Obafemi Awolowo University Recruitment for Non-Academic Positions

Obafemi Awolowo University - Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following Senior Non-Teaching Positions below:

Senior Non-Teaching Position

1.) Protocol and Hospitality Unit

• Higher Executive Officer - CONTISS 07 (N579,391.00 - N857,305.00)

Candidates should possess a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication or Journalism from a recognized institution and must have completed the NYSC programme.

2.) Bursary 

• Accountant I - CONTISS 08 (N671,747.00 - N998,031.00)

Candidates should possess a good degree in Accountancy from a recognized University with a least 2 years post qualification experience OR Final Examination of any recognized Accounting bodies with at least 2 years experience.

3.) Physical Planning and Development Unit

• Building Officer I - CONTISS 08 (N671,747.00 - N998,031.00)

Candidate should possess a good honours degree in Building or Building Technology from a recognized institution and must have at least three (3) years working experience. Possession of professional qualification of the Nigerian Institute of Building will be an added advantage.

4.) Fine and Applied Arts

• Senior Technical Officer (Graphics) - CONTISS 08 (N671,747.00 - N998,031.00)

Candidate should possess a good first degree or HND in Fine and Applied Arts with specialization in Graphics. Plus at least three (3) years post-qualification relevant experience. Candidate MUST have adequate knowledge in multi-media computer graphics, cartooning and animation, 3D modelling and all applicable Graphic programmes.

• Technical Assistant (Sculpture Unit): CONTISS 6 (N362,757.00 - N551,043.00)

Candidate must possess a National Diploma in Fine Arts (Sculpture) or City & Guild with specialization in metal fabrication and Welding.


5.) Electronic and Electrical Engineering

• Senior Technologist - CONTISS 08 (N671,747.00 - N998,031.00)
• Technologist I - CONTISS 07 (N579,391.00 - N857,305.00)
• Technologist II - CONTISS 6 (N362,757.00 - N551,043.00)

Candidates must possess a minimum of HND in Electrical Engineering from reputable Institution with bias in Power Systems and/or Electrical Machines. Experience in Laboratories in Higher Institutions or reputable industries will be an advantage.

6.) Department of Physiological Sciences

• Technologist II CONTISS6 (N362,757.00 - N551,043.00)

Candidates should possess HND/B.Tech or B.Sc. (Hons) in Physiology or in any of the Sciences. Additional qualification and working experience will be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
4th January, 2013

Method of Application
Applicants for Academic and other Senior Staff positions are required to submit 35 copies of applications and up-to-date curriculum vitae giving the following information in order as listed below:
(i) Full Name (Surname first in capital letters).
(ii) Post Applied for
(iii) Date and place of birth (attach birth certificate/sworn affidavit).
(iv) Nationality.
(v) State of Origin, Senatorial District and Local Government Area (if a Nigerian)
(vi) Permanent Home Address.
(vii) Current Postal Address/including G.S.M. Telephone number.
(viii) Marital Status.
(ix) Number of Children and their Ages.
(x) Institutions attended with dates.
(xi) Academic/Professional qualifications and distinctions obtained with dates (attach copies credentials).
(xii) Work Experience with dates.
(xiii) Present Employment, Status and Salary (if any).
(xiv) Research interests and activities
(xv) Conference/courses attended (state titles of papers presented if any).
(xvi) Professional accomplishment.
(xvii) Publications with date.
(xvii) Service to national and international bodies.
(xix) Extra Curricular Activities.
(xx) Any physical challenge?
(xxi) Names and address of three (3) referees who must have been closely associated with candidate's academic/work experience.

NOTE: (xiv) (xvii) are for candidates applying for lectureship positions only.
Candidates applying for any of the positions are advised to request their referees to forward confidential reports on them directly to the Registrar. The reports should be duly marked "CONFIDENTIAL".

