Federal Ministry of Water Resources Recruitment for General Manager (GM) – 4 Openings

Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in relevant discipline; five to seven years’ experience working with a large agribusiness company, preferable trading in commodities.
• Must be able to use basic packages and spreadsheets to generate presentations and reports; operate confidently on the internet to send e-mail and source information.

Essential Experience and Skills:

• Experience of growing start-ups and/or of leading large organizations, working to international standards
• Exposure to agricultural initiatives using modern agricultural technologies
• Experience of organization development and/or institution building activities
• Experience of training and capacity building activities at the grassroots level
• Sound entrepreneurial skills and business know-how
• Experience in managing out-grower schemes
• Experience in managing successful agribusiness start-ups will be an added advantage
• Knowledge and understanding of agribusiness in Nigeria
• Excellent representational and negotiation skills
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required. Fluency in Hausa is an added advantage

Consultant EOI / Shortlisting Criteria

• Interested individual consultants should submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV) with all the necessary document attached such as copies of engagement letters etc. and other supporting information that the CV demonstrates that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services.

The short-listing criteria are:

• Evidence of General qualifications of the consultant (Education, Training, and work Experience
• Adequacy for the Assignment: Evidence of general experience in area of expertise listed above
• Evidence of specific experience in/of particular area of expertise in general management, workshop/ equipment management and administration/finance or similar fields as it is applicable to area of expertise
• Proven experience of project management, administration and financing, especially in Nigeria’s private sector.

Proposed Remuneration
Negotiable.

Application Closing Date
2.00pm (Nigeria local time) on 7th August, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their expression of interest via e-mail or hard copy (all relevant documents must also be submitted) to the address below depending on the area of location:
ATTN: National Project Coordinator,
Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project,
Federal Ministry of Water Resources,
Plot 1402, Abba Kyari Stree, Off Adesoji Aderemi Street,
Apo – Abuja, Nigeria.
TeI: +2348038391469, +2348052048706.

Important Information / Notice

• The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and employment of Consultants (under IBRD loans and IDA Credit and Grants) by World Bank borrowers. January 2011 edition and revised in July 2014 (Consultants Guidelines) setting forth the World Bank Policy on Conflict of Interest.
• Interested consultants may obtain further information from the address below during office hours 08:00 and 17:00 (Local time Monday to Friday) and /or send an email to the National Project Coordinator at address info@triming.org
• The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the position can be found at the following website: www.triming.org
• Each successful candidate has to make arrangements on his / her personal security in the course of discharging his / her official responsibility.