Its staff of more than 520 is located in 18 offices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as an office in Washington, DC, and its headquarters in New York City.

Population Council is recruiting for some positions in Nigeria

Project Manager (Health-Maternal Mortality Reduction), Zaria/Kano:

This is a management level with the overall responsibility of providing technical assistance for project design, development, training, and implementation.

Qualification

The ideal candidate for this position is a northerner, OG/medical doctor with RH or new-born child health and advocacy experience, MPH with research and/or teaching experience, international NGO experience. Computer skills – Stata, SPSS, data analysis skills. The candidate must be willing to relocate to Abuja, Zaria or Kana with at least 10 years working experience or 5 years post­ qualification experience in a senior capacity in management, operations, capacity building and development and personal capacity building.

Field / Project Officers

This ideal candidate will provide comprehensive programmatic support to the existing projects and also act as the key point of communication and responsible for liaising with partners. S/he will observe and support field staff as they conduct meetings with community leaders, conduct community presentations, lead group meetings and organize awareness events. S/he will assist local partners, including faith based organizations amongst others to ensure that field based activities are implemented as stated in the project documents, achieve the stated targets and objectives in the time frame outlined.

Qualification

Degree in relevant field. Communication skills – ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical audience, good report writing –skills. Language requirements – fluent in English and Hausa. Computer skills – Use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Working experience – 2 years NGO experience working on Community and Public Health issues. Willingness to travel and work in difficult locations, including remote rural/locations in northern Nigeria.

Finance Officer (program support link)- Abuja:

The finance Officer (program support link) role is to serve across multiple projects by providing the key link between projects and programs and the Finance Department.

Qualification

Bachelor-level degree or HND in Statistics/Development/Social Sciences. Communication skills – interpersonal and good report writing skills. Computer skills – Strong analytical and database skills including statistical analysis. Working experience – 2 years in a similar role.

Administrative Assistant – Lagos

The Administrative Assistant will provide administrative and clerical services in an effective and efficient manner that will ensure that Council operations are maintained in an effective and efficient manner.

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. Communication skills – interpersonal and good report writing skills. Computer skills – Use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, other word processing and database programs. Working experience – 3 years relevant experience with knowledge of office administration and bookkeeping procedures preferably in a commercial or NGO environment.

Drivers – Lagos and Abuja:

The Driver will provide a retiable and ~ transportation service to .staff, maintain vehicle documentation and coordinate the schedule for major or periodic vehicle maintenance with management and staff to minimize service interruptions.

Qualification:

Senior Secondary School Certificate, Certificate of driver mechanic trade test, valid driver’s license. Ability to communicate in English as well as interpersonal skills. Working experience – 2 yrs experience in driving with NGO environment

Mode of application: Qualified candidates should follow the instructions below:

1. Send an application letter (stating your current salary and salary expectations) and resume (2 pages max) to nigeria@popcouncil.org within 2 weeks of publication.

2. Clearly state the position title for which you are applying and your full names – starting with the surname first, then other names (e.g field/Project Officer – BEN, Joshua Ekong) – in the subject area of the email:

3. All attachments must be in pdf files. Candidates who do not follow the above instructions will be automatically disqualified.

Population council reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process at any time. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Marketing, Sales and Customer Care

Finance

Operations

Management information systems

In return, we offer a competitive remuneration package including gratuity, a fixed term contract of employment and plus a range of other benefits.

We look for people with good qualifications, training and experience that are also dynamic, highly motivated and share our progressive approach to work.

Our Headquarters are in Lusaka and we have branch operations in Livingstone, Kabwe, Kitwe and Shops dotted around Lusaka. Some staff may relocate to branch offices depending on which division they work.

view our current vacancies below,

Vacancy Title Operator Job Family Closing Date
1)Legal Affairs Manager Zain Kenya Legal & Regulatory 13-Feb-2009
2)Manager – Business Planning & … Zain Kenya Finance 20-Feb-2009
3)Intern/ Attachee CV Upload Zain Kenya Human Resources 28-Feb-2010
4)Standard CV Upload (INTERESTED… Zain Kenya Human Resources 31-Jan-2010

Method of Application:
To apply for any of these available vacancies click here

JOB LOCATION: CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

JOB REQUIREMENT

No previous working experience required

A first degree in any discipline but with an MBA specialized in marketing, management or financial management

Not more than 27 years old

POWER GENERATION ACCOUNTANT

Job Requirements

4 years of experience preferably in a multinational company.

A degree in Accounting

Excellent knowledge of MS office and accounting software

IMPORTATION ACCOUNTANT

Job Requirements

4 years of experience preferably in a multinational company.

A degree in Accounting
Excellent knowledge of MS office and accounting software

FLEET MANAGER

Job Requirements

5 years of experience preferably in a multinational company.

A university degree preferably in mechanical engineering]

Excellent knowledge of MS office and Excel

TRANSPORT SUPERVISON

Job Requirements

3 years of experience preferably in a multinational company.

A university degree

Excellent knowledge of MS office

COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT MANAGER

Job Requirements

8 years of experience preferably in a multinational company.

A university degree

Excellent knowledge of MS office

Good knowledge of fleets/truck management system

Experience with enterprise software solutions and large complex organisation

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SENIOR HELPDESK SUPERVISOR

Job Requirement

5 years of experience preferably in a multinational company.

A university degree preferably in computer engineering/science

Excellent knowledge of MS office

SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER

6 years of experience preferably in a multinational company at least 2 of which as a team leader or supervisor

A university degree preferably in computer engineering/science

Excellent knowledge of MS office, networking, web portal and security.

SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER

6 years of experience preferably in a multinational company at least 2 of which as a team leader or supervisor

A university degree preferably in computer engineering/science

Excellent knowledge of MS office, networking, S/W, H/W and security

HOW TO APPLY

Interested and qualified candidates should send their application and CV to

mscvacancy@gmail.com and enter their CV’S into
www.msjobswheel.com,
NOTE: Vacancy expires on 7th February 2009