10 Hot Jobs in Nigeria on Friday 10th February 2023

Engineering Manager – Sustaining Software Engineering, Americas

Location: Lagos

Description

• This is an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Manager who is passionate about open source software, Linux, and cloud computing. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, the growing international software company behind Ubuntu.
• Sustaining Engineering is a critical team that handles the most difficult customer escalations, resolving software bugs, code defects and other issues, from the kernel all the way up to the highest levels of the open source stack. This position leads our APAC team, and is one of several managers who report directly to the global Director of Sustaining Engineering.
• Our customers build large-scale mission critical infrastructure and application solutions on Ubuntu and open source from Canonical. We underpin the largest digital operations on public cloud, private infrastructure and the edge.
• When a problem occurs that is having a significant impact on a global organisation, it is escalated to our sustaining engineering team who works together with experts from across our many engineering and support teams. Whether its finding the fast path to a workaround, or finding the permanent fix to be contributed upstream, our engineers work under pressure to understand the issue and steer the customer to safety.
• This team is well staffed with experts in every time zone, and while the work is always important to a customer and time is always of the essence, the team is resourced to ensure the work-life balance and ongoing development of each team member. Colleagues who work in this group need to enjoy pressure, but they also get to enjoy a normal work week, time off, leave, in addition to training opportunities.
• We aim to grow the breadth, depth and scale of the team, maintaining a high level of expertise, resilience and energy, to service our expanding customer base and address an ever increasing range of open source software.
• As an Engineering Manager in the Sustaining Engineering team, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, making valuable contributions, and generally having a great experience at Canonical.
• Technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you are able to challenge and grow your team members.
• You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.
• This job is open to applicants in Americas timezones only, and is a full-time, remote position.

Responsibilities
What you’ll do:

• Manage and lead a distributed team of engineers
• Hire, coach, mentor, provide feedback and career development guidance to your team
• Manage shift scheduling, measuring key performance indicators (KPIs), and training
• Support timely delivery of bug fixes, patches, and other technical solutions to address business needs in a variety of technology fields, including but not limited to Ubuntu Server, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, Juju & MAAS
• Demonstrate the very best of Canonical in customer interactions
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate and advance modern software development practices
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company value
• Collaborate with management and other leaders in the organisation
• Work from home with global travel up to 10% for internal and external events

Requirements
Who you are:

• Professional software delivery experience using C, C++, Go, Java, Python, or similar
• You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• Leadership experience displaying ability to organize and prioritize complex problem resolution and bug fixes
• Experience with version control systems such as git
• Experience with debugging tools such as gdb, crash or other
• Demonstrated strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
• Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written
• Experience with Linux, with a preference towards Ubuntu
• Experience with Open Source and Open Source Business Models
• You have interest and deep experience with three or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux – kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging

We Offer

• 100% work-from-home
• Learning and development
• Competitive salary
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Account Manager

Location: Lagos
Function: Account Management Department
Reporting to: Territory Manager

Purpose of the Job

• The Account Manager will maintain and grow the business and client base on an ongoing and project basis, will create and maintain relationships with existing and potential clients, develop strategic solutions and plans that best fit the business needs.
• Build and maintain productive business relationships with key decision makers to understand the Customers’ strategic direction and nd identify opportunities.

Deliverables
Expected Key Results Key Activities:

