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Kenya 0-1 Nigeria: Musa goal wins it

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  Kenya 0-1 Nigeria: Ahmed Musa goal stuns Harambee Stars in Nairobi
  Kenya's hopes of reaching 2014 World Cup final in Brazil were dashed on Wednesday after winger Ahmed Musa scored a late goal to silence Stars
  
  Nigeria winger Ahmed Musa scored a late goal to dim Kenya’s hopes of reaching the 2014 World Cup final to be held in Brazil after the Super Eagles won 1-0 at Kasarani on Wednesday .
  
  Musa latched onto a through ball from John Obi Mikel to beat his marker David ‘Cheche’ Ochieng’ before beautiful chipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Duncan Ochieng’ in Kenyan goal.
  
  The win now takes Nigeria back to the top of Group F with 8 points while Malawi are second on six after battling to a 0-0 draw with Namibia in a match played in Blantyre earlier on Wednesday.
  
  Kenya, who had win to keep alive their hopes of gracing the World Cup final, started the match badly with defender Brian Mandela almost handing the visitors a quick goal in the 1st minute of the match.
  
  The South African-based defender failed to deal with a loose ball after restart allowing Nigerian striker Brian Ideye to charge forward but the Super Eagles' star could not find the back of the net with keeper Ochieng’ to beat.
  
  Five minutes later, Musa Ahmed beat the Kenyan defense but his attempt to pick out an advancing Sunday Mba was blocked by Brian Mandela.
  
  The Kenyans were having a great time in midfield and Oman-based Jamal Mohammed was showing some awesome creativity though he appeared self-fish sometimes.
  
  In the 10th minute with Kepha Aswani advancing towards the Nigerian goal, Mohammed hesitated and allowed the Nigerian defense to recover lost ground.
  
  One minute later, Nigeria had their first free-kick which Chelsea star John Obi Mikel lifting it high towards the Kenyan goal and rested on the side netting.
  
  Duncun Ochieng in goal threw the ball quickly to a running Victor Wanyama but he failed to keep it into play. In the 13th minute, the visitors got their second free-kick just near the Kenyan goal but Musa Ahmed's shot was defended well.
  
  Kenya got the first corner in the 24th minute when Francis Kahata efforts to beat Efe Ambrose in the Nigerian defense ended in vain.
  
  Ambrose was forced to come out and stop Kahata once again in the 29th minute after Jamal Mohammed had picked him out with a splitting pass but Stars could only get a corner from the effort.
  
  Kepha Aswani making his return to the Kenyan team after a long time was a pale shadow of himself and he looked injured as he time and again limped. He never made any effort at goal allowing Vincent Enyeama to have a long rest in the first half.
  
  Nigeria got their first corner of the match in the 34th minute when a goal bound Musa Ahmed was stopped in his tracks by David Ochieng.
  
  Four minutes later, Ahmed's shot was deflected by Mandela and calmly picked by Duncun Ochieng’, who made a throw to Johanna Omollo and he made the first attempt at goal but his effort was stopped by Vincent Enyeama.
  
  The Kenyans were gaining confidence as the first half wore off and Peter Opiyo made the second shot at the Nigerian goal in the 39th minute.
  
  Nigeria got their second corner in the 43rd minute but it was the home team who ended the first half on a high note with Victor Wanyama coming close only to shoot wide.
  
  The worst would come with less that 15 minutes left to play, Stephen Waruru giving away possession cheaply in the opponent’s third, a counter attack resulting in Ahmed Musa lifting the ball over an advancing Duncun Ochieng.

Mourinho hints at Terry omission

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  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hinted that he could consign club captain John Terry to the Stamford Bridge bench, just as he did with Iker Casillas at Real Madrid.
  
  Mourinho's return after seven years away from Chelsea sees him reunited with many former players who played key roles during his first successful spell in charge, including Terry, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Petr Cech and Michael Essien.

  
  With all these players now in their thirties however, and Blues owner Roman Abramovich reportedly providing the incoming boss with a £100 million warchest to freshen up the squad he has inherited, Mourinho may now be faced with managing the expectations of senior players who he has long claimed to be close friends.
  
  Talking Spanish TV programme Punto Pelota about his 'feud' with Madrid captain Casillas this season, the Portuguese said he always wants 'meritocracy' in his dressing-room, even if it means upsetting senior players, while he also alluded to tension between Terry and Chelsea's former interim boss Rafa Benitez in recent months.
  
