Iris Consulting Telecoms Industry Job: Recruitment for Several Vacancies (13 Positions)
THE COMPANY:
Our client is West Africa’s largest telecoms tower infrastructure management services provider. With major growth operations in Nigeria and operating country business units in several other African countries, the company now needs more results focused executives and professionals to join its team to accomplish bigger results for all its stakeholders.
If you desire to work in a fast-paced, open environment where you will have the freedom to fully express your professional competencies to build success for yourself and for the enterprise, then we suggest you apply to compete for the following exciting opportunities:
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Managing IT infrastructure and resources applying a low cost, maximum value strategy,
2. Designing and developing applications and systems for business process improvement,
3. Providing enterprise-wide support to internal customers,
4. Establishing best practices in customer-facing software and hardware environment for overall operational improvement,
5. Monitoring and reporting on systems and applications usage and health,
6. Planning and implementing systems and applications upgrade in line with evolving business needs.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 7 -10 years of IT management experience in a large telecoms or engineering environment,
2. Experience in managing a large operational environment with enterprise workflow and business process integration components,
3. Extensive experience in managing a large database environment essential,
4. Exemplary general IT knowledge (applications development, testing, deployment, operations, documentation, standards, best practices, security, hardware, networking, OS, DBMS, etc.),
5. Good experience working in a variety of operating and hardware systems environment,
6. Written, verbal, attention to detail and diagrammatic communication skills are essential,
7. Good Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering plus relevant professional certifications.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Organize all activities & assign jobs accordingly for warehouse staff,
2. Set-up layout & space management; work organization chart,
3. Manage stock control: receipt, storage, retrieval and timely delivery of goods; shipment loading and transferring; document recording and data entry into system,
4. Plan out all warehouse resources and activities in relation to company objectives and set targets,
5. Oversee the development of warehouse staff by internal/on-job training,
6. Follow up and control daily absence and over time,
7. Ensure that workplace’s health and safety requirements are met and take responsibility for the security of the building and stock,
8. Oversee housekeeping of warehouse and surrounding area,
9. Issue Inventory report, IN/OUT status report, dead stock report, goods age report, consumption report, manpower status report to management,
10. Implement cost reduction initiatives in all aspects of warehouse transactions and activities,
11. Run shift with safety and efficiency as priorities.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. Strong technical background in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering,
2. 7-9 years of experience in managing telecoms equipment for a large telecoms company,
3. Excellent resource management and leadership skills,
4. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering,
5. MBA and professional certifications in Warehouse Management will be definite pluses.
POST TITLE: HEAD, INTERNAL AUDIT
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
As head of Head of Internal Audit, your responsibilities will include:
1. Creating a modern Internal Audit Department using Risk Based Methodologies,
2. Perform risk assessment, define project scope/ objectives, prioritize initiatives and determine resource needs,
3. Construct audit plans, manage project goals and drive to results,
4. Determine and establish appropriate audit scope and internal control objectives for high risk areas,
5. Provide guidance and expertise, interpret significance of audit findings, conclude on issues, and make practical recommendations and strategic decisions,
6. Conduct meetings with management to review audit results,
7. Prepare management reports for presentation to executive management and the Audit Committee,
8. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key business stakeholders.
CANDIDATE SPECIFICATION:
1. Person of strong professional convictions able to stand firmly by what you believe to be right regardless of who is involved,
2. Strategic and innovative thinking finance professional who is a proven leader not afraid to get into details and to focus on relevant risks prevention,
3. Able to partner with business leaders to improve the control environment.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 7-10 years of high quality audit experience in an organization applying best internal audit practices as a routine or in a major international audit practice,
2. Definite advantage if your experience include auditing a large telecoms or engineering business,
3. Good basic degree complemented by professional accounting and auditing certifications such as ACA and CISA.
POST TITLE: QUALITY MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Include monitoring, ensuring the implementation, and continually updating and improving the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System of the Company,
2. setting QA compliance objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved,
3. modelling and design of processes and operating procedures for the various Departments or Units,
4. establishing standards of service for customers or clients,
5. ensuring the application of environmental and health and safety standards,
6. defining quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff,
7. identifying relevant quality-related training needs and delivering training,
8. collating and analysing performance data and charts against defined parameters.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. excellent process/procedures design and documentation skills,
2. strong analytical and auditing skills,
3. good project management skills,
4. excellent relationship and customer management skills,
5. good communication and presentation skills,
6. 3-4 years experience in an ISO certified environment,
7. good degree in Engineering, Statistics or Project Management plus relevant quality management certifications.
POST TITLE: REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGERS
Regional Project managers will be required to manage telecoms sites roll out projects in major cities in Nigeria.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements,
2. Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities,
3. Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope,
4. Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client,
5. Effectively applies the organisations’s methodology and enforces project quality standards,
6. Manages the organization’s exposure and risk on projects,
7. Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately,
8. Tracks and reports team hours and expenses on a weekly basis,
9. Manages project budget,
10. Determines appropriate revenue recognition, ensures timely and accurate invoicing, and monitors receivables for projects,
11. Follows up with clients, when necessary, regarding unpaid invoices,
12. Analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and resource utilization.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 7-8 years experience in telecoms project management,
2. Strong time and material resources management skills,
3. Excellent people management and leadership skills,
4. Proficiency in the use project management tools,
5. Good Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Project Management
6. Relevant Masters Degree and Project Management Professional Certifications.
POST TITLE: ASSISTANT HR MANAGER
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Designing and implementing HR Management systems and processes,
2. Providing HR Consulting services to line and staff managers,
3. Managing internal and external relationships,
4. Supporting the HR Manager in delivering on strategic HR and business objectives.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 4-5 years of HR management experience
2. Sstrong HR systems design skills
3. Excellent communication, persuasion and people management skills
4. Strong analytical and execution skills
5. Excellent results orientation
6. Good creative problem-solving skills
7. Readiness to travel
8. Good degree in the Social Sciences plus MBA or Masters in HR Management
POST TITLE: MARKET ANALYST
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key responsibilities for this role include carrying out market analysis covering issues such as political , social and economic environment; demographic trends ; industry and competition; and , pricing and cost, etc.