Applications and curriculum vitae of all interested candidates are to be forwarded to:
The Registrar,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Osun State
"for the attention of Director of Personnel Affairs”
Candidates are also required to forward by e-mail, a soft copy of their application and curriculum vitae as an attachment, addressed to:
registra@oauife.edu.ng

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

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FHI 360 JOB VACANCIES

STATE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
 COUNTRY: Nigeria
 REQ ID:   3263
 TITLE: STATE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
 LOCATION: State Office
 SUPERVISOR: Zonal Manager

BASIC FUNCTIONS:

 The State Program Coordinator is part of the zonal management team for FHI Nigeria, in a decentralized country management structure and forms part of the strategic team that directs the operations of FHI Nigeria in assigned states. H/She is responsible for program planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the interventions implemented by FHI and its partners in the assigned state (s).  H/She is accountable for judicious use of all resources entrusted with FHI and its partners in the assigned state (s).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Work with the state implementation team and technical specialists in relevant departments to establish and execute a capacity development plan for enabling them to provide assistance to the states, LGAs and IAs for effective program planning, implementation and monitoring of programs.
 Provide overall supervision for all SIDHAS state office staff and ensure compliance with technical, programmatic, contractual and financial requirements set by FHI and its donors.
 Responsible for the overall management and coordination of FHI activities at the state, LGA and IA levels.
 Serve as the point of contact of FHI with state government officials and coordinate and collaborate with all public sector and NGO partners in the state.
 With the assistance of the zonal office technical staff, monitor all intervention strategies to ensure that they meet contractual, financial and programmatic goals.
 With technical assistance from the zonal office technical specialists, provide programmatic/technical assistance to all local FHI partners in the design, implementation, modification, monitoring and evaluation of project activities.
 Coordinate all capacity building activities for FHI partners at state level.
 Review periodic reports (programmatic and financial) submitted by all implementing partners and agencies at the state level and forward same to the zonal office.
 Undertake regular monitoring visits to project sites as necessary.
 Ensure that all FHI assets and other resources are effectively managed.
 Collaborate with other IPs based in the state to coordinate project activities.
 Perform other duties as assigned.
 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
 Extensive knowledge of health and development programming in a developing country.
 Basic accounting and financial management skills.
 Working knowledge of major donor policies (USAID, Global Fund) as well as international not-for- profit organizations.
 Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the political and ethical issues surrounding HIV infection.
 Proven ability to coordinate a multisectoral development project.
 Excellent community mobilization, advocacy and interpersonal skills.
 Ability to organize systems to monitor administrative and implementation results.
 Report to supervisor on variances and status on regular basis.
 Work independently with initiative to manage high volume work flow.
 Perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy.
 Interact with diplomacy and tact and follow-up on requests in timely and efficient manner.
 Use a computer to accurately and rapidly enter and retrieve data and information.
 Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills with ability to work as a team member.
 Ability to plan and prioritize own work under tight deadlines, as well as to work on own initiative and as a member of a team.
 Ability to travel a minimum of 25%.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
 BS/BA in public health, business administration, health sciences, behavioral sciences or its recognized equivalent with 7 – 9 years of relevant experience with international development programs.
 Or MS/MA degree in public health, business administration, health sciences, behavioral sciences or its recognized equivalent with 5 – 7 years relevant experience with international development programs.
 Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is required.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