  "I am a coach who looks for a meritocracy," Mourinho said. "Whoever I think is best must play. Without looking at status or the past. You play as you train. It is a normal situation. As it was normal for me to leave [Marco] Materazzi, a mythical player at Inter, on the bench. Or like Benitez this year at Chelsea with Terry.
  
  "The fans can think that Iker is better than Diego [Lopez]. I accept that, but I am the coach. If there are players who change their 'modus operandi' if they play or not, that is a problem for the player."
  
  Mourinho's clashes with senior players at Madrid last season - also including Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Angel Di Maria, Mesut Ozil and Karim Benzema – has left some pundits claiming that the new Madrid coach struggles to bring together big personalities in a dressing-room.
  
  The former Inter Milan boss, however, insisted that the Bernabeu dressing room was now in a much better state than when he arrived three years ago.
  
  "The coach who comes in will find themselves in a different situation from the one I faced," he said. "Now we are psychologically on top of our biggest rival. Also the president will make two good signings."

La Liga dilemma looms for Bale

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  Gareth Bale has taken Tottenham by storm, but can he handle a move to Real Madrid?
  
  Even though it would be natural to conclude that the grass at Real Madrid's iconic Santiago Bernabeu arena is a little greener than the lush turf at White Hart Lane, Tottenham's Gareth Bale would be wise to remind himself that mirages have a habit of deceiving.
  
  On face value, the fantasy of being handed a glistening white Real Madrid shirt and being asked to perform keepie-uppies in front of ecstatic Madridista's attending your grand unveiling as the club's latest star signing seems like a dream no-one could turn down, yet Bale is not your typical attention seeker.
  
  Quiet, polite and fiercely private, this is a clean-cut sportsman who bucks the modern trend of chasing the bright lights of stardom and swaps it for the more simple life. As his former manager Harry Redknapp once stated, Bale's idea of letting his hair down involves heading back home to Wales for some home cooking with his Mum, so would life in the Spanish capital as a ready made superstar really suit him?
  
  So while it may now be inevitable that Spain's most talked-about club will tempt Tottenham with a vast financial offer to sign their PFA and Football Writers' Player of the Year in the coming weeks, the prospect of this humble 23-year-old throwing himself into an unknown world in Spain may prove to be the breaking of him.
  
  Lest we forget that this is a young man whose lack of confidence and self belief so nearly saw him drown amid the modest expectations he was trying to live up to following his move from Southampton to Spurs in 2007.
  
  It was only when Redknapp found the keys to unlock his fledgling talents that the football giant who has become a worldwide hit in the last three years started to come to prominence and Bale would be wise to consider whether this is the moment to sacrifice his position as huge piranha in relatively tranquil waters at Tottenham to become one of a flock of big sharks in unknown terrain.
  
  As Croatian midfielder Luka Modric would doubtless confirm, the dream of swapping a comfortable life at Tottenham for the bright lights of Real Madrid does not always guarantee happiness and while a move to a rival Premier League club may be impossible for Bale right now, that may be the more attractive long-term option.
  
  Over the last three years, the constantly smiling Bale has cut the figure of a boy who can barely believe how his career has exploded, with his public image very much backed up by his demeanour when he grants occasional interviews to the media.
  
  "All this fuss is a bit surreal to be honest," was Bale's reaction when I interviewed him shortly after his Champions League wonder show against Inter Milan three years ago.
  
  "It's quite nice that people are saying I'm playing well and the consistency I'm showing is the most pleasing aspect of my play, but the fame that goes with this game is not something that interests me and it never will. All I know is the temptations out there will not trip me up as I'm not interested in them.
  
  "I don't drink much alcohol as I would rather do normal things with my friends and family. Playing computer games or watching a DVD is my idea of relaxing rather than going to nightclubs or that kind of thing."
  
  With the worldwide phenomenon that is the Premier League now starting to use Bale as one of its fresh-faced poster boys, a move to Spain would end that promotion on home soil in an instant. Then, should he to fail to start in sparkling fashion with Real Madrid, ‘Brand Bale' could take a fatal hit just at a moment when it is about to take off.
  
