Current Vacancies at Sahara Group, 23rd July, 2018

Sahara Group nutures businesses in the energy sector. These companies operate essentially within the energy industry and its associated sub-sectors. The Group consists of individuals, who are determined to make a positive impact on the business environment. We are recruiting to fill the below position: Job Title: Program Officer - Sahara Foundation Location: Nigeria Job Grade: Office Line Manager: Sahara Foundation Manager Purpose Statement

To facilitate the implementation of identified Personal & Corporate Social Responsibility (PCSR) initiatives within and outside Nigeria while working with staff, partners, National Governments and other local national agencies, business neighbors and stakeholders towards achieving Sahara Groups overall PCSR objectives.

Key Deliverables

Manage and provide content for Sahara Foundation’s Extrapreneurship platform- the SaharaHub
Day-to-day coordination of the activities of Sahara Hub in the actualization of its set objectives
Creating and managing virtual youth engagement programmes
Develop partnerships that will drive sustainability of the Extrapreneurship platform
Provide support to the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) secretariat and manage expectations from cross sectoral partners.
Provide regular updates on activities of the to Line Manager and ensure these activities are in line with the expectations of the Global PSAG
Engage local communities to determine needs, develop strategies and initiate programs which would answer these needs, in connection with the company’s strategies and Business Plan.
Facilitate the process of impact assessment of programs on recipients
Promote companywide awareness of Sahara Group PCSR strategies and initiatives
Day-to-day coordination of existing PCSR projects ensuring alignment with the SDGs.
Initiate and coordinate Partnership Relations with business neighbors
Provide business support to the Line Manager.

Knowledge/Skills:

Knowledge of the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda
Knowledge of computer applications including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Demonstrate excellent communication skills (oral and written)
Investigative and problem solving skills
Demonstrate organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize workloads
Project management skills, including the ability to coordinate the work of others

Minimum Qualification/ Experience

B.Sc degree in an appropriate relevant course.
3-4 years of cognate work experience with large organization, relating with people of diverse cultures.
Experience in managing digital hubs, social media platforms and online content
Experience in Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory

Personality Traits:

Candidate must be hardworking, dedicated, highly analytical and creative
Candidate must be resourceful with good interpersonal skills to relate with people across different social strata.
Candidate must possess ability to adapt to different types of environment

Working Relationships

Executive Director
Company MD’s, Unit Heads & Finance Managers
Host Community Representative & Implementing Partners
Contemporaries in other Private Sector Organizations

Job Title: Business Technology Analyst Location: Nigeria Job Grade: Supervisor Line Manager: Business Innovation Manager Purpose Statement

The Business Technology Analyst will implement, support, and enhance all internal business applications and processes across Sahara Group.
The role performs these activities by evaluation of technology solutions, process design and re-engineering as well as synthesis of innovative business solutions.

Key Deliverables

Working with business stakeholders to gather, understand, and define business requirements.
Help balance business requirements with technical feasibility.
Recommends changes in business process in place of complex solutions where possible.
Synthesis of out-of-the-world tech ideas to solve current and future business problems.
Documentation of business cases to evaluate new ideas and concepts i.e. “as is” processes and “to-be” process flows
Documentation of data flow diagrams, flowcharts .i.e. communication of ideas to application developers
Evaluation of solutions presented by app developers to ensure they meet requirements.
Creation of business solutions from analysis of simple to complex datasets.
Championing activities that can funnel innovative ideas to the department.
Communicate effectively and persuasively in a business context.
Supports team goals and perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Business Innovation Manager.

Knowledge/Skills

Stron quantitative and analytic skills
Excellent business writing and verbal communication skills
Excellent numeracy skills
Excellent project management skills
Intermediate to advance modelling skills
Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio for effective presentation of ideas.

Minimum Qualification/ Experience

University degree (Preferably in Computing, Engineering or Management Sciences)
2 - 5 years of cognate (Post-NYSC) working experience in a similar role
Experience soliciting, gathering and analysing user input and requirements.
Experience with data querying and data mapping work
Experience documenting user stories/requirements, and creating to-be process flow diagrams

Personality Traits:

Candidates must be highly imaginative and open-minded
Candidate must be able to multitask and manage multiple projects at the same time
Candidate must be result-oriented
Candidates must be tech-savvy
Candidate must possess strong interpersonal skills

Working Relationships