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Career Opportunities at Human Resource Specialists Limited, May 25th 2016


Human Resource Specialists Limited - Our clients, a Consulting Firm in Nigeria, a Real Estate Investment Company, a rapidly expanding electricity services and metering company and a global Health organization are actively seeking qualified professionals to fill the positions of:



Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Vacancy Ref:  AALE2016
Location: Lekki, Lagos
Reports to: The Managing Director based in Lagos.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities

  • Create accurate presentations using MS PowerPoint.
  • Type and produce reports, plans, and proposals from meetings and drafts using MS Word and Excel.
  • Monitor and log activities on social media and update related activities.
  • Maintain accurate office calendar and clean and professional office environment.
  • Welcome guests to the office and attend to phone callers.
  • Respond to sales inquiries promptly, accurately, and comprehensively.
  • Maintain contact management database with accurate, up-to-date contact and activity details.
  • Provide feedback from potential clients to enhance products and service delivery.
  • Maintain accurate and organized documentation on all clients and prospects.
  • Assist with developing and implementing strategic business development initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain strong, professional and credible working relationships with clients to create a partnership that yields success and results.
  • Use effective communication approaches that include proactively keeping others informed, appropriately expressing ideas and thoughts verbally and in written form.
  • Keep abreast of trends and innovative sales techniques in an effort to maintain a competitive edge.
  • Ensure that long and short term goals are achieved.
  • Partner with internal consultants to deliver effective services.
  • Conduct all work accurately, timely, professionally, and with the uttmost degree of confidentiality.
  • Other related tasks as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in English Language, Marketing, or related field.  
  • One year of directly related experience providing office, marketing or administrative support.
  • Demonstrable expertise in creating compelling PowerPoint presentations.
  • Superb ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
  • Proven ability to draft reports and maintain accurate records.
  • Impeccable attention to detail and ability to check and recheck own work.
  • Demonstrate excellent judgment in problem solving and decision-making on a consistent basis.
  • Strong ability to initiate, foster, interact, and maintain relationships with business contacts.
  • Strong ability to interact with a high degree of courtesy, discretion, tact, respect, and professionalism.
  • Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work at all times.
  • Ability to consistently conduct self honestly, with integrity and sincerity at all times.



Job Title: Marketing Executive
Vacancy Ref:
MEHR2016
Locations: Abuja and Lagos
Reports to: The Managing Partner based in Lagos.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

  • Create detailed effective marketing plan by major industry/business segments. 
  • Identify potential clients and create an effective pipeline of potential contacts.
  • Meet monthly sales targets and produce weekly sales achievement reports.
  • Deliver presentations of products at client sites and at conferences and exhibitions.
  • Respond to sales inquiries promptly, accurately, and comprehensively.
  • Maintain contact management database with accurate, up-to-date contact and activity details.
  • Provide feedback from potential clients to enhance products and service delivery.
  • Maintain accurate and organized documentation on all clients and prospects.
  • Assist with developing and implementing strategic business development initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain strong, professional and credible working relationships with clients to create a partnership that yields success and results.
  • Use effective communication approaches that include proactively keeping others informed, appropriately expressing ideas and thoughts verbally and in written form.
  • Keep abreast of trends and innovative sales techniques in an effort to maintain a competitive edge.
  • Ensure that long and short term goals are achieved.
  • Partner with internal consultants to deliver effective services.
  • Other related projects as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in related field, Master's Degree preferred.
  • Five years of directly related experience with 2 years of Marketing or Human Resources, preferred.
  • Strong ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
  • Proven ability to write and present effective proposals and reports, and maintain accurate records.
  • Excellent judgment in problem solving and decision-making on a consistent basis.
  • Strong ability to initiate, foster, interact, and maintain relationships with business contacts.
  • Strong ability to interact with a high degree of courtesy, discretion, tact, respect, and professionalism.
  • Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work at all times.
  • Ability to consistently conduct self honestly, with integrity and sincerity at all times.


Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Vacancy Ref:
CFOAC 2016
Locations: Lagos or Abuja, Nigeria
Reports to: The Managing Director and CEO.