• Maintain Strategic Leadership within Key Accounts
• Develop and maintain strategic long-term trusting relationships with high volume clients to accomplish organic growth and long-term company objectives.
• Develop and implement marketing strategies and ensure that coherent and consistent strategies are employed in all serving and/or maintenance transactions and relationships.
• Interact with key decision makers, Initiate and bring forward strategic engagement plans to retain and grow business within key accounts.
• Provide annual plan on how to increase share of wallet and win new business within each allocated account.
• Develop and implement effective account strategies including relationship mapping, management of opportunity pipeline and generation of service offerings.
• Accounts Maintenance
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of competing products/services, discount and pricing structures, and overall strengths and weaknesses in order to determine how best to service and motivate key accounts to stay with
• the business.
• Maintain data and information relevant to key accounts for the purpose of conducting analyses that influence account specific decision making.
• Maintain, deliver and present forecasting models, metrics, reports, analyses, and dashboards to drive key business decisions within the Account.
• Maintain good public relations with current and prospective customers within the Accounts.
• Ensure that profitable sales volume and strategic objective targets are met for the assigned key accounts.
• Co-ordinate with relevant technical and service delivery teams to ensure excellent service delivery to the customer.
• Effective Project Management
• Collaborate with the Customer Care and Resource
• Management teams to meet account performance objectives as well as the key accounts’ expectations through complimentary cross-functional efforts.
• Define project scope, estimate and writing proposals, work with stakeholder in the creation of project specifications and time plans.
• Identify and develop target list of vertical markets to develop.
• Understand business objectives, challenges and opportunities of target and vertical markets.
• Responsible for framework vision, structure, and management while providing accountability, and development strategy.
• Develop in collaboration with the marketing team, innovative and / or differentiating products and services for the Region.
• Prepare pricing documentation for the business’s products/services and secure appropriate approvals prior to sending commercial proposals to key accounts.
• Develop cross selling relationships within assigned accounts and develop value propositions for differentiating product offerings.
• Collate and manage robust Industry data for analytics.
• Provide Management with the necessary sales reports, budgets, sales plan, and market analysis for the sector.
• Co-ordinate with relevant technical and service delivery teams to ensure excellent service delivery to the customer.
• Drive business opportunities that will give the organization a larger share of the Customers’ wallets within the sector.
• Lead database analysis to predict product usage, potential market penetration and new opportunities.
• Ensure timely response to client-initiated Request forProposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI) and Requestfor Tender (RFT).
• Thorough Understanding of Customers’ needs
• Structure and support to account teams through management information, market insight, knowledge sharing and meeting preparation.
• Work with all internal departments to develop integrated solutions and expand the services the business provides to the end user.
• Maintain and develop prospective client and key strategic stakeholder network.
• Develop integrated marketing strategies and tactical plans to meet and exceed the business goals and objectives.
• Generate and drive insight for internal and client audiences around media, brands, consumers, and experiences (support from Marketing Team).
• Business Development
• Understand and Lead the client’s account planning cycle and ensure that the client’s needs and expectations are met by the business.
• Grow and develop existing framework accounts and provide market research, analyses and insights into latest industry trends.
• Provide strategic CSR thought leadership and expertise to expand business relationships.
• Influence cross-functional internal partners to create and execute effective research, analysis, and strategy.
• Represent the business at conferences, seminars, conventions, exhibitions.
• Accurate reporting of relevant internal and external market information that may impact on the business within accounts (e.g. competitor activity, account challenges, market opportunities etc.) and development of action plans to maximize opportunity or minimize negative impact.
• Drive and participate in meetings and offer valuable ideas contributing towards the growth of the business.
• Understand industry trends and competition/competitor’s analysis for decision making.
• Drive business engagements and initiate high level meetings within the specific accounts.
• Relationship Management.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills / Demonstrate (Key competencies)

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Business Management, Communications, Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Business Administration or any other related field (2.2/Upper Credit)
• 5 – 10 years work experience.
• Ability to penetrate accounts and meet with stakeholders within accounts/sectors
• Capability to be a structured thinker with a strong analytical approach.
• Excellent research, problem solving, and analytical skills, including excellent PowerPoint and Excel capabilities, with impeccable analytical and business judgment
• Understanding local dynamics of the region
• Ability to bring intel that will lead to increased sales
• An expert understanding of best practice account management with the ability to implement both strategic and tactical initiatives
• Creative, upbeat and innovative and be able to effectively communicate key business messages to a diverse audience
• A proven track record in business development and client relationship management in a highly competitive, Business to Business (B 2B) environment.

