Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Job Vacancies at Ahmed Zakari & Co. (Chartered Accountants)

Ahmed Zakari & Co. (Chartered Accountants) offer all our clients our personal, corporate and professional guarantee.
Our Audit & Assurance practice provides independent audit opinions on financial statements as well as other independent assurance reports on issues such as corporate social responsibility, project finance and the environment.
We always aim to develop long-term relationships with our clients through the provision of timely, first-class, relevant & invaluable advice to management under strict compliance with professional standards.
Our clients include listed companies as well as large, medium and small privately owned concerns involved in manufacturing, broadcasting, telecommunications, financial services, oil & gas, consumer products, health care, educational, professional services, NGO’s/charities and the public sector.

Positions Required:
  • Managers
  • Seniors
  • Assistants/Trainees

Managers (AAM)
As Audit Manager our Audit & Assurance Unit, you will work with a wide range of clients and your role will include managing audit assignments and working with a team on an audit assignment or providing compliance and advisory services to listed companies as well as large, medium and small privately owned concerns, non-governmental organisations and public sector entities.

Responsibilities
• Undertaking work at our offices or clients’ premises and liaising with clients at the highest level.
• Supervising and coaching junior members of staff to help them realise their full potential.
• Good knowledge of Nigerian & International Standards on Auditing, Statements of Accounting Standards issued by NASB, International Financial Reporting Standards and International Accounting Standards.
• Keeping senior managers and partners up to date with the progress of your team.
• Preparing key documents and presenting to clients.
• Keeping up to date with the Firm’s product and service offerings, identifying and pursuing opportunities that will help us grow our advisory work.
• Actively engage in the planning of the audit, as well as the actual fieldwork and completion work.
• Taking personal responsibility and accountability for work performed.
• Working in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues and clients.
• Other special responsibilities that may arise in the course of the firm’s development strategy

Qualification and Experience
The ideal candidates will have ICAN ACA, ACCA or other similar qualification, with a commercial and analytical mind and have very strong written and spoken English skills. Must be familiar with automated information systems and have at least five years previous audit experience in a reputable firm.

Seniors (AAS)
As Audit Senior you will be expected to demonstrate an ability to assume full responsibility for directing audit engagements and other special assignments, ability to review work papers and financial statements, ability to prepare minutes of meetings and reports for discussion with clients, ability to direct audit assistants and audit trainees.

Responsibilities
• Actively engaged in the planning of the audit, as well as the actual fieldwork and completion work.
• Coordinates the various phases of an engagement with the manager or partner, including staff requirements and job planning.
• Working in a cooperative, respectful manner with colleagues and clients.
• Keeping managers, senior managers and partners up to date with the progress of your team.
• Prepare the audit program and time budget for approval by the manager and subsequently the partner.
• Other special responsibilities that may arise in the course of the firm’s development strategy.


Qualification and Experience
The ideal candidates will have ICAN ACA, ACCA or other similar qualification, with a commercial and analytical mind and have very strong written and spoken English skills. Must be familiar with automated information systems and have at least three years previous audit experience in a reputable firm.

Assistants and Trainees (AAAT)
As Audit Assistant you are expected to provide an efficient service during conducted audits. To team up with other seniors and managers to help the firm operate at the highest level of quality and integrity and to take responsibility for your personal growth.

Responsibilities

• Assisting Seniors and Managers on assignments with a variety of public and private sector clients.
• Reconcile bank accounts and trace discrepancies.
• Reconcile subsidiary accounts to controls.
• Prepare schedules of write offs of prepaid expenses and give the basis for accruals.
• Trace and vouch entries to original documents or sources.
• Other special responsibilities that may arise in the course of the firm’s development strategy


Qualification and Experience
The ideal candidates must be graduates with excellent academic pedigree with a commercial and analytical mind and have very strong written and spoken English skills. Must be familiar with automated information systems such as Microsoft Office tools. Possession of ICAN, ACA, ACCA or equivalents, or proven progress at any stage of the aforementioned professional qualifications will be an added advantage.