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SCHOLARSHIPS 2013/2014, CATTOLICA AFRICA APPLICATIONS

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (“Cattolica”) in Italy, as part of its mission to foster relationships with developing countries, has developed a special program for students from the African continent. This program will enable students to study on a partial scholarship for degree programs taught in English at Cattolica’s campuses in Milan, Piacenza and Cremona. 
Students either citizens or residents from all African countries may apply for these scholarships that are applicable only for the following degree programs, all taught in English:
The Cattolica Africa Program consists of two programs:
1.) CATTOLICA AFRICA SCHOLARS PROGRAM
This program consists of five MSc programs (Laurea Magistrale), which all take 2 years to complete. These programs are preparing for an academic and/orprofessional career. Graduates of these MSc programs are also eligible to enter PhD programs at Italian universities.
MSc in Banking and Finance (Milan Campus).
MSc in Economics (Milan Campus)
MSc in Business Management (Milan Campus)
MSc in Business Management (Piacenza Campus)
MSc in Agriculture and Food Economics (Cremona Campus)
2.) CATTOLICA AFRICA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
This program consist of five specialized Master programs (Master Universitario), which all take 1 year to complete. These programs consist of one semester of coursework and one semester of internship and/or project activities. These programs are designed for students who seek to enhance their professional career through a specialized area of study, taught by top-academics and professional leaders from the field.
International MBA in Global Business and Sustainability (Milan Campus)
Master of International Business (Milan Campus)
Master of Corporate Communication (Milan Campus)
Master of International Relations (Milan Campus)
Master of International Cooperation and Development (Milan Campus)
Program information and admission requirements
Admission requirements for all programs include completion of at least a Bachelor Degree from a recognized university (2nd class upper division / 2.1 degree or higher) and IELTS 6.0 or equivalent if English is not the official language in your country. For the MBA at least three years of work experience and GMAT/GRE are required (students can apply without a GMAT/GRE score; however this test has to be taken before program commencement). For the Master of International Business no work experience is required.
DUE DATE: 1 April, 2013
APPLICATION FORM
To download the application form click here:
Scholarship Application Form[http://www.ucscinternational.it/images/stories/Application_form_Africa_Scholarship_2013_2014.doc] – (WORD, 626kb)
Scholarship Application Form [http://www.ucscinternational.it/images/stories/Application_form_Africa_Scholarship_2013_2014.pdf] – (PDF, 69kb)
Additional application instructions are to be found on the application form.
Applications have to be sent electronically to: scholarships.ucsc@unicatt.it
For all other information contact us at: scholarships.ucsc@unicatt.it
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:

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Head - Customer Analytics at Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria - We attract talented individuals. Not only can they give you the benefit of their experience, they also reveal a closer, more personal look at the wide range of global opportunities we offer. At the core of the Group's people strategy is our focus on employee engagement. Engagement is a key driver of productivity and performance, which creates the foundation of our performance culture. We encourage and focus on the behaviours that bring out the very best from every employee, assessing their performance not just on results but on how those results were achieved. To further embed these behaviours we have a remuneration programme in place, carefully designed to incentivise our employees to live our values every day.

We are recruiting for the position of:
Job Title: Head - Customer Analytics
Job ID: 361565
Job Description
1.) Drive Business Performance 
The primary focus of the role is to manage a country team responsible for customer segmentation, targeting, behavioural modelling and profitability analyses, as well as improving analytical process capabilities. More specifically: 
Provide leadership in country to promote analytics driven decision making processes across multiple segment/product portfolios. 
Design and implement all country analytics solutions to achieve business design requirements, deliver on time to schedule and generate leads to protect and grow country income in line with CB P&L country targets. 
Design and inculcate multi-factor campaign designs which include the ability to test responses to variations on product bundles, pricing, risk, creative and channel. 
Drive a continuous improvement culture and roadmap aligned to the CB Global Customer Analytics Strategy in pursuit of achieving world-class analytics capabilities. This is to enable Analytics to be dynamically driven, produce actionable business insights and continuously generate sales leads for business revenue growth opportunities. 
Build new and existing teams with innovative, solution focussed, frictionless change behaviours. At the same time actively engage on the Group Customer Analytics team to design, build and implement new tools and data systems into the country analytics processes. Develop and implement world class customer scoring techniques; propensity modelling, campaign targeting analytics and other methodologies based on pervious industry experiences. 
2.) Enable a Customer-driven Franchise 
Perpetuate a Customer-centric data-driven, decision making culture 
Champion and promote analytics solutions, leveraging both internal and external customer information to optimize risk-reward trade-off in targeting campaigns aligned to customer needs based financial solutions. 
Provide best-in-class speed to market analytics solutions to the Marketing Team in the Campaign Management process. 
Identify and leverage internal and external data to significantly improve the volume of New To Bank customers. 
Continuously apply customer centric champion-challenge, test and learn techniques to all analytics processes & share best practices across the global analytics community. 
Job Roles & Responsibilities 
Lead, develop and execute an integrated, end state vision for analytics and programs to achieve organisational transformation: 
Provide analytical leadership and expertise in developing and implementing analytics solutions to support all Customer Segments and the Marketing function in campaigns to protect and grow country income as per CB P&L country targets, specifically: 
Drive customer-centric analytics with in depth engagement: 
Customer segmentation 
Customer Lifecycle Management 
Acquisition and activation 
Campaign management 
Leads and triggers management 
Cross sell/ Up sell models 
Retention and activation 
Loyalty and win back 
Pricing analytics and optimization 
Digital analytics 
Line burns and line utilization 
Customer and product profitability analyses 
Market data analyses 
SCB Way leads management 
Business partnership with country Manco & Marketing for demand management and change initiatives 
Map out business and marketing processes to identify areas for improvement through analytical methods 
Continuously measure and assess existing in-country processes and improve to the Group Customer Analytics standard 
Design and create knowledge management processes 
Ensure that all Customer Analytics activities and processes are compliant with in-country regulatory requirements as “Do Not Disturb” requirements and “Contact Policies” 
Lead the team 
Lead the team with an effective structure, allocation of responsibilities, tasks and resources 
Provide analytical hands on guidance and training to team members 
Build new and existing teams with innovative, solution focussed, frictionless change behaviours 
Promote team members for participation in large exposure projects or initiatives to release potential 
Establish strong and collaborative working relationships across functions and Group 
Be seen as a strong and reliable member of Country Marketing team 
Compliance and Control 
Ensure appropriate operational procedures are in place in compliance with the Bank’s strategy, branding policies and standards. 
Qualifications & Skills 
Bachelor degree 
Preferably 10 years of experience in leading teams and hands on knowledge of development and implementation of: customer scoring techniques; propensity modelling, campaign targeting analytics, CRM tools and data systems usage, in a well respected financial services firm. 
Proven leadership track record driving business performance and sponsorship by senior stakeholders 
Business acumen – understand what drives profitability and risk 
Thought leadership - able to create, rationalise and organise 
Ownership & Accountability – own, execute and deliver results 
Customer centricity – solution, service and relationship 
Leadership and change agent – innovation and drive with passion 
People development 
Influencing and networking 
Presence and communication 
Motivated by performance linked rewards 
Enjoy managing people 
Enjoy networking and alliance building 
Application Closing Date
6th November, 2012
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note: When the page opens, at the Location dropdown, select Nigeria - SCB and click Search, then click Head, Customer Analytics