  So at a moment when Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett is doing all he can to talk up the biggest move of this summer transfer market with his constant briefings to media outlets, the question should be asked whether Real Madrid provides a suitable stage for Bale to take his career to the next level.
  
  If it was Premier League champions Manchester United or even Jose Mourinho's Chelsea attempting to prize Bale away from Spurs, few would question the wisdom of the buying club or the commodity at the centre of this professional and personal dilemma for leaving a Europa League side for one of the game's genuine Champions League contenders.
  
  Yet as Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy confirmed as he turned down Chelsea's extravagant advances for Modric in the summer of 2011, selling star assets to domestic rivals is not on his agenda and so Bale may soon be faced with a delicious dilemma.
  
  Risk everything to become one of the world's biggest sporting stars at Real Madrid or bide your time and wait for the right moment to seal a transfer that has the potential to make or break Bale's seemingly unstoppable rise to the top.
  
  Here's hoping one of the modern game's finest assets makes the right decision and this is one good news story that should not be allowed to end in tears.

US issues fresh travel alert on Nigeria

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  The United States has issued fresh travel alert on Nigeria, warning its citizens not to travel to North and nine other states in South.
  
  The US predicated the alert on the emergency rule in Yobe, Adamawa and Borno states, saying extremists could expand their operations beyond the three states to other parts of the country.
  
  “The ability  of the mission to provide assistance to US citizens in those states remains severely limited,” the US government stated in an updated alert on Monday.
  
  President Goodluck Jonathan on May 14, declared emergency rule in the three states to restore order following the violence orchestrated by members of Boko Haram.
  
  The travel warning came just as the US State Department placed $7m bounty on the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau.
  
  It warned that the latest alert superseded earlier one saying, “It replaces the travel warning for Nigeria dated December 21, 2012.’’
  
  The advice read, “The Department of State warns US citizens of the risks of travel to Nigeria and recommends that they avoid all travel to Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states because of the proclamation on May 14, 2013, by the government of Nigeria.
  
  “Based on safety and security risk assessments, the Embassy maintains restrictions for travel by US officials to all northern Nigerian states (in addition to those listed above); officials must receive advance clearance by the US Mission for any travel deemed as mission-essential. US citizens should be aware that extremists could expand their operations beyond northern Nigeria to the country’s middle and southern states.”
  
  The alert listed other states as Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, and Zamfara citing kidnappings, robberies, and other armed attacks for the travel alert.
  
  Meanwhile, the US has picked holes in Nigeria’s war against terrorism.
  
  It said Nigeria was not doing enough to end the threat posed by Boko Haram.
  
  The US faulted Nigeria’s legislation, and law enforcement, adding that the Jonathan administration was not keeping a close watch on  non-profit organisations  in the country to prevent terrorism financing.
  
  The US described Nigeria’s main anti-terrorism law, Prevention of Terrorism Law of 2011, which prohibits acts of terrorism and related offences; terrorism funding and makes provision for the Investigation and prosecution of terrorists as “weak”.
  
  This was contained in the 2012 Country Reports on Terrorism released by the US Department of State Counterterrorism Bureau, a copy of which was sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday.
  
  It read in part, “The Nigerian government’s efforts to address grievances among Northern populations, which include high unemployment and a dearth of basic services, continued to fail, as did the security forces’ efforts to contain Boko Haram.”

The $8bn refinery Proposed by Dangote & President is to be site in Olokola FTZ

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  Indications emerged on Wednesday that the $8bn refinery proposed by Africa’s richest man and President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, would be located at the Olokola Free Trade Zone, Ondo State.
  
  A senior official of the company, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, told our correspondent that the refinery would be located in the OFTZ.
  
  One of the factors considered for the location of the refinery, according to the source, is that it is the biggest deep seaport in the country and other big industries are located there; besides, Ondo is one of the oil producing states in the country.
  
  The source added that stable crude oil supply was also a vital element in the choice of the location for the refinery because Chevron and a number of other oil producers had oil fields in the oil-rich region of the state.
  
  On why Lagos was not chosen, industry analysts said though the state was a coastal state, Dangote would have to build pipelines to transfer crude from oil fields to the refinery, thereby incurring additional expenses.
  
  The source explained that necessary approvals had been secured for the refinery, adding that the Dangote Group was just waiting for the necessary equipment with which to build the refinery to arrive.
  