Application Closing Date
21st February, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: mobeten@ipnxnigeria.net using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

OpenStack Technical Support Manager

Location: Lagos

Overview

• Open source is now the centre of technology innovation, and the new default for tech and traditional companies alike. Canonical Ubuntu is the fastest growing open source platform, with over 20 million users globally.
• Canonical provides commercial support, consulting and training services to customers and partners who are deploying Ubuntu. Our customers are technology innovators inside global enterprises using Ubuntu and open source to build the future in their industry.
• Our regional Technical Support Managers run world-class Technical Support teams – solving deep technical problems for customers around the world on Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop and on the public cloud.
• They demonstrate two key attributes: customer focus – ensuring that customers are always satisfied with the service they are receiving, and technical excellence – ensuring that the support team is always up to date with the our technology, and that they perform sound and quick troubleshooting.
• You’ll need to be comfortable in a fast paced environment, able to take responsibility for delivering to customers and enjoy challenges. You will also need to care deeply about your team, their skills, and their career development.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of a professional support team, including skills development and performance management
• Operational control, shift scheduling, accountability for key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ensures that all customer cases are responded to within the SLA, and in a professional manner
• Act as the customer escalation contact, and ensure that such escalations are addressed appropriately
• Accountability for customer satisfaction
• Contribution to the support knowledge base
• Continuous improvement to the team’s processes and support service delivery
• Hire, develop and train support team to match business requirements
• Work with the leadership team to drive growth and transformation initiatives

Required skills and Experience

• Extensive CLI experience with Linux at a technical level (Support, Development, Implementation).
• Experience or knowledge of OpenStack, Public Cloud and Virtualization technologies.
• Leadership experience, and preferably team management experience
• Confidence under pressure, with proven track record of high customer focus
• Preferably fluent in two languages English being primary
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

We Offer

• 100% work-from-home
• Learning and development
• Competitive salary
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Ubuntu Technical Support Manager

Location: Lagos

Overview

• Open source is now the centre of technology innovation, and the new default for tech and traditional companies alike. Canonical Ubuntu is the fastest growing open source platform, with over 20 million users globally.
• Canonical provides commercial support, consulting and training services to customers and partners who are deploying Ubuntu. Our customers are technology innovators inside global enterprises using Ubuntu and open source to build the future in their industry.
• Our regional Technical Support Managers run world-class Technical Support teams – solving deep technical problems for customers around the world on Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop and on the public cloud.
• They demonstrate two key attributes: customer focus – ensuring that customers are always satisfied with the service they are receiving, and technical excellence – ensuring that the support team is always up to date with the our technology, and that they perform sound and quick troubleshooting.
• You’ll need to be comfortable in a fast paced environment, able to take responsibility for delivering to customers and enjoy challenges. You will also need to care deeply about your team, their skills, and their career development.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of a professional support team, including skills development and performance management
• Operational control, shift scheduling, accountability for key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Ensures that all customer cases are responded to within the SLA, and in a professional manner
• Act as the customer escalation contact, and ensure that such escalations are addressed appropriately
• Accountability for customer satisfaction
• Contribution to the support knowledge base
• Continuous improvement to the team’s processes and support service delivery
• Hire, develop and train support team to match business requirements
• Work with the leadership team to drive growth and transformation initiatives

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive CLI experience with Linux at a technical level (Support, Development, Implementation).
• Experience or knowledge of OpenStack, Public Cloud or Virtualization technologies.
• Leadership experience, and preferably team management experience
• Confidence under pressure, with proven track record of high customer focus
• Preferably fluent in two languages English being primary
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

We Offer

• 100% work-from-home
• Learning and development
• Competitive salary
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Digital Marketer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: Financial Tech

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare and carry out all digital marketing strategies, including email, social media, SEO/SEM, and display advertising campaigns.
• Research advertising trends.
• Conduct market research to inform campaigns
• Discover trends and insights, then adjust spending and output depending on the knowledge.
• Determine what content will reach customer- Assess the entire customer experience across all channels and customer touch points.
• Design, build and maintain our social media presence.
• Scale campaigns to maximize ROI.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in any related field
• Comprehensive and current knowledge of industry trends
• A track record of successfully managing SEO/SEM, email, social media, and/or display advertising campaigns.
• Previous experience working in customer experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Fintech Experience is an advantage.