Remuneration Package
We offer a competitive compensation package with opportunities at all levels for both on-the-job training and continuing professional education to keep our staff team up to speed with current developments and ensure rapid progression across our service offerings.

Method of Application
Apply with a one-page cover letter and curriculum vitae addressed to careers@ahmedzakari.com.
Please, state the job position (with its respective code) you are applying for in the subject line of your email.
Finally, your email should reach us on or before 5.00 pm on Friday 10 April, 2009. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Job Vacancies at UNFPA

SECRETARY (1 Post)

Post Level: ICS - 05

Duty Post: ABUJA

Type of Contract: Service contract

Duration: 1 Year (Subject to renewal upon satisfactory performance).

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the head of the federal liaison office, Abuja the Secretary provides functional administrative support to the UNFP Federal Liaison office, while ensuring the consistent delivery of quality services in correspondences, records and logistics management for effective programme delivery in the Federal Liaison office. The Secretary performs the following functions;

Arranges appointments and maintains supervisors’ calendar, receives visitors, places and screens telephones calls and answers queries with discretion for the Head and Programme Officers;

Arranges meetings, both internal and external, some involving high ranking official, and takes minutes and /or notes at meetings;

Takes dictation using shorthand on a variety of subject matters and transcribes and reports.

Receives, screens, logs and routes correspondence, attaches necessary background information and maintains follow-up actions;

Drafts correspondences and ensures follow – up actions;

Establishes and maintains files and documents for the Liaison Office.

Clears correspondence for conformity with established procedures and accuracy of statements before being signed by supervisors.

Establishes and maintain lists of name, address and telephone numbers of counterparts in Government, NGOs, private sector, diplomatic corps and donor organisations.

Makes travel arrangements for the Head of the Liaison office and other programme officers.

Prepare offer letters to the travel agents for issuance of air-ticket, facilitate confirmation of tickets and follow-up on the settlement of air ticket bills.

Establishes and maintains a logging system for staff assignments and completed assignments.

Ensures that office equipment are in working condition.

Assists the Liaison partners and the general public with requests for programme information or materials in collaboration with the programme officer.

Establishes and maintain leave reports for staff in the Laison office.

Performs other duties as required by the Head of the Office and Programme Officers.


Qualifications and Experience

The Ideal Candidate should;

Be a Nigerian National (Male or Female) residing in Abuja

Have HND or First degree in Secretarial Studies or its equivalent.

Have a minimum of 5 years work experience in public and / or private sector.

Have the ability to work in a multi-cultural environment. Professional qualifications will be an added advantage and work.

Have a strong capability to communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written English.

Have excellent communication and human relation skills.

Have the ability to work under pressure.

Have proficiency in current office software applications.


DRIVER (3 Post or subject to available vacancies in each zone)

Post Level: ICS - 02

Duty Post: ABUJA

Type of Contract: Service contract

Duration: 1 Year (Subject to renewal upon satisfactory performance).


Duties and Responsibilities

Drives office vehicles for the transport of authorised personnel and delivery and collection of mail, documents and other items;

Meets official personnel at the airport and facilities immigration and customs formalities as required.

Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle, checks oil, water, battery, brakes, tyres etc, performs minor repairs and arranges for other repairs and ensures that the vehicle is kept clean.

Logs official trips, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil changes, greasing e.t.c.

Ensures that the steps required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accident.

Report to the Liaison Office Accountant any fault detected in any of the UNFPA vehicle.

Photocopy mails and other official documents as may be required in the office or during workshops/seminars.

Distributes mails as appropriate to all staff within the office and to government and NGO offices directly involved with UNFPA in the implementation of the Country Programme.

Facilitate the procurement of visas from embassies in the FCT for staff members, Government officials, travelling abroad for meetings and other official engagements.

