Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Front Desk Officer & Accountant at Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery

Memfys Hospital was founded in 2002 as a pioneering Neurosurgical unit based in Enugu, Nigeria. The first and only specialist hospital of its kind in Africa, its mission has always been to offer a standard of neurosurgical and neurological patient care comparable to that found in developed countries.
The hospital has since established itself as a renowned centre for neurosurgical and radiological services in Nigeria, serving a wide geographical area and treating patients with various neurosurgical and neurological disorders from all corners of Nigeria.


The hospital's primary goals are:

Providing high quality patient care
Conducting health education training programmes
Engaging in health related research especially pertaining to the NeuroSystem
Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery, Enugu wishes to recruit a qualified, efficient and experienced for the following posts:

1.) Front Desk Officer

2.) Accountant

Requirements


  • For (1) above S/he must have a minimum qualification of BSc (Accounting) or any good University Degree
  • knowledge of Secretarial duties will be an advantage.
  • For (2) above S/he must have a minimum qualification of BSc (Accounting) with at least two years experience.
  • The possession of a recognized professional qualification will be an advantage.

Remuneration
The organization offers generous competitive pay packages (Salary and bonus)

Application Closing Date 
2nd July, 2013

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified should send their applications with detailed CVs and two referee reports to:
The Office Manager,
Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery,
P.O. Box 2292
Enugu
Or
memfys1@hotmail.com, jobs@memfys.net

Crescent University, Abeokuta Job Vacancies (5 Positions)

The position of Bursar of Crescent University, Abeokuta is vacant. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position.


1.) Bursar

The Institution
The University was established in June 2005, as a private institution and visionary initiative by H E Judge Bola Ajibola under the banner of Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA), for the purpose of achieving academic and moral excellence.

The Positions
The Bursar is a Principal Officer and in accordance with the University Law, the Chief Finance Officer of the University. He/She is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day administration and control of the financial affairs of the University.

Applicants for this key management position must be candidates with vision, proven professional distinction, managerial ability, integrity, and transparency in private and public life, who should be able to provide the Management of the University with appropriate advice on finance and support for all of institution’s financial transactions.

Qualifications
Candidates must possess a good honours Degree (or equivalent) in Accountancy or related discipline from a recognized University or Tertiary Institution as well as professional-recognized Accountancy qualification of ACA, AC MA, CPA, ACCA, ICAN

Experience
Candidates are required to have a minimum of fifteen (15) years post-graduation experience with a minimum of twelve (12) years cognate experience after professional qualification. Experience in a University or comparable institution will be an advantage.

Remuneration
Crescent University Consolidated Non-Teaching Salary Scale - CUCONTSS (Negotiable)

Other Positions

2.) Chief Accountant
Candidates should possess a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy or any other equivalent qualifications from recognized University plus ten (10) years post graduation experience with a minimum of eight (8) years cognate experience after professional qualification. In addition, candidates must have any of the following professionally recognized Accountancy qualification: ACA, ICAN, ANAN, ACCA, ACNA and must be computer literate and have a working knowledge of a good Accounting package.

3.) Accountant II 
Candidates are required to have a good honours Degree (or equivalent) in Accountancy from a recognized University or Tertiary Institution with NYSC discharge or Exemption certificate. Applicants must be computer literate with good knowledge of accounting package. Additional professional qualification will be an added advantage.

4.) Auditor I
Candidates are required to have a good honours Degree (or equivalent) in Accountancy from a recognized University or Tertiary Institution with NYSC discharge or Exemption certificate, with at least two (2) years cognate working experience. Applicants must be computer literate with good knowledge of accounting package. Additional professional qualification will be an added advantage.

5.) Auditor II
Candidates are required to have a good honours Degree (or equivalent) in Accountancy from a recognized University or Tertiary Institution with NYSC discharge or Exemption certificate. Applicants must be computer literate with good knowledge of accounting package. Additional professional qualification will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
28th July, 2014

Method of Application
Applications together with 10 copies of detailed curriculum vitae should be sent by Post/Courier to
The Registrar
Crescent University, Abeokuta
Km 5 Ayetoro Road,
Abeokuta Ogun State.

Only the application of short-listed candidates will be acknowledged.


Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer at Port Harcourt Water Corporation

As part of water sector reform initiatives to guarantee sustainable access to basic sanitation and basic water supply in Port Harcourt city, the Rivers Stale Government, through the Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development (RSMWRRD), has identified the immediate need to recruit competent and suitably qualified professionals to fill top level positions in the newly established Port Harcourt Water Corporation (PHWC) and Rivers State Water Services Regulatory Commission (RSWSRC).

