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Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Vacancy for a Technical Director
Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) is the
Nigerian sub-set of The global Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI) that aims to improve Transparency in transactions
between governments and companies operating in the Extractive industry
sector.
In a bid to strengthen NEITI's Technical capacity and provide
direction for the Technical Department, NEITI requires the services of
highly motivated expert to fill the position of:
Job Title: Director Technical
Location: Nigeria
Responsibilities
The Director Technical will be required to carry out functions including but not limited to:
- Develop operational policies and procedures in line with
Extractive industry practice that will guide and facilitate the review
of the annual industry audit reports.
- Provide expertise, leadership and technical support as regards
to the core function of the Extractive Industries sector’s annual audit
being managed and initiated by the secretariat.
- Design, develop and monitor the implementation of a technical
capacity building strategy that will facilitate the building of the
technical competence of in-house skill and other relevant stakeholders
in understanding and interpreting key issues identified and or
highlighted by the annual audits conducted by the secretariat.
- Design, develop and monitor the planning of Extractive
lndust4-ies ongoing Revenue tracking, Monitoring and Evaluation for
purposes of making proactive recommendations and data analysis that
increase transparency and accountability.
- Accurately provide an independent opinion on technical issues
raised in the report in line with the standard practice and or based on
other source and available information.
- Proactively develop systems and processes that will be used to
acid test technical findings and or technical opinions in order to
ensure quality control and or integrity of the opinions and or findings.
- Ensure prompt generation of management Information report as at when due.
- Conduct periodic technical systems assessment and review of
activities to evaluate the quality and consistency of the annual audit
reports submitted to the secretariat to provide second opinion and
ensure accuracy of the reports
- Design, Develop and implement a framework for tracking
allocation, disbursement and application of revenues from the extractive
sector
- Develop strategies for monitoring accountability transparency and due process in the revenue flow of the extractive industry.
- Guide, supervise, coordinate and oversee all the activities of
the Department and ensure adequate utilization of human, material and
other resources.
- Develop and monitor implementation of adequate documentation and training of the department’s staff.
- Define overall operational plan for the management of the day-to-day technical related issues or the organization.
- Manage cross-functional relationships with other departments and units.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Executive Secretary
Educational Qualification
- Candidates should possess 1st and 2nd degrees in Geology,
Engineering, Economics, Accountancy, Oil & Gas, Engineering or
Petroleum Economics.
- Professional certification in the above fields will be an added advantage
Experience:
- Candidates should also possess at least 18 years
post-qualification, relevant experience, 5 of which should be at top
management level in mining, oil and gas and Auditing.
- Specific knowledge required for the position include Public
financial Management, Good Corporate Governance Principles, Intricacies
of Extractive Industries Operations and Regulation, Auditing of
Extractive Industries, Strategic plan development and implementation,
Employee Performance Management, Change Management, etc.
- The candidate should have in-depth experience and knowledge of
the reform Initiatives/Governance in the extractive industries sector.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their application
showing clearly how they meet the requirements for the position along
with their resume (as a single word document) using the title of the
position and name of the candidate as the subject of the mail to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 7th August, 2015.