Assists with the official travel in other facilitate efficient tracking and monitoring.

Performance other duties s required by the Head of the Liaison Office and Programme Officers.

Qualifications and Experience

The Ideal Candidate should;

Be a Nigerian National (Male or Female) residing in Abuja

Possess at least Primary School Leaving Certificate.

Possess valid professional driving license and trade test certificate

Have the ability to read and write English

Ability to use the computer will be an advantage

Have a minimum of 5 years professional driving experience with a reputable organisation work experience with United Nations Agencies will be an advantages


Method of Application

Application (with a functional e-mail address and numbers) should includes letter of application and detailed curriculum vitae (CV) and addressed, to
THE HEAD,
UNFPA FEDERAL LIAISON OFFICE,
c/o UNFPA OFFICE,
UN BUILDING
CENTRAL AREA ABUJA
and forwarded to following e-mail address otti@unfpa.org latest by 09 April, 2009. each application should be clearly marked as follows:

Secretary, UNFPA Federal Liaison Office – ICS 05

Driver, UNFPA Federal Liaison Office – ICS 02


Please Note
UNFP will respond only to those applicants in whom it has a further interest.
Kindly also note that only applications sent by e-mail and in MS-WORD will be accepted. Qualified women are encouraged TO APPLY.


UNFPA reserves the right to appoint at the indicated or lower level and prior to the closing date.

UNFPA – Because everyone counts.

Job Vacancies at the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development

The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), a Parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Health has established international reputation as a centre for R & D in drug development. the institute has established research and de nine development collaboration with several international agencies to further the cause of its mandate requiring extensive online interaction and access to up-to-date scientific information. The institute hereby invites applications from:


Research Site network System Engineer

Responsibilities/Functions

Surveys performance needs and goals of WAN/LAN users.

Interfaces with users, consultants, technical teams, and vendors for maximum guidance in determining the most appropriate type of hardware installation.

Assists in the design, specification, and documentation of LAN configuration according to user needs.

Prepares chart and diagrams to explain network operation to staff and others in proper use.

Prepares checklist and processes to optimize the LAN help desk.

Analyzes work load, including traffic and utilizations trends to assist in IT decision making.

Develops and monitors appropriate security procedures to safeguard systems from physical harm and viruses, unauthorised damage to data.

Monitors performance of the organisations’ electronic mail network systems through quality and spot checks of performance.

Manage contract with service providers and ensure that maintenance contracts cover the entire network infrastructure.

Plans and prepares technical reports, memoranda and instructional manuals as documentation of program development.


Qualifications

Bachelor of science (Bsc) degree in computer science, and current (Windows 2000/2003) Microsoft Certified System Engineer certificate or extensive windows experience and Cisco certified Networking.

Three or more years of experience with LAN technologies, including multiple network operating systems (NT, Windows 2000/2003 and Linux), topologies and protocols and wide area networking.

Strong knowledge and experience with PC hardware and software technology as well as Microsoft Windows system administration, file interchange, shared network resources, internet access, and electronic mail.

Demonstrated analytic, written and oral communication skills.


Prerequisite for the Job

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus 3-4 years of related experience.

Salary

Attractive but will be based on qualification and experience.


Method of application.

Applications and detailed C.V (10 Copies) should include;
  • Full Names (Surname first and in capital letters
  • Place and date of birth
  • State of origin
  • Permanent home address
  • Current postal address (including GSM, functional telephone numbers & functional e-mail.)
  • Nationality
  • Marital status.
  • Number and ages of children
  • Academic/professional qualifications (with institutions & dates)
  • Statement of experience including full details of former and present position.
  • Other activities outside current employment.
  • Names and addresses of three (3) referees
  • Proposed date of availability for duty if appointed.

Applicants are advised to request their referees to forward references on them directly and under confidential cover to the

Director General/CEO,
NIPRD,
P.M.B. 21. Garki,
Abuja .