In addition, the Rivers State Government and PHWC are implementing the first phase of the Port-Harcourt Water Supply and Sanitation Project with support from the African Development Bank (AIDB) and the World Bank (WB). This project will provide water and public sanitation facilities for approximately 1.5million residents in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas (LGAs). In order to ensure the successful implementation of the project, the RSMWRRD has identified the immediate need to recruit competent and suitably qualified professionals to fill various mid-level positions within PHWC.

PHWC is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Position: Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Ref: ES0042

Description


  • Reporting to the Board of Directors, the successful candidate will provide effective leadership and strategic direction managing PHWC's operations.
  • An essential part of the role will be to identify new commercial opportunities and drive growth across all business activities of the Corporation.
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Oversee day-to-day operations and maintenance of the Corporation.
  • Develop and implement corporate business development strategies and plans in order to ensure delivery of quality services, customer satisfaction and profitability.
  • Create and develop commercial opportunities to increase revenue streams for PHWC.
  • Develop and implement a modern customer charter service in order to enhance service delivery to customers.
  • Champion customer service excellence and lead the development and management of service-based partnerships and business relationships with stakeholders.
  • Identify new market opportunities and drive successful business proposals in order to secure new contracts and long-term client relationships for PHWC.
  • Develop strong working relationships in the industry in order to facilitate highly effective team working through the business development cycles and contract negotiation cycles.


Key Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration or other related disciplines.
  • Relevant professional qualifications and an MBA will be an advantage.
  • A minimum of twelve (12) years' experience in a commercial environment, with at least five (5) years'
  • experience at executive management level.
  • Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the utilities service industry shall be an added advantage.
  • Skills in re-engineering operations and procedures to improve organizational performance.
  • Excellent business acumen and commercial knowledge to drive income generation.
  • Strong project management, leadership, negotiating and influencing skills.
  • Excellent networking skills, particularly relationship building, interpersonal and communication skills.

Application Closing Date
4th July, 2013

How to Apply 
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their applications and CV's in Microsoft Word format, saved with your full names to: recruitment@hcp-ng.com quoting the reference number as the subject of your e-mail.
Note:

Please include in your application, a statement of how you meet the advertised criteria, as well as names and contact details (including telephone and e-mail addresses) of three referees who are knowledgeable about your professional achievements and abilities.
All applications will be treated in strict confidence.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Ericsson Nigeria Recruits Services Engineer Graduate

Ericsson is the world's leading provider of communications technology and services. Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable societies around the world.

We are one of the only companies that have end-to-end capabilities to deliver what Carriers need to provide a smart, scalable and simple End-user environment ready for the Networked Society. A competitive, next-generation IP and Broadband portfolio of Solutions and Services, allows us to deliver a fully converged end-to-end solution for Service Providers around the world.
We are currently looking for an experienced Learning & Development professional to join the Learning & Development team to support and drive employee learning at Ericsson in our RSSA Region.

Job Title: Services Engineer Graduate

Ref No: 00090932
Location: NG-Lagos

RSSA Operations – Graduate
With operations in 45 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and a staff complement of approximately 2 300, Ericsson is the largest global telecommunications vendor that is innovating, developing and improving the lives of people, business and society. We supply and service all major African operators, with market leadership in Mobile Broadband, Communication Services, Fixed Broadband Convergence, Operations and Business Support Systems. We also boast the largest Managed Services community in the world and are the technology leaders in both Television and Media Management and the Service Enabling Area.

Ericsson truly believes that a successful business can only be built on successful people, so we are a people focused company. Our continuing leadership within the market place shows we have the ability to transform our business within a rapidly changing technological arena, through vision and diversity. Therefore our products have continued to shape the future for our customers and we are continually developing to meet new market opportunities.
Ericsson attracts and develops high performing, competent and motivated individuals, by building on everyone's competence and ambition to succeed. We offer an exciting, diverse and challenging environment for this.

Description
RSSA Operations has the mission to provide higher level Services related competence in the region. It will have the mandate to lift up customer’s confidence and dependability in Ericsson’s technical delivery organization, by creating an outstanding business value. RSSA Operations has a prime focus on improving the following:


  • Customer satisfaction
  • Network performance
  • Cost reduction
  • Performance and Quality enhancement
  • Incident Prevention
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Hot and Critical issue handling
  • Mentoring RSSA engineers


Main Responsibilities include:


  • Project implementation and Project support during implementation.
  • End of Support product CSR handling
  • Handle Hot and critical issues.
  • Perform RCA of Emergencies that occur in RSSA customers.
  • Network Audits.
  • Network design and optimisation
  • Reduce Long Duration Emergencies.
  • Work as a good team member in a group of highly competent and skilled engineers.
  • Team player.
  • Proactive approach.
  • Assumes work responsibility by being flexible.
  • Able to manage high work load periods.
  • Able to write technical procedures.
  • Suggest improvements in ways of working and ways of cooperation.