  Another source told our correspondent that Dangote, who was listed on Monday as the first African entrepreneur to lay claim to a $20bn fortune and one of the 25 richest men in the world, would put down $4bn of his personal fortune to build the refinery, while international financial institutions had raised the balance.
  
  Dangote had in April announced plans to invest up to $8bn in building an oil refinery with capacity for around 400,000 barrels a day by late 2016.
  
  The capacity, experts had said, would almost double Nigeria’s current refining strength.
  
  “This will really help not only Nigeria but sub-Saharan Africa. There has not been a new refinery for a long time in sub-Saharan Africa,” Dangote had told Reuters in a telephone interview.
  
  Nigeria currently has the capacity to produce some 445,000 barrels per day in four refineries, which operate well below that owing to decades of mismanagement and corruption in Africa’s leading energy producer.
  
  The country relies on subsidised imports for 80 per cent of its fuel needs.
  
  Dangote said the country’s ability to import fuel would soon be challenged.
  
  “In five years, when our population is over 200 million, we won’t have the infrastructure to receive the amount of fuel we use. It has to be done,” he said.
  
  Past efforts to build refineries have often been delayed or cancelled, but analysts have said Dangote should be able to build a profitable Nigerian refinery, owing to his past successes in industry and his strong government connections.
  
  Analysts have said previous attempts to get the refineries going were held back by vested interests such as fuel importers profiting from the status quo.
  
  “The people who were supposed to invest in refineries, who understand the market, are benefiting from there being no refineries because of the fuel import business. Some are going to try to interfere,” Dangote said.
  
  He said making a new refinery run at a profit would work even if the government failed to scrap the subsidised fuel price that has deterred others from investing.
  
  “We’ve done our numbers and the numbers are okay,” he said.
  
  Dangote, who spoke on the sidelines of the recent World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, said he had secured $4.25bn loans from banks to build the refinery.
  
  He said the loan was secured from “two offshore banks and some Nigerian banks.”

PDP Has Just suspended the Sokoto State gov - Wamakko

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  Few days after the suspension of the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, from the People’s Democratic Party, the party on Wednesday announced the suspension of the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamako, from the party
  
  The party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, that the suspension was due to the breaching of the party’s  constitution by the governor.
  
  Metuh said the decision to suspend the governor was taken at the meeting held by the members of the National Working Committee at its meeting,  in Abuja on Wednesday.
  
  The statement read, “The NWC notes that on several occasions, Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko had ignored invitations and lawful directives of the NWC in this regard and has continued to show complete apathy to the affairs of the party and contempt to an organ of the Party.
  
  “Consequent upon the refusal of the Governor to honour yet another invitation by the NWC to appear before it today, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 without any reason, the Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 57 (3), 57 (7), 58. 1(c), (h), (f) and 59 (1),(2), hereby suspends the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, as a member of the party and refers the matter to the appropriate disciplinary committee of the Party.
  
  “This is in furtherance of the determination of the leadership of the party to enforce discipline at all levels within the party.”
  
  The suspension, it was gathered, might not be unconnected with an alleged refusal of the governor to recognise the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Chief Godswill Akpabio.
  
  The governor, it was gathered, was said to have been miffed at the way Akpabio was allegedly imposed on the governors by the Presidency and the leadership of the party.
  
  Besides, he was also alleged to be working with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress and that he could have been the backbone of the Speaker of the House of Representatives,  Mallam Aminu Tambuwal, who the Presidency and the party had recognised as an opposition figure.
  
  Meanwhile, it was learnt that more governors may also be suspended from the party soon.
  
  Sources close to the party named the governors as Dr. Babangida Aliyu(Niger), Rabiu Kwakwanso(Kano) and Sule Lamido(Jigawa).

Senate stops N4bn first ladies’ mission house project

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  The Senate on Wednesday dropped the controversial African First Ladies’ Peace Mission House project when it passed the N259.65bn budget of the Federal Capital Territory for the 2013 fiscal year without approving the N4bn appropriated for it.
  
  In February when the budget proposal was brought to the National Assembly, it contained N4bn vote for the construction of the mission house in Abuja, a development that attracted a lot of criticisms from members of the public.
  
  The Senate, during the second reading of the bill, questioned the rationale of committing scarce resources to prosecute a less important structure.
  