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Specialist - Dealer Operations at Etisalat Nigeria

Etisalat's vision is a world where people’s reach is not limited by matter or distance; a world where people will effortlessly stay in touch with family and friends; a world where businesses of all sizes can reach new markets without the limitations of distance and travel 
Etisalat Nigeria is recruiting to fill the below position: 
Job Title: Specialist - Dealer Operations
Location: Lagos,NG
    
Job Summary        
Centrally manage Etisalat Nigeria s Distribution Partners (DPs) while implementing the company s sales distribution strategy
Job Responsibilities
1.) Implement distribution strategy 
Analyze current sales trends in order to determine required intervention schemes 
Prepare Distribution motivations and memos on issues relating to DPs 
2.) Monitor implementation of distribution strategy across all regions:
Make quarterly trade visits to various sales territories and zones 
Prepare weekly and monthly reporting of ongoing sales initiatives 
Monitor competition activities 
3.) DP Credit Management
Manage and review DP credit scheme   trade and special 
Distribution Staff and Partner training: 
4.) Facilitate training for DPs on new initiatives
Organize train-the-trainer sessions for Dealer Specialists in conjunction with the Sales Support team 
Co-ordinate activities for DP Awards and Conferences 
Trade Agent Management: 
5.) Report weekly and monthly on trade agent sales activities
Issue complimentary lines to newly appointed Trade Agents (TAs) and prepare monthly airtime crediting schedule 
Develop Trade Agents  salary payments template and apply same to payment of salaries 
Facilitate Trade Agents training 
DP Performance Management: 
6.) Administer DP contracts and ensure adherence
Co-ordinate with Legal, Finance and Regional Sales teams to execute termination process for under-performing DPs 
Formulate and review DP manual, policies and processes 
7.) Records management:
Maintain database of DPs and TAs 
Requirements        
First degree or equivalent    
Between three (3) and five (5) years directly relevant post-NYSC work experience, preferably in a telecoms business environment 
Ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate excellent business writing, reporting and presentation skills 
Application Closing Date
6th December, 2012
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online 
Note: When the page comes up click on New Jobs (Last 7 days),  then click on Specialist - Dealer Operations

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