Federal Ministry of Water Resources 2020 Recruitment for Workshop and Equipment Manager – 4 Openings

Job Title: Workshop and Equipment Manager

Reference No: FMWR / TRIMING / 2020 / INDV / CS / 02
Locations: Kano / Jigawa / Zamfara / Sokoto
Name of Project: Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria
Project ID No: P123112

Overview

• The TRIMING Project is looking for to recruit particular person Professional Experts (Consultant) within the above-named space with expertise in funding operation regarding the administration of Farmers Management and Service Centers in TRIMING Project Sites of Kano River Irrigation Scheme (KRIS) Kadawa in Kano State; Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS), Auyo in Jigawa State; Bakalori Irrigation Scheme (BIS), Talata Mafara in Zamfara State and Middle Rima Valley Irrigation Scheme (MRVIS), Goronyo in Sokoto State.
• A set of the person consultants working as a Team will beneath the supervision of their respective FMC Board of Trustees (BoTs) primarily assist the TRIMING Project Management Unit (PMU) within the Management of Farmers Management and Service Delivery Centers in every Project Site.
• The 4 Farmer Management and Service Delivery Centers (FMC5) have been registered beneath the Nigeria’s Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990 (CAMA) as firms restricted by shares.

The Objective of the Assignment and Duration:

• The objective of the FMCs is to handle challenges confronted by small-scale farmers in 4 irrigation schemes of BlS HVIS, KRIS, and MRIS. Identified constraints embody, however aren’t restricted to, entry to high quality inputs, mechanization providers, advisory providers, and credit score.
• The FMCs are additionally envisioned to behave as catalysts strengthening managerial capacities of smallholder farmer cooperatives and apex cooperatives which are the bulk shareholders within the FMCs.
• The FMCs goal is to rework irrigation agriculture right into a commercially viable funding, resulting in improved productiveness, discount in submit-harvest losses, improved high quality of commodities, and a extra environment friendly and predictable advertising system.
• The FMCs are additionally envisioned to enhance farmers’ entry to monetary providers.
• The length of particular person subject material consultants for this project shall be for preliminary interval of two (2) years, with the likelihood of annual renewal for the venture length topic to work necessities and passable performance.

Functions of FMCs
The operate of FMC5 for this project in liaison with National Project Coordinator (NPC) will primarily embody, however not restricted to the next:

• Warehouse (and pack homes for tomato) growth to encourage giant off-taker curiosity and permit for cleansing, grading, insurance coverage, farmers’ entry to credit score services utilizing warehouse receipt system and lengthy-time period storage and enhance high quality of onward provide. It is predicted that warehousing will even assist to buffer the worth for paddy farmers.
• Facilitation of inputs provide and agro-seller assist and growth
• Facilitation of mechanization providers
• Facilitation of finance for scheme worth chains
• Market facilitation to assist institution of lengthy-time period offtake contracts and contribute to the creation of extra aggressive, inclusive, and resilient market techniques
• Provision of technical providers and advisory – extension providers, enterprise growth, accounting, and bookkeeping providers to cooperatives, and so on.

Job Description

• Provide assist to the overall supervisor for the event and administration of infrastructure to assist intensive business farming and for facilitating entry to related farming inputs and mechanization. The gear and stock supervisor will:
• Establish and keep a listing of FMC belongings
• Monitor and facilitate upkeep of current infrastructure (warehouses, pack homes, and different services) and gear to assist efficient and worthwhile administration of estates
• Working intently with particular managers, plan for infrastructure and facility growth of the scheme to make sure their continued financial and social viability
• Support sector-stage cooperatives to handle land preparation and procurement of applicable gear, services, and different supplies
• Identify want for facilities and, working with the overall supervisor, facilitate provision of these by exploring numerous fashions of public personal partnerships
• Manage common and systematic procurement of agricultural inputs, together with gear instruments and agrochemicals
• Oversee and guarantee upkeep of gear
• Facilitate institution of demonstration plots in partnership with inputs suppliers and know-how suppliers.

Qualifications

• First Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering / Agriculture and 5 years’ expertise working in an agriculture mechanization firm or business agriculture enterprise.

Consultant EOI / Shortlisting Criteria:

• Interested particular person consultants should submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV) with all the mandatory doc connected corresponding to copies of engagement letters and so on. and different supporting info that the CV demonstrates that they’ve the required {qualifications} and related expertise to carry out the providers.

The quick-itemizing standards are:

• Evidence of General {qualifications} of the consultant (Education, Training, and work Experience
• Adequacy for the Assignment: Evidence of basic expertise in space of experience listed above
• Evidence of particular expertise in/of specific space of experience generally administration, workshop/ gear administration and administration/finance or related fields as it’s relevant to space of experience
• Proven expertise of venture administration, administration and financing, particularly in Nigeria’s personal sector.

Proposed Remuneration
Negotiable.

Application Closing Date
2.00pm (Nigeria native time) on seventh August, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and certified candidates should submit their expression of curiosity by way of e-mail or laborious copy (all related paperwork should even be submitted) to the tackle beneath relying on the world of location:
ATTN: National Project Coordinator,
Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project,
Federal Ministry of Water Resources,
Plot 1402, Abba Kyari Street, Off Adesoji Aderemi Street,
Apo – Abuja, Nigeria.
TeI: +2348038391469, +2348052048706.

Important Information / Notice

• The consideration of Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and employment of Consultants (beneath IBRD loans and IDA Credit and Grants) by World Bank debtors. January 2011 version and revised in July 2014 (Consultants Guidelines) setting forth the World Bank Policy on Conflict of Interest.
• Interested consultants might get hold of additional info from the tackle beneath throughout workplace hours 08:00 and 17:00 (Local time Monday to Friday) and /or send an electronic mail to the National Project Coordinator at tackle [email protected]
• The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the place will be discovered on the following web site: www.triming.org
• Each profitable candidate has to make preparations on his / her private security within the course of discharging his / her official duty.