The Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) is delivered by the Bauchi State Community and Social Development Agency, a body of the Bauchi State Government. Its objective is to widen access for the poor, together with significantly displaced and vulnerable people, to improved infrastructure and services in the social and natural resources sectors, and to do so on a sustainable basis.

Candidates with the right qualifications, whether serving in the civil service or elsewhere, are invited to apply for the vacant posts listed below.

Position: Operation Officer

Location: Bauchi
Slots: 2

Duties and responsibilities

  • Raise awareness and mobilise communities around CSDP goals and activities, including matters touching on CDD and vulnerable groups.
  • Enable communities to carry out needs assessment and prioritisation exercises that are socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
  • Assist communities in drawing up CDP/GDP documents in accordance with the guidelines.
  • Develop the capacity of CPMCs and LGRC Desk Officers, where relevant, by delivering training in required areas such as Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRAs), record and book keeping, project management, and mainstreaming of gender, environmental and natural resources concerns, among others.

Requirements and experience

  • A first degree or HND in Engineering, Social Sciences, Biological and Natural Sciences, Business Administration, Accountancy or a closely related field, with a minimum of one year of post-qualification experience in any area.
  • Computer literacy is essential, and the successful candidate must be willing to learn and to work beyond normal hours, including at weekends.
  • Applicants must not be more than 35 years old at the point of recruitment and must not be above GL 09.

Position: Project Officer – Supervision (POS)

Location: Bauchi

Duties and responsibilities

  • Oversee and coordinate the work of operations officers.
  • Ensure that all social infrastructure meets state-level technical specifications and requirements.
  • Draw up budgets and work plans for supervising CDPs and the micro-projects within them.
  • Send monthly supervision reports to the Managers of Operations and M&E on a regular basis.
  • Produce specific supervision reports whenever requested by any of the Managers or by the General Manager.
  • Help organise training for line ministries, LGAs, LGRCs and Operations Officers on the operation and maintenance of social infrastructure, and liaise with the relevant state agency on certification of all such infrastructure once completed.

Requirements and experience

  • At least a degree in engineering, architecture, or the social and natural sciences, with no fewer than five years of post-qualification experience in the design and/or supervision of social infrastructure construction.
  • Computer literacy is essential; experience in community-level infrastructure work in CDD-related fields, particularly rural appraisals, is an added advantage.

Position: Project Officer, Information, Education & Communication (POIEC)

Location: Bauchi

Duties and responsibilities

  • Supervise and run promotional and outreach programmes that build awareness of SA activities.
  • Coordinate advocacy for the CSDP at state level through Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns.
  • Maintain links with relevant ministries and agencies on integrating collective action and resource mobilisation into sectoral development plans.
  • Carry out regular skills gap assessments of line ministries, LGRC and CPMC members, and identify the training needed to close them.
  • Oversee, in conjunction with relevant SA staff and line ministry staff, all training delivered to CPMCs and LGRCs.
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the General Manager.

Requirements and experience

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  • At least a first degree in Social Sciences, Natural Resources Sciences, Rural Environmental Development or Agricultural Extension. Computer literacy is compulsory, while experience in community-level facilitation and mobilisation is an added advantage.
  • Not less than five years of post-qualification experience, part of which should cover training, social assessment and CDD-related areas, particularly rural appraisals.

Position: Operations Manager

Location: Bauchi

Duties and responsibilities

  • Supervise and coordinate the overall work of the operations division.
  • Oversee the processing of applications for SA funding and technical or administrative support.
  • Ensure that desk and field appraisals are carried out and that reports are forwarded to the Project Management Committee for review against set criteria.
  • Provide overall supervision of the way CPMCs formulate and implement CDPs and micro-projects.
  • Keep data on all CDPs and micro-projects updated continuously, and pass it on to the Monitoring & Evaluation division.

Requirements and experience

  • A university degree in Agriculture, Engineering, Extension Services, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Project Management or another related discipline, with at least twelve years of post-qualification experience. At least two years of that should be in CDD projects.
  • Prior experience in rural development projects or extension services is an added advantage.

Position: Driver

Location: Bauchi

Duties and responsibilities

  • Clean and maintain the agency’s vehicle regularly.
  • Observe safe driving practices.
  • Comply fully with all state and national safety regulations and standards.

Requirements and experience

  • A Driving Certificate or Trade Test from a recognised Works Training School. Knowledge of traffic laws and regulations, and of rural routes, is an added advantage.
  • A valid driver’s licence.

Remuneration

Successful candidates for the advertised posts will be paid in line with the mode of entry and the agreed terms.

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should submit nine copies of their application, together with a full curriculum vitae and photocopies of credentials, to:
The General Manager,
Bauchi State Community and Social Development Agency,
No. 4b Yandoka Road, Bauchi,
Bauchi State

Application deadline

6 January 2021.