Salary
N220,000 – N292,000 gross + commission.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV to: resume@hrleverageafrica.com with the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
• For more information, contact 08092255199 via WhatsApp.

Primary Teacher

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Requirements
For your application to be successful, you must meet the following criteria:

• B.Ed / BA / PGDE, gained from a reputable Institution
• Minimum of 3 years post-graduation work experience., thorough knowledge and understanding of the British Curriculum gained from working in a similar role
• TRCN certification is a MUST
• MUST be resident in Ibadan and able to easily commute to Jericho, Ibadan
• Be able to teach a full range of subject areas for this age group
• Must have well developed teaching skills in the core subject areas (English, Mathematics and Science)
• Knowledge and experience of teaching phonics is desirable
• Ability to write legibly and be able to teach Cursive Handwriting
• Confident in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Be passionate about teaching and able to provide our pupils engaging and exciting learning experiences
• Be able to produce and maintain high standard classroom learning displays
• You must have excellent English Language skills (clear written, reading and spoken)
• Have high expectations for behaviour, attainment and progress
• Have effective classroom management skills and evidence of outstanding teaching skills
• Have an understanding of the importance of pupil tracking and progress
• Have thorough understanding of best practices in teaching
• Have an appreciation of the importance of safeguarding in educational settings
• Mist have a growth mind-set; love teaching and have a passion for learning and teaching.

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV to: eyfsrecruitment@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Must demonstrate Primary Education experience of the British Curriculum on their CV and Cover Letter.
• Do not respond to this advert if you do not meet the requirements listed above.

Project Monitoring and Compliance Specialist

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Daily follow-up on all project managers to ensure compliance with the project management guide
• Weekly roll-out the project dashboard report and project monitoring status report on all projects
• Ensure all company’s project achieve 100% compliance with all project management policies
• Coordinating all project implementation activities to ensure smooth and seamless execution
• Provide High-level administrative support and quality assurance on all company projects
• Agile Project management or any relevant project
• Project planning and agile project management.

Requirements

• A B.Sc Degree in IT, Computer Science, Business Management, or a related field with at least 1 year of project management experience.
• Relevant project management related experience in consulting or service delivery, where candidate was an active stakeholder through the life cycle of projects
• Strong leadership skills
• Proven Self-management and team-management skills
• Excellent Interpersonal and presentation skills
• Ability to monitor projects
• Collaborative Skills.

Application Closing Date
27th February, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitments@hpacorporateresourcing.com using “Project Monitoring and Compliance Specialist” as the subject of the mail.

Senior Business Analyst

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Business Intelligence

Job Description

• Our client is looking to hire a Senior Business Analyst who will be able to hit the ground running from Day 1, learning to give input in making businesses more valuable; responsible for generating specific industry and company insights to support a wider team.
• An analyst will be responsible for taking ownership of assigned tasks, giving analysis and providing timely and useful inputs on assigned tasks.

Responsibilities

• Understand the client’s needs and situation and adapt to case expectations.
• Take responsibility for assigned work streams. Effectively understand the mandate and execute.
• Communicate data, knowledge and insight to team members.
• Effectively structure communication of insights from own work stream.
• Deliver clear and professional presentations to team members, managers and clients.
• Assist with project management for selected projects.
• Improve, execute, and effectively communicate significant analyses that identifymeaningful trends and opportunities across businesses.
• Develop actionable roadmaps for improving workflows and processes, and establish and organize KPIs in line with directives.
• Under limited supervision and general direction, evaluate and report on tasks given.
• Seek and provide meaningful and actionable feedback.
• Preparation of tenders and feasibility studies
• Recognize different skills and development needs in oneself and work towards it.
• Take ownership of key strategic business templates: existing business plan, overall company expansion strategy
• Execute market penetration strategies and business growth enhancement objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Engineering, Science, Economics, Business, Technology
• 5 years plus experience performing similar or inter-related tasks industry experience preferred.

