Director General of Administration and Finance at Federal Ministry of Water Resources

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources, as the focal point of the Lake Chad Basin Commision (LCBC) matters in Nigeria, wishes to draw the attention of the general public to the underlisted position which have been declared vacant by the Executive Secretariat of LCBC:


Job Title: Director General of Administration and Finance

Duty station: N’Djamena — Republic of Chad

Contract duration: Three (3) years renewable

Category: Cl

Status: For nationals of LCBC member countries only

Responsibilities

• Under the authority of the Executive Secretary, the Director General of Administration and Finance is in charge of the following:
• Support the Directorate General of Operations to formulate the LCBC annual working plan in order to implement the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) and prepare the financial part of the annual activity report at the end of the financial year;
• Monitor the annual budget and investment planning;
• Implement and supervise regulations and procedures for the effective management of resources and services;
• Manage external relations with relevant actors/stakeholders.
• Supervise Estimates submitted by LCBC projects, programmes, and internal technical departments;
• Supervise the management of contracts (relating to procurement, grants, loans, etc)
• Ensure that funds are used with due respect to economy and efficiency principles;
• Ensure that accepted financial management and accounting standards are implemented;
• Supervise HR performance and development management;
• Manage relations with banks and tax and regulatory authorities;
• Implement performance management system.

Qualifications

• The candidate should hold a Master Degree or higher in one of the following relevant fields: Economy, Finance, Management, and HR).
• Experience The applicant should have the following:
• Sound experience in financial and administration management;
• Proven experience in leading a multidisciplinary and multicultural team;
• Good organizational skills;
• Good knowledge of administrative regulations and procedures applied by the various donors of the Commission (AfDB, EU, WB, etc;
• Good experience in Organizations management;
• Computer literacy in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, accounting softwares);
• Fluency in one of the LCBC’s working languages, namely English or French, and a good command of the other language. Fluency in both two languages would be and an advantage.

Skills

• The applicant should have the following:
• Excellent Management and Communication skills;
• Excellent ability in personal organization skills;
• Macro-level and management skills.
• At least twelve (12) years experience in accounting, auditing, financial and human resources management. He must have at least six (6) years in a supervisory and managerial capacity or in a similar position at the international level.

Application Closing Date 
8th August, 2013

Method Of Application

The application file shall comprise the following documents:
A cover letter;
A curriculum vitae signed by the applicant;
An attestation issued by the last applicant’s employer specifying the functions run by him/her;
A certified true copy of the relevant or required certificate/diploma;
Two passport-size photographs;
A certificate of nationality;
A sworn affidavit of non-criminal record/imprisonment not older than three (3) months;
Be 54 years old maximum;
Contact addresses of three referees.

The application file shall be inserted in a sealed envelope and forwarded or sent by email to the following:
Executive Secretary of LCBC,
Po Box 727 N’DJAMENA,

CHAD Email: cblt_lcbc@yahoo.com , cab@cblt.org , cblt.lcbc@gmail.com and shall bear the applied position.