  Civil rights groups and political parties had also berated the Federal Capital Territory Administration for budgeting N4bn for the construction of the building for a non-governmental body headed by the wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan.
  
  They had contended that since the Federal Government had earlier declared the mission as a non-governmental organisation, it would be inappropriate for the same government to spend public funds on it.
  
  Presenting the budget report on Wednesday, the Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Smart Adeyemi, said, “It is worthy of note that the proposed appropriation for the construction of building for the African First Ladies’ Peace Mission has been distributed to meet pressing needs in the area of engineering and satellite towns.”
  
  A breakdown of the budget showed that N48.03bn was approved for personnel matters; N49.5bn for overhead; N97.54bn for recurrent expenditure; and N155.66bn as capital expenditure.
  
  Adeyemi said the budget was predicated on a projected revenue of N259.698bn with a fiscal surplus of N645,666.
  
  He also said that in carrying out its oversight duties, the committee identified critical areas of need for the development of the territory and to ensure improved standard of living for its inhabitants.
  
  “Therefore, the committee jostled with the budget estimates, deploying funds to meet areas of critical needs like roads, water, health, education and development of satellite towns within the territory, city maintenance and cleaning, recreational facilities, construction of rehabilitation centres, agriculture, transportation, security services and rehabilitation of the ECOWAS Parliament Building,” he said.
  
  After passing the budget, the President of the Senate, David Mark, called on the committee to rise up to its responsibility by discharging its oversight functions effectively.
  
  He said the city was dilapidating and receding in its development with traffic congestion and ill maintained streets and gardens depicting the decay.
  
  Mark said, “There is a lot of traffic congestion. The streets are not being kept in very good condition; the gardens and the lawns are not being maintained; I think there are a lot of areas where the city has to work very well.
  
  “This is where we have to implore your oversight functions. It is our responsibility to ensure that things work properly.”

Cadbury Nigeria Plc - Vacancy - Mechanical Engineers

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  Vacancy - Mechanical Engineers
  Job Reference:Mech 01
  Position:     Mechanical Engineers
  Department:     ENGINEERING
  Job Details:     
  Description
  
  Manage all mechanical engineering activities and drive TPM and Continuous Improvement  initiatives
  Draw up, set up and fully implement PPM programme for mechanical related equipment in the plant
  
  Ensure plant availability and reliability at required OEE of lines
  Ensure minimal mechanical related machine breakdowns on all equipment
  Deliver all mechanical related aspects of projects on time, in full and within budget Ensure availability of critical mechanical spares for equipment in the plant
  Implement asset care management initiatives in the plant
  
  Job Qualifications, Experience and Attributes
  
  First degree in mechanical engineering from a reputable institution.Higher degree(s) will be an advantage
  Minimum of Five (5) years' relevant experience in a process plant, preferably in FMCG
  Strong strategic orientation, demonstrable leadership, interpersonal and financial management skills
  
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Jobs Opening At Oxfam Novib

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  Oxfam Novib is an international non profit organization committed to ridding the world of poverty. We have a conviction that once given the chance to do so people are well capable of building a livelihood without poverty on their own. To do this, we work with local organizations, build their capacity and provide strategic funding to local projects in developing countries. We also lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people, and campaign to involve men and women also in our work.
  
  VACANCY - INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING OFFICER
  
  DIVISION: International
  JOB FAMILY: Fund-raising
  DEPARTMENT: Oxfam GB & Oxfam Novib
  LOCATION: Duty station Nigeria (Abuja)
  SALARY: net salary range Naira N 3,648.088- N 4,924,919
  LEVEL: C2, national post.
  OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
   
  TEAMS PURPOSE:
  To raise funds for Oxfam GB and ON's programmes in Nigeria; to build relationship with potential donors; to develop programs with staff and partners; to ensure quality and consistency in relationships with institutional donors; and to support programme teams,in planning and managing their funds
  
  JOB PURPOSE:
  In collaboration with the Dakar -based OGB Regional Programme Funding Team (RPFT), and The Hague based ON External Funding (EFU) team, support the Oxfam in Nigeria Country Programme Teams (50% OGB & 50% ON) to manage new and established relationships with donors for development and advocacy & when relevant humanitarian work in Nigeria. To identify opportunities for fund-raising with institutional donors and private sector. Provide specialist information internally and externally to donors in order to meet the Oxfam affiliate funding strategy objectives for Nigeria. Provide the quality check in Nigeria for delivery of quality concept notes, full proposals and assist in editing when and where needed. Provide grant compliance guidelines to the relevant stakeholders in the country office on the various donor requirements  Organise staff & partner meetings for program development purposes. Organise grant compliance workshop & monitoring information for program staff and partners. Support proposal writing efforts and manage their funds.
  
