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    Administrative Officer - Abuja, Nigeria - World Bank Group

    World Bank Group
    World Bank Group Abuja, Nigeria

    1 week ago

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    We need the best and brightest talent focused on Sub-Saharan African countries in order to harness the potential and innovation happening across the continent. Africa is a continent on the move, with a young population and a growing market of nearly 1.2bn people. We are committed to making the Africa regional teams into leading innovation hubs. Yet, these vast opportunities are tempered by persistent gaps in education, health, and skills, which have Africa only reaching forty percent of its estimated potential. Moreover, deep-rooted fragility, conflict, food insecurity, population growth, and the disruptive forces of climate change threaten to curtail or even reverse the progress that has been made over the past decades.

    Duties and Accountabilities:

    General Administration:

  • Oversee the day-to-day operations of the outsourced administrative services for the office, including regular and periodical needs for housekeeping services, agency, office cleaning services, cafeteria services, airlines corporate agreements, drinking water supply and office coffee/tea service, amongst others.
  • Ensure efficient, smooth, and consistent internal administration environment in the office by assisting and advising staff regarding the office's administrative policies/procedures i.e., leave administration, time recording system, travel etc.
  • Ensure internal comfort of staff and visitors at the workplace premises.
  • Supervision of the country office mail/pouch room, mail courier services and office stationery supplies.
  • Propose and implement automation of mail room services and pouch shipments workflow for the Nigeria office and integrate the eService system with the Country Office Pouch Service System, car hire service requisitions, business card order and supply of stationery available in the eservices system.
  • Participate in the Regional Office Management Team by providing advice and guidance on all administrative-related matters in the Office.
  • Be part of the Country Office Emergency Response Team to guide and advise on administrative matters during emergencies.
  • Implement the telephone and telecommunications policy, including charge back processes.
  • Build and maintain good working relationships among internal and external clients of the Bank and administration unit.
  • Implement the Bank and the region's administrative policies such as travel policy; manage programs to achieve policy compliance, as well as balance of cost efficiency and business needs being met.
  • Responsible for archived records management and document storage as per WBG policies and procedures, including the disposal process/incineration.
  • Interact and provide administrative advice and other support to other World Bank Offices in the sub-region as needed from time to time.
  • Budget Management – Develop annual administrative capital and operating expenditure plans and budgets and carry out periodic variance analyses.
  • Automation – Champion the implementation and use of the Accounts payable procurement, material, and logistics SAP modules, ensuring uptake and institutionalization within the Bank and gaining of all necessary operational efficiencies.
  • Physical Assets Registers – Implement a Bank-wide physical asset tracking and management system in accordance with the Bank's policies and procedures.
  • Physical Assets Operation and Maintenance – Ensure all Bank assets and vehicles are well maintained and kept in good operating condition.
  • Physical Assets Disposal – Coordinate asset disposal processes.
  • Insurance – Put in place and maintain adequate insurance cover to protect the Bank and Bank assets against all sorts of operating risks.
  • Inventory Management – Implement an Office-wide and centralized stores management system for the Bank's supplies and consumables.
  • Front Desk Management – Oversee the management of the Bank's reception (front desk) and call center activities.
  • Meeting Management – Implement an Office-wide and professional meeting room reservation and management system.
  • Laissez Passer and ID cards – Coordinate issuance and administering of Bank Laissez Passer and other identification documents and security access badges.
  • Telecommunication System – Oversee the management of the Banks telecommunication and audio-visual systems.
  • Mail Management – Implement an Office-wide professional and efficient mail, courier and faxes management system.
  • Shipments – Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments.
  • Records – Support implementation of a Bank-wide standardized filing, indexing, archiving and document management system for both hard copies and electronic records.
  • Printing Management – Oversee the Bank's printing activities.
  • Catering Management – Oversee operations of the Bank cafeteria and kitchenettes.
  • Service Management – Oversee provision of Administrative Services to the Bank and Staff in line with established Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Put in place and manage a system for receiving, responding, tracking, and reporting service requests and attainment of SLAs.
  • Audit – Point of contact for consultation and queries with admin related internal and external auditors.
  • Manage the Administrative Team
  • Supervision of country office drivers' pool.
  • Supervise a diverse complement of regular, contract, and short-term staff in the administrative functional area, including annual performance reviews.
  • Assign and review work program and assignments of administrative staff (GA – GD).
  • Coordinate and clear appropriate trainings for each category of administrative staff. Develop an appropriate budget for such trainings in conjunction with the Operations Manager
  • Institute quality control measures.
  • Train and motivate staff to provide effective and efficient support as a team.
  • Directly supervise the Receptionist and the staff in the Mail, Messenger Service and Switch Board service.
  • Ensure efficient and effective provision of mail delivery, diplomatic pouch, and messenger services.
  • Ensure effective back-up arrangements and timely submissions of tasks/outputs.
  • Encourage and promote teamwork within the administrative group.
  • Management of Administrative Procurement contracts and processes
  • Contribute to the activities of the Admin Procurement Committee (APC) for the Nigeria Country Office.
  • Contribute to APC work and provide inputs to Administrative Procurement Plan and the RFP/IFB processes.
  • Strengthen the relation between GCS and RM to improve controls over procurement and vendor registration. Develop an appropriate vendor data base for all categories of expense type.
  • Responsible for quality control of services delivered by internal and external administration services providers.
  • Procurement Management – Implement a Office-wide goods, services and works procurement management system in accordance with the Bank's policies and procedures ensuring competitive bidding for best value, and open and free competition for all Bank procurement and timely supply of quality goods and services to the Bank.
  • Procurement Planning – Plan and carryout pre-procurement activities in line with and in support of business objectives. Develop and execute annual procurement plans for the Admin Unit.
  • Procurement Tender Committees – Run professional tender processes to ensure objective selection of suppliers for goods and services, including preparing relevant procurement reports.
  • Vendor Performance Management – Negotiate contracts with suppliers to deliver best value to the Bank, apply appropriate supply and service level agreements for goods and services and implement a critical vendor performance management and capacity development program, and undertake the required technical and other due diligence.

    • Selection Criteria:

  • Master's degree, preferably in Business Administration or related field. Knowledge of general software applications, e.g. SAP, Microsoft Outlook, advanced skill across the Microsoft Office 365 suite of products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint online.
  • Fluency in English.
  • 15 years of experience in the Administration/Resource Management area/corporate services, with at least 5 years in a supervisory capacity acquired in a large international organization or a large national or multinational corporation.

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