Job Description
  • The Chief Financial Officer is a member of the board and serves as the company’s lead financial executive overseeing and representing all its financial and accounting operations.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement strategy of the company's financing, financial, accounting, taxation and risk management functions.
  • Work with senior management to develop and plan company’s goals, objectives and strategies.
  • Lead debt and equity financing discussions with internal and external stakeholders in connection with the company's broader project financing strategy, including evaluating, structuring and negotiating any project financing arrangement and, once approved, executing such arrangements.
  • Develop individual department budgets which consolidate into an overall corporate budget and become a part of the corporate business plan.
  • Oversee the development of the annual and multi-year business plans and forecasts for operating and capital expenditures.
  • Provide guidance and assistance to individual departments during the annual planning cycle and forecasts.
  • Develop and maintain a financial reporting package for the senior management team which provides useful and timely information to evaluate the company's performance.
  • Monitor capital and operating expenditures to ensure project cost, financing costs, cash flow and return on investment remain on target.
  • Develop a timely and accurate process of monitoring cash flow.
  • Develop a program of risk management designed to minimize insurance costs and limit the company's risk exposure.
  • Assist senior management during strategic financial negotiations ensuring outcomes derive highest value for the company.
  • Develop and maintain an internal governance and control structure that ensures that the integrity of information is maintained in the areas of receivables, payables, revenues, inventory, fixed assets and financial reporting and complies with applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Coordinate tax planning strategies to minimize tax liabilities.
  • Ensure compliance with Federal, State, and local income tax regulations.
  • Provide counsel and advice to the senior management and other members of the company's senior management team regarding business opportunities and financial responsibilities.
  • Ensure that long and short term financial goals are achieved.
  • Travel locally and internationally (up to 40% of the time).
  • Other related tasks as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
  • Master's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
  • Five years as certified professional accountant by ICAN, ACCA or CPA.
  • Ten years of senior management level experience including three as CFO.
  • Five years of real estate development experience.
  • Five years of construction accounting experience.
  • Seven years of strategic level experience including assessing potential development opportunities and partnering with senior management on investment decisions.
  • Strong ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
  • Demonstrable ability to communicate in one local language/dialect.
  • Proven ability to write and present accurate and impactful reports to investors, employees, and the board.
  • Superior judgment and abilities in problem solving and decision-making, on a consistent basis.
  • Strong ability to initiate, foster, interact, and maintain relationships with diverse groups.
  • Strong ability to interact with diverse and non-finance audience with respect and professionalism.
  • Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work at all times.
  • Strolng role model, mentor and coach, able to live and share the values of the company.
  • Ability to work hard and consistently conduct self honestly and with integrity.



Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Vacancy Ref: 
MESF2016
Locations: Abuja Lagos and Port Harcourt
Reports to: The Global Health Director based in North America.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Country Rep and Director on strategic evaluation initiatives
  • Work with Director to identify and set measures of evaluation.
  • Conduct site visits, and collate and analyze data using statistical software.
  • Deliver presentations internally and externally, including to the board, donors, local authorities, health ministries, WHO, UN, AU, etc.
  • Respond to related inquiries promptly, accurately, and comprehensively.
  • Maintain M&E management database with accurate, up-to-date results and activity details.
  • Maintain accurate and organized documentation on all research and reports.
  • Assist with developing and implementing strategic health policy initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain strong professional working relationships with stakeholders.
  • Proactively keep team members informed, and represent the team at external meetings as required.
  • Keep abreast of trends and innovative M&E techniques to better serve all stakeholders. .
  • Ensure that long and short term goals are achieved.
  • Travel locally and internationally (up to 65% of the time)
  • Other related tasks as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences or Public Health, Master's Degree strongly preferred.
  • Five years of experience working in infectious diseases, specifically, HIV/AIDS and TB.
  • Three years of experience and substantial knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of HIV/AIDS and TB diagnostics
  • Demonstrable analytical, research and project management capabilities.
  • Strong ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
  • Demonstrable ability to communicate in the local language/dialect in assigned region.
  • Proven ability to write and present accurate and impactful reports to national and international audience.
  • Excellent judgment in problem solving and decision-making on a consistent basis.
  • Strong ability to initiate, foster, interact, and maintain relationships with diverse groups.
  • Strong ability to interact with a high degree of courtesy, discretion, tact, respect, and professionalism.
  • Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work at all times.
  • Ability to consistently conduct self honestly, with integrity and sincerity at all times.



Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Vacancy Ref: 
EEML 2016
Location: Ibadan

Some Duties and Responsibilities
  • Process customer requests for meter purchase
  • Install meters accurately the first time, and on schedule
  • Provide post-installation service and answer related inquiries accurately and in a timely fashion
  • Provide post-installation service and answer related inquiries accurately and in a timely fashion
  • Collect diagnostic data, analyze and make accurate and prompt recommendation for repairs.
  • Analyze, scope and schedule work for effective on-time delivery
  • Collaborate with supervisor to develop industry best practice processes     
  • Work as an effective team member to anticipate and complete tasks      
  • Ensure that all repairs are carried out in line with company's laid down guidelines and processes 
  • Work in full compliance with all Health Safety & Environment (HSE) guidelines and regulations
  • Ensure and assure consistent promotion and enforcement of HSE policies in and on all projects.
  • Ensure that staff behavior and conduct conform to company values and philosophy
  • Ensure each assignment/task is delivered in a timely and effective manner
  • Other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineer
  • Possess COREN registration and current COREN practicing license
  • Seven years of directly related electrical engineering work experience
  • Three years of experience in electricity metering
  • Familiarity with the Nigerian National Grid system
  • Excellent MS office suite, specifically Word and Excel
  • Excellent ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing
  • Demonstrable ability to communicate in one regional language/dialect
  • Excellent knowledge of electrical theory and best practice
  • Superb ability to interact with clients in a professional manner
  • Possess superior customer service and relationship management skills
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to work under pressure
  • Demonstrate consistent ability to collect diagnostic data, analyze, and recommend repairs
  • Accurately and speedily analyze scope of work and schedule work for on-time delivery
  • Ability to listen, understand, and ask relevant follow-up questions
  • Analytical with excellent critical thinking skills
  • Team player with strong ability to work collaboratively
  • Persistent, resilient and resourceful with hands-on with positive can-do attitude at all times
  • Reliable, dependable, and able work diligently with the uttermost level of integrity

 
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's/resume to: [email protected] referencing the Vacancy Ref.

Note: Only candidates we deem qualified will be shortlisted and contacted so PLEASE NO CALLS OR EMAIL.