  REPORTING LINES:
  The post holder reports to the Oxfam In Nigeria Country Director in Nigeria directly and liaises with Oxfam GB regional funding Unit and Oxfam Novib’s funding Unit in the Hague.
  
  VACANCY - BUDGET
  
  RESPONSIBILITY:
  A small program development budget will be available for travel, research, documentation, communication purposes.
  DIMENSIONS: Manages new and existing program development and fund-raising processes
  Facilitates and organises program development processes involving Oxfam staff and counterparts (both content & budget dimensions)
  Good communication and facilitation skills for multi-actor processes
  Collate information from a defined range of sources (external and internal) for colleagues.
  Deals with people both externally and internally to influence adherence to Oxfam ways of working
  Frequent internal and /external negotiations
  Representation and acquisition
  Mobilise specific technical and professional knowledge in program development, and provide this to colleagues on grant management ; significant training/capacity building of non-specialist staff in funding responsibilities.
  
  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  Responsible for supporting the development and/or implementation of a funding strategy for Oxfam GB’s programmes in Nigeria  (50%) and for Oxfam Novib’s programme in Nigeria (50%)
  Responsible for developing good relationships with key potential donors in Nigeria  & pro-actively identify funding potentials Nigeria, including advising & guiding Oxfam GB/ON colleagues on country funding plans and donor liaison
  Support  Oxfam country colleagues OGB/ON in the development and submission of donor proposals for Nigeria .
  Conduct a quality check on all proposals & reports to back donors.
  Supporting and delegating quality contract management, including donor reporting, in collaboration with the Oxfam colleagues.
  Deliver training and support country offices with project cycle management and donor contract management according to capacity building plans in order to strengthen relationships with key donors, this in collaboration with OGB’s RPFT and ON’s EFU units.
  Represent Oxfam (GB/ON) as required with donors
  Understand and maintain Oxfam in Nigeria  donor database & give advise on how to develop this for Oxfam
  Coordinate and share information with OGB and ON HQ, including attending planning and training meetings and upholding standards.
  
  SKILLS &COMPETENCE:
  Essential
  University degree in relevant area or proven experience at this level.
  At least 5 years of work experience in the field of development cooperation, pref. with NGOs
  Three years experience of raising funds, preparing project proposals for DFID, EU and other institutional donors which are predominant in Nigeria, preferably for NGOs as well as experience with donors’ rules and regulations in order to ensure grant compliance
  Significant capacity building and training experience
  High level numeracy, budgeting, financial reporting and IT skills
  Works effectively with others in a team situation to achieve fundraising targets
  Organisational awareness – understanding how to get what information and who to keep informed
  Excellent research skills – knowledge of how to find new sources of funding for advocacy work
  Good communication skills – both written and verbal; experience of writing proposals and reports
  Experience of capacity building non-funding staff in all aspects of funding and contract compliance & able to facilitate training sessions
  Ability to represent Oxfam to donors and external institutions, good networking skills
  Influencing skills and tenacity
  Good administrative skills and ability to follow departmental procedures
  Experience with project cycle management (planning, monitoring, reporting, evaluation, learning)
  Educated to degree level.
  Fluency in written and spoken English
  Knowledge of NGO programming in development/campaigning and if possible emergencies
   
  OTHER: Knowledge or experience of Oxfam's and civil society programme work an advantage.
  Regular travel within Nigeria is compulsary and to Head Offices OGB in UK and ON in The Hague may be required.
  The salary will be paid in Naira
  
  TO APPLY
  If you are interested in this position please send a motivational letter and
  Curriculum vitae in English to   vacancies-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl   to the attention of The Recruiter, no later than18th of June 2013.
  Further enquires on the position can be sent to Chinedu Ohanyido, Information Officer, chinedu.ohanyido@oxfamnovib.nl.
  
  DUE DATE: 18 June, 2013