The role could involve travel in Africa especially when market analysis needs to be performed on other regional countries.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills,
2. Critical thinking and strong analysis skills,
3. Ability to use statistical analysis and research methodologies,
4. Ability to self–organise around priorities to deliver to deadlines,
5. Good presentation skills,
6. Proficiency in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel,
7. Good business and commercial awareness,
8. Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Marketing, Mathematics, Research and Statistics plus MBA,
9. At least 5 years of cognate experience.
BUSINESS ANALYST
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key responsibilities for this role include:
1. developing and preparing proposals that respond to Requests for Proposals (RFPs),
2. developing technical sales presentations,
3. tracking proposals and responding to additional customer requests for information,
4. maintaining a database of proposals for sales performance monitoring and for building institutional memory and organizational learning,
5. developing good cross-functional working relationships with Finance, Projects and Business Development teams.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. Strong communication–verbal and written—skills
2. Good organizational skills and attention to details
3. Ability to maintain working files and revisions of documents
4. Ability to translate complicated ideas into language easily understood by others
5. Ability to handle and use constructive feedback
6. Proficiency in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel
7. Technical background, preferably in Engineering and Telecommunications
8. Ability to meet stretch deadlines
9. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
10. Masters degree in business will be an added advantage
11. At least 5 years of business development experience involving technical proposal writing and presentation
POST TITLE: FINANCIAL ANALYST
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities include:
Reporting to the Executive Director, Corporate Finance & Mergers and Acquisitions, responsibilities for this position will include:
1. Perform pre-investment financial analysis and modelling,
2. Assist with financial due diligence relating to new investments,
3. Assist with drafting investment memos to be presented to the Management Committee,
4. Monitor and analyze the financial performance of the acquisition portfolio,
5. Prepare Power Point presentations for new business opportunities,
6. Provide dynamic financial analysis support to Senior Management,
7. Assist with ad-hoc/special projects as needed.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 3-4 years work experience in a financial research firm ,corporate finance, M&A, investment banking unit, financial advisory or bank rating agency,
2. Strong excel and financial analysis, modeling and presentation skills,
3. Degree in Finance and/or Accounting,
4. CFA early stage passed will be an advantage,
5. Background in telecoms or engineering is a desirable but not necessary.
POST TITLE: TRAINEE ENGINEERS
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities include:
1. Membership of telecoms site construction and roll-out teams,
2. Working on assigned tasks in electrical, mechanical and air conditioning jobs,
3. Maintenance of assigned telecoms operating sites.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 1-2 years field work experience in telecoms site construction and maintenance projects,
2. Strong task completion orientation
3. Excellent trouble shooting and problem-solving skills,
4. Strong team playing skills,
5. B.Sc, or HND in Mechanical, Electrical and AC Engineering.
POST TITLE: TECHNICIANS
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities include:
1. Membership of telecoms site construction and roll-out teams
2. Working on assigned tasks in electrical, mechanical and air conditioning jobs
3. Maintenance of assigned telecoms operating sites
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 1-2 years field work experience in telecoms site construction and maintenance projects,
2. Strong task completion orientation,
3. Excellent trouble shooting and problem-solving skills,
4. Strong team playing skills,
5. OND or Technical Trade Certificate in Mechanical, Electrical and AC Engineering.
POST TITLE: LEGAL OFFICERS
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. Assisting the Company Secretary and legal adviser to meet key performance targets in the areas of regulatory compliance,
2. Providing legal advisory services to other functional parts of the organization,
3. Managing third party relationships including governmental and regulatory agencies.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 3-4 years of legal experience gained in a legal firm with a strong telecoms industry portfolio or in a major telecoms or engineering company,
2. Excellent communication and people skills,
3. Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office productivity tools,
4. Bachelor’s and/or Masters Degree in Law,
POST TITLE: PERSONAL ASSISTANTS
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the Deputy Managing Director and Executive Directors, responsibilities of Pas will include:
1. Providing senior level administrative support to the executive team,
2. Managing external and internal relationships,
3. High level office management.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. 5-6 years experience,
2. Strong written and oral communications skills,
3. Excellent people management skills,
4. Strong organizational skills,
5. Very proficient in using Microsoft Office productivity tools.
METHOD OF APPLICATION:
- Interested candidates should visit the IRIS Consulting website at www.irisconsulting.info to carefully read the detailed responsibilities, required skills, experience and qualifications for each position;
- Qualified candidates only should email their updated Cvs within 2 weeks of the date of this advert using as subject for their emails the position they are applying for as follows:
- Candidates for IT Manager, Warehouse Manager, Head of Internal Audit, Quality Management Representative and Regional Project Manager positions should email their Cvs to managerjobs@irisconsulting.infoThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it;
- Candidates for Assistant HR Manager and Personal Assistant positions should email their cvs to hrjobs@irisconsulting.infoThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it;
- Candidates for Market, Business and Financial Analyst positions should email their cvs to analystjobs@irisconsulting.infoThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it;
- Candidates for Trainee Engineers , Technicians and Legal Officers positions should email their cvs to telcojobs@irisconsulting.infoThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it;
NOTE: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by email. All applications will be treated with utmost confidentiality.