Skills:

• Excellent spoken and written English
• Organization and time management skills
• Excellent report writing, communication, analytical and presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage time to meet deadlines
• Ability to use the Microsoft Suite (Powerpoint, Excel, Word) and technologically proficient.
• Self-starter and highly motivated, ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to display initiative and analytical thinking coupled with good problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Must be able to work individually and as part of a team.

Application Closing Date
9th March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Senior Operations Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Operations

Job Description

• Our client who is aLuxury Bed & Bath Storeis looking to hire a Senior Operations Manager who will be responsible for monitoring all operational processes and procedures using a compliance management system to ensure that the company complies with all legal regulations and ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Managing Director to define short, medium, and long-term direction of the business with clearly articulated operational plans
• Drive operational efficiency through the right use of human and material resources to achieve designated goals and objectives
• Optimize existing processes and procedures. develop compliance programs by reviewing company policies and advising management on possible risks.
• Maintain constant communication with management, staff, and vendors to ensure proper operations of the organization.
• Find ways to increase the quality of customer service through effective risk management
• Manage Wholesale and Trade Partners to efficiently drive operations
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols
• Grow the efficiency of existing organizational processes and procedures to enhance and sustain the organization’s internal capacity
• Perform quality controls and monitor inventory and production KPIs
• Ensure operational activities are executed in a timely manner and within a defined budget
• Manage budgets and forecasts
• Manage information flow through adherence to workflow systems and information.
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
• Regularly audit company procedures, practices, and documents to identify possible weaknesses or risks.
• Ensure all employees are educated and updated on the latest regulations, policies, and processes.
• Assess company operations to determine compliance risk.
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to an audit
• Streamline the components of various office systems by eliminating unnecessary tasks (and the costs associated with the performance of those tasks)
• Identify the tasks and decisions for new processes and develop flow charts using the appropriate symbols.
• Identify, assess, measure, monitor, control, and report risks to senior management and manage relevant risks within the framework established
• Drives compliance with Company policies and external regulations.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Minimum of a First Degree in a Business-related Discipline
• Minimum of 5 years plus work experience as an Operations Manager
• Relevant training; professional programs
• Knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management
• Proficient understanding of the company’s processes, policies, and procedures
• Excellent knowledge of the business process and control analysis
• Analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills
• Highly trained in conflict management and business negotiation processes
• Excellent report writing skill
• Knowledge of general business software and aptitude to learn new applications
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good leadership and team-building skills
• High level of integrity and confidentiality
• Attention to detail
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills – written and spoken
• Proficiency in the use of Ms. Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Application Closing Date
9th March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Truck Driver

Location: Redeem Camp, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Drive trucks to specified destinations on official assignments.
• Report the need for new licenses or renewal of licenses to management.
• Ensure adequate fueling of the truck before use.
• Comply with all state and federal driving regulations and standards.
• Ensure that trucks are always functional and in good condition.
• Complete all allocated work and trips within the stipulated time.
• Ensure the truck is kept in a good and clean condition.
• Plan routes and meet delivery schedules.
• Conduct daily maintenance checks on the truck and notify the management of any issues.
• Complete all movement documentation such as logs, mileage reports.
• Perform other assigned functions.

Skills and Requirements

• Minimum of an SSCE or ND / NCE
• 1 – 2 years of relevant work experience.
• A valid driver’s license is highly required
• Proven work experience as a Truck Driver
• Knowledge of national roads routes is very essential
• Possess defensive driving skills
• Proficient at driving and parking large trucks.
• Physically fit and strong.
• Extensive knowledge of applicable truck driving rules and regulations.

Salary
N75,000 Monthly.

Application Closing Date
30th March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: emmalogo24@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.