Closing date: four weeks

Job Vacancies at the Nigeria Institute of Management

Our client is a fast growing organisation expanding into the quarrying business. The company now requires the services of hard-working, creative, self-motivated and resourceful candidates of 30-45 years of age to fill the under listed vacant positions in their Abuja operational location.


GENERAL MANAGER

Qualification: B.Sc./HND in Mechanical or Mining Engineering + MBA

Experience: A minimum of 7 years in Mining FF/ Quarrying industry

Essential Skills: Good knowledge of the working of Mining / Quarrying equipment must have good leadership and management skills.



ACCOUNTANT

Qualification: B.Sc./HND in Accounting / Finance plus ACA

Experience: A minimum of 3 years in cognate experience

Essential Skills: Good analytical and computer skills.



COMPANY SECRETARY

Qualification: LL.B., BL. Degree or Diploma in Administration of Secretarial studies in addition to a degree in Law will be an added advantage.

Experience: A minimum of 3 years post qualification relevant experience.

Essential Skills: Effective Communication and inter-personal skills, Good Technical Report-Writing Skills.


Remuneration: Salary and allowances attached to the advertised positions are very attractive and negotiable.


Method of Application

Applications with detailed C.V. indicating positing applied for should be sent

within two (2) weeks of the date of this publication to training@

managementnigeria.org

OR

The Director, Capacity Building ,
Nigeria Institute of Management,
Plot 22 Idowu Tylor Street ,
Victoria Island, Lagos .

Job Vacancies at International School, Abuja

  • Class room teachers for primary 1 -5
  • Teaching assistants
  • Subject teachers in the following disciplines (English teacher, mathematics teacher, fine arts teacher, social studies teacher, computer teacher, science teacher)
  • Management staff: Head mistress for primary school
  • Administrative staff.

Job Requirements

TEACHER AND TEACHING STAFF
  • Relevant Bachelors Degree in Education (teaching assistants with either NCE or PGD in education can apply) and practical knowledge of Microsoft application.
  • A minimum of 2 years teaching experience.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.


ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
  • Relevant Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 3 years cognate experience
  • Practical experience in Microsoft applications, corel draw etc.


MANAGEMENT STAFF
  • Relevant Bachelors Degree in Education/education administration and practical knowledge of Microsoft applications
  • A minimum of 7 years experience with a least 3 years of it in similar position..
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.


HOW TO APPLY

If you are interested in any of the positions listed above, also send an application letter quoting position applied for, your resume, and letters of recommendation in two sets by email and post.
In your cover letter, please include details of your most recent emoluments (salary) received and explain why you teach children.
All applications will be accepted in confidence. Address all applications in two formats to:

The Employer

Startschools@yahoo.com

&

P.M.B 5307 Wuse Zone 3 Abuja ,
FCT. Nigeria ,
West Africa .


Please note
ONLY candidate having either a degree in education or NCE or A PGD in will be contacted for the teaching positions.

Job Vacancies at the American University Of Nigeria

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Summary of Position

Charged with spearheading the further expansion of the IT infrastructure of American University of Nigeria (AUN).
We are seeking an enthusiastic, entrepreneurial Individual to develop and implement IT policy, lead the IT planning processes, and set the overall strategic direction for technology services.

Responsibilities
  • Lead innovation efforts and have executive responsibility for information technology responsibility services involving all University locations on campus and off campus.
  • Negotiate and maintain responsibility for managing various IT related vendor contracts. Assist with or create requests for proposals for IT related projects.
  • Translate and articulate administrative and educational goals of the institution into technical initiatives.
  • Recommend and / or determine the University’s long-term system needs and propose hardware/software solution to accomplish the University’s business objectives and to support campus goals.
  • Develop and implement a reliable and easily scalable IT Architecture for the University at the logical through physical and application layers.
  • Build and motivate a high performing team. Manage the day-to-day operations of the information technology department including directing staff who support administrative and / or academic computing, networking, user services, telecommunications and other information technology functions.
  • Other responsibilities as may be assigned.
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/15 plus preferably 10 or more years of post-graduate experience and or related training.
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science and / or related discipline is preferred.
  • Prior experience as a senior executive within an IT Department supporting a large university or equivalent industry experience with sound Management and Technical Skills.
  • Excellent communication skills including ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or Board of Trustees will be an additional advantage.


