles, plants, office premises etc.
• Supervise security staff of the State Agency.
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the Manager Finance and Administration or the General Manager.

Qualifications

• First degree/HND in the Social Sciences or Humanities with five years relevant post-qualification experience in private or public sector.
• Knowledge of MS computer packages is essential.
• Experience in a donor-funded rural development project will be an added advantage.

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Responsibilities

• Sensitise and mobilize communities on CSDP project objectives and activities as well as issues related to HIV/AIDS,
• Facilitate communities to undertake needs assessment and priontization that are socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable;
• Facilitate communities in the formulation of CDP in line with (b) 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 bythe 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.

Qualification and Experience

• A first degree or HND in Engineering, Social Sciences, Biological and Natural Sciences, Business Administration, Accountancy or related field, with at least 3 years post qualification experience in any of these areas; IEC, Gender and Vulnerability; Procurement, MIS and M & E.
• Computer literacy is a must.

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Responsibilities

• Keeping custody of all completed payroll records and transactions.
• Prepare monthly ledger account
• Keeping and updating petty cash book
• Recording of cash book
• Recording of cheque issued cash book
• Keeping of store records.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by Assistant Project Accountant.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Ordinary National Diploma (O.N.D.) in Accounting with Three (3) years cognate working experience.
• Computer literacy with experience in Microsoft suite is an added advantage.
• Microsoft suite is an added advantage.