Service Engineers perform work in the following Domains::

RAN (Radio Access Networks)
MSS (Mobile Switching Systems)
TMS (Telecom Management System)
IN (Intelligent Networks and Charging System)
VAS (Value Added Services)

General Skills:


  • Service Engineers would be required to interact with other Ericsson organizations to understand and clarify customer issues and work with Design organization for advanced troubleshooting and trouble reports.
  • Service Engineers work on Customer Support Tools like SMS, Metis, MHWeb.
  • Service Engineers possesses excellent Communication skills, both written and oral).
  • Highly motivated and good team player.
  • Must have consultative skills, share knowledge.
  • Motivated to mentor and coach team members.
  • Ability to work under strong pressure related to scale of business impact.
  • Ability to develop and give effective presentations within own unit.


Required Skills:


  • Telecom protocols understanding
  • Telecom infrastructure knowledge
  • Unix knowledge
  • Programming language skills (Perl, C+)
  • Very Strong IP concepts
  • Strong Analytical skills
  • Ability to work under pressure


Language Skills:

Ability to communicate in English (written & verbal)
Ability to communicate in French is an advantage

Qualifications

Bachelors of Electrical/Telecom engineering
Bachelors or master in Computer Science/ computer engineering

Experience

Some experience working in the Telecommunications industry preferable
Telecommunications related Theses in final year studies an advantage

Application Closing Date 
1st July, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Monday, June 17, 2013

Medical Officer, HIV/AIDS at World Health Organization (WHO)

The mission of World Health Organisation (WHO)  is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recruiting to fill the position of:


Job Title: Medical Officer, HIV/AIDS

Vacancy Notice No: AFRO/13/FT247
Grade: P5
Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Duration of contract: Two (2) years
Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Objectives of the Programme:
To provide support to the Member States in the WHO African Region to develop policies and strategies and build capacity for the delivery of the health response to HIV/AIDS/STIs and other related diseases. This includes support for rapidly scaling up access to treatment and care services and accelerating prevention, while strengthening health.

Description of duties:
The specific duties are to:


  • Provide technical support to the WHO Representative (WR);

  • - in providing policy advice, and leading the health policy dialogue with the Ministry of Health and stakeholders on HIV/AIDS,- in advocating for collaboration among stakeholders and convening and coordinating and/or supporting the convening and coordination of stakeholders in HIV/AIDS and - in mobilizing financial, human and technical resources required for the HIV/AIDS work of the WHO Country Office;
  • Serve as the gateway for WHO's Technical Cooperation with the country, including leading and managing the provision and brokering of Technical Assistance and identifying areas requiring institutional strengthening in the area of HIV/AIDS;
  • Support the country in adapting and implementing WHO guidelines and tools and also in the development of national HIV/AIDS policies, strategies and plans;
  • Provide support for strengthening the national capacity for HIV surveillance, monitoring and evaluation and for programme reviews, documentation and sharing of national experiences;
  • Ensure that all national HIV/AIDS reports are submitted to the Regional Office on a regular basis;
  • Contribute to the preparation of WHO regional and global reports on HIV/AIDS and
  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the WHO Representative.


Required Qualifications
Essential: Medical degree from a recognized university with post-graduate degree in epidemiology or public health.
Desirable: Training in the management of health programmes.

Skills:

Technical expertise in public health and epidemiology, planning, programme management and coordination of health programs, especially on HIV/AIDS. Ability to work effectively with colleagues at national and international levels and to train others. Familiarity with key health sector HIV/AIDS interventions, in particular prevention and treatment and care scale up in the African Region. Detailed knowledge of WHO procedures and practices is also required including close familiarity with the work of the Regional Office, the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly. Ability to exercise leadership and to work effectively with colleagues at national and international levels. Proven ability to plan, execute, supervise and manage a large international health programme. Ability to work in a multicultural environment. Excellent communication skills. Ability to work under pressure.
Computer literacy. Familiarity with software in common use such as EPI info, Excel, Access Work.
Experience:
At least ten years' experience in epidemiology, planning and coordination of HIV/AIDS interventions or public health programs at country level with at least 5 years experience at international level. Experience in coordination of the development and implementation of HIV/AIDS health sector response programmes in African countries will be an advantage.

Desirable: Experience in capacity building, planning and monitoring and evaluation of health programs.

Languages:
Excellent knowledge of English with a good working knowledge of French or Portuguese.

Remuneration
Annual salary: (Net of tax) USD 80734 at single rate USD 86904 with primary dependants

Application Closing Date 
5th July, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online


Datum Nigeria Recruits Open Text Solution Architect

Datum Recruitment Services is an Africa Recruitment Agency providing international Recruitment solutions. We specialize as a middle management and executive search firm assisting companies select the right professionals interested in careers in Africa.