BANNER PROJECT MANAGER

Summary of Position

Oversees the Banner project including establishing and maintaining the project schedule, evaluating and assigning both the staff and resources as needed.
Provides consulting services to the users, for all project-related administrative applications, providing analysis and oversight of software enhancements, maintenance programs, and release updates.

Responsibilities
  • Runs the project on a day-to-day basis, coordinates users and service providers.
  • Manages a server environment to include security, data safety and integrity disaster recovery, and development and implementation of bulk data import / export procedures.
  • Manages multiple servers and workstations ensuring proper integration of these components with existing University computer systems.
  • Researches, evaluate purchase, installs, configures, and troubleshoots all hardware, peripherals, and equipment necessary to meet integrated systems objectives. Troubleshoots networks, systems, and applications to identity and correct malfunctions and other operational problems.
Requirements
  • Engineering degree in Computer science or related field;
  • 10 years related experience; OR, any equivalent combination of education and or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
  • Experienced project manager with expertise in multi-module SunGard Banner implementations for a 2 or 4 years university environment
  • Project management experience and a solid understanding of financial and human resource functionality and how they integrate with Banner.
  • Excellent communication skills.


LAB. TECHNOLOGIST (PHYSICS)

Requirements
  • HND in Laboratory Science and Technology with specialization in physics laboratories.
  • Adequate knowledge of electrical and electronic equipment, computer literacy is compulsory, keen interest in learning how to interface physics lab with computers and knowledge in data acquisition is desired.

How to Apply

Qualified applicants should send an updated C.V and a letter for interest highlighting his or qualification for the applicable position to abubakar.ahmed@aun.edu.ng not later than 2 weeks from the date of this publication.

Job Vacancies in a Downstream Sector of Oil Industry

We are well established international marketing company in downstream sector of the oil industry..


TECHNICAL SALES / MARKETING OFFICER

Qualification:

B.Sc in chemistry/chemical engineering. An MBA and or membership of NIMARK/CIMN will be an advantage. In depth professional sales/marketing experience in downstream oil industry and ability to work in a target driven environment similar capacity in oil and gas sector.


SHIPPING OFFICER

Qualification:

University/HND graduate in related discipline. Possession of master’s degree in shipping management would be an added advantage. Minimum of 3 years cognate experience in reputable shipping agency.


METHOD OF APPLICATION

Application with detailed resume and daytime telephone contact number(s) should be addressed to:

Jobs4u07@yahoo.com within two weeks of this advert.

Job Vacancies in a Leading Telecommunications Company

A leading telecommunications company with Pan-African interests requires the services of senior managers in sales and marketing communications.


SENIOR SALES MANGERS

Qualifications

A minimum of first degree in any discipline preferably in social sciences or any management sciences.

Post graduate qualifications and/ or any relevant professional qualifications will be added advantage.

Experience

A minimum of 10 years experience

Sales and marketing experience in a reputable company.

Strong track record in the public sector of the Nigerian Economy



SENIOR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS MANGERS

Qualifications

A minimum of first degree in any discipline preferably in social sciences Arts or any relevant disciplines.

Post graduate qualifications and/ or any relevant professional qualifications will be added advantage.

Experience

A minimum of 10 years experience

Strong agency experience in managing brands.

Good experience in managing telecommunications or FMCG related offerings will be an advantage.



How to Apply

Qualified applicants should send their CV with scanned passport photographs within 14 Days of this publications to growth.career@yahoo.com

MyJobMag, Latest Jobs in Nigeria