Our client's knowledge management consulting practice excels in delivering high value ECM solutions utilizing the Open Text platform. They focus on providing the best and most experienced resources to solve the hardest ECM issues that organizations face.

Datum is recruiting for the position below:

Job Title: Open Text Solution Architect, Nigeria

Location: Lagos
Ref: REQ 0589

Job Description

  • Produce documentation that adheres to the Systems Development Life Cycle
  • (SDLC) standards and procedures including: requirements, design, testing and training documentation for Open Text
  • Collect, assimilate and communicate client information needs to the client*s management team.
  • Provide expert consultancy, technical ideas and knowledge to assist our clients with their multichannel technical vision, strategy and roadmap
  • Assist with functional and system integration testing for software upgrades, customizations, patches, etc.
  • Learn and understand client*s business processes
  • Look for opportunities to add value to clients document management processes with additional Content Server modules or features
  • Ensure project quality and on-time deliverables
  • Manage assignments from conception to completion
  • Communicate business and technical impacts which affect scheduling to management in advance
  • Design and develop Content Server Workflows, Reports and Forms
  • Customize the Content Server Application Programming Interface (LAPI) using Livelink Builder
  • Serve as Technical lead for Content Server administration, design and configuration; including search configuration and optimization and index management; managing error logs and system back-ups; fail over strategies and implementation; etc.
  • Develop content migration plan from one or more sources to new environments and design the required interfaces
  • Identify and develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Service Level
  • Agreements (SLAs) in coordination with client for ongoing production support
  • Accountable for Open Text product roadmap and release management
  • Ensure project quality and on-time deliverables
  • Manage assignments from conception to completion
  • Identify, troubleshoot and resolve system technical issues.

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree.
Software engineering certifications will be an added advantage.

Work Experience

  • Minimum 5 years experience of OpenText ECM solution architecture, design and delivery on large scale and complex projects, and working with global teams in a distributed delivery model.
  • Minimum 3 - 5 years hands-on experience on configuration and installation of Content Server systems, including Content Server 9.7.1 or Content Server 2010.
  • Successful scoping, requirements analysis, implementation and ongoing maintenance of an unstructured content management system, including Web content management, records management, document imaging and workflow, and/or e-mail or content archiving
  • Experience with and other enterprise applications like SharePoint, (Siebel, PeopleSoft, Adherent Expert, Congo's would be an added asset)
  • Technical skills, knowledge and experience
  • Experience with OpenText Content Server version 9.x or 10.x is required.
  • Experience configuring three or more OpenText Content Server modules:
  • Records Management 
  • Classifications / RM Classifications
  • Workflows / Advanced Workflows
  • Live Reports / Web Reports
  • Forms
  • Physical Objects
  • Experience with the OpenText for SAP suite of products is preferred (xECM, VIM, EFM, CIM, DAM, etc.)
  • Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
  • Excellent software demonstration skills
  • Ability to identify business problems that can be solved with technology.
  • Experience with multiple development languages including O-Script, LAPI and OT Web Services\Experience with hardware, network and system architecture design, implementation and maintenance.

Application Closing Date
22nd June, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Account Manager (Expat Position) at Cameron Surface Systems

Rigzone, a Dice Holdings Inc. service, is a leading online resource for the oil and gas industry delivering content, data, advertising, recruitment events and career services. Dedicated to bringing upstream oil and gas news and data, including in-depth information on exploration, drilling and production markets to organizations tackling the energy challenge, its online community of highly-skilled and experienced energy professionals is unmatched.


We are currently recruiting for the positions below

Job Title: Account Manager (Expat Position)

Location: Onne Port, Nigeria

Job Description:
This position could be considered for a foreign service assignment.

Calls and/or visits customers to identify needs, establish buying cycles and to create customersupplier relationship
Establish sale objectives and develop sales forecasts
Develop sales strategies, increase profits and develop alliances with individual accounts
Assigned specific accounts to increase sales and establish budgets
Secures order taking into account delivery dates and inventory levels for fulfillment
Point of contact for problem resolution with customers
Work with customer engineers and specifications writers to obtain specification of Division products
Prepares and conducts sales presentations
Provide analysis of market intelligence
May be assigned to field locations and require visits to rig sites
May mentor less experienced sales professionals

Requirements

  • Mechanical degree or 5 years relevant experience.
  • Minimum 3 years relevant experience from Cameron or direct applicable outside experience.
  • Solid knowledge of Cameron equipment
  • Good supervisory skills and the ability to motivate subordinates.
  • High professional and personal development potential.
  • Good communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
  • Knowledge of the company standard computer hardware & software, conversant in SAP

Application Closing Date:
26th June, 2013

Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online