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Medical Doctor at Unilever Nigeria Plc

Company:Unilever Nigeria Plc

Location(s):Lagos

Specialization:Medical/ Health

Industry:FCMG / Conglomerate

Application Deadline:03 April, 2014

Job Type:fulltime

Required Experience:1-3 year(s)

Desired Courses:

Job Details

Medical Doctor, Agbara (Job Number: 140006RI)

 

Unposting Date : Apr-03-2014

Schedule : Full-time

Primary Location : Nigeria-Lagos State-Lagos-Oregun - Head Office

Shift : Day Job

Job : Human Resources

Travel : No

 

Description

 

Main Accountabilities:

• Delivery of an OH service in line with national OH policies and local service level agreements
• Ensure that employees are screened pre-placement through overseeing the process and / or undertaking assessment activities. Identify any implications for employment and provide them with relevant health information for their role.
• Manage the delivery of health surveillance and screening programmes.
• Collate and analyse statistics.
• Act in a professional advisory capacity to unqualified OH staff. This would include but is not limited to:
• making decisions in relation to external referrals
• providing professional OH advice following escalation by OHPN
• Management of site OH records
• Advise on delivery of First Aid Services in conjunction with Unilever’s Nigeria First Aid Co-ordinator.
• Advise on risk based assessments to develop safe working practices and prevent ill health.
• Provide advice on legal compliance in relation to Occupational Health, DDA and, where relevant, Health and Safety Legislation
• Adopt a proactive approach to anticipating, managing and improving OH involvement in issues such as ergonomics, workplace procurement etc.
• Provide and oversee work-related health information, instruction and training
• Participate within, and advise upon, positive attendance management strategies and activities including sickness absence, rehabilitation and temporary redeployment.
• Investigate work-related ill health and advise on corrective actions/ergonomic solutions.
• Provide a Travel Health advisory role (if relevant to the site)
• Develop strong working partnerships with associated professional groups such as physio, Occupational Hygienist, Health and Safety; HR.
• Proactive involvement in Company initiatives such as TPM, Vitality etc.
• Co-ordinate and/or deliver health promotion activities and advice where appropriate
• May contribute to the development of national operational excellence e.g. through contribution to policies and procedures, working parties etc.
• Oversee ordering of medical supplies and consumables.

Key Skills Required:

Registered Medical Practitioner

• A minimum of 2 years Occupational Health experience
• An understanding of current Health and Safety Legislation
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• A team player able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• A customer-focussed, positive approach to work
• Flexibility to meet business need, which may include working on/covering other sites
• Excellent planning and organisational abilities
• IT literacy (word, excel, power-point and outlook preferred)
• Where the OHA is to be a team leader, supervisory experience is preferred.
• Where the OHA provides an on site Travel Health service, their competence must satisfy the standard outlined in the relevant OH Unilever Nigeria Policy document.
• Commitment to ongoing learning and development

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Office Manager - eHealth Systems Africa
Posted date [24-Mar-2014]  (ID: 3462)


Office Manager

Location: Kano, Kano, Nigeria

Department: Administrative

Type: Full Time

Min. Experience: Manager/Supervisor

Summary:    The Office Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management and changing priorities of the headquarters office.   Diligent, enthusiastic, with a can-do attitude, this individual organizes staff work, meetings, and manages a variety of schedules.   S/he interacts daily with a group of diverse colleagues carrying out a range of administrative and financial related tasks and ensures the smooth running of the office.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Other duties may be assigned.

Responsible for handling day-to-day office questions and general program matters.  Responds in a timely and effective manner, ensuring excellent customer service at all times.   

Organizes staff work: maintains staff calendar, daily progress calls to staff, monitors daily staff reports

Schedules meetings and conference/meeting rooms, coordinates meeting room layouts and set-ups, audio visual needs, food and beverage needs and supplies
Prepares meeting agendas, records meeting minutes, and transcribes minutes
Conducts regular safety inspections and holds regular safety meetings.  Meets with management to plan and implement further improvements in the Company’s safety program.

Maintains accurate records and generates a variety of reports utilizing spreadsheets and databases Maintains the condition of the office and arranges repairs, as necessary Maintains office supplies and equipment.

Records office expenditures and manages budget Manages office phone line and reconciles billing Coordinates shipments – imports and export – and prepares documentation Arranges travel and transportation (via air and drivers) Assists with management of domestic staff in absence of directors Ensures compliance with laws and regulations.

May frequently travel between company worksites.

Presents a professional demeanor at all times.  Approaches others in a tactful manner. Reacts well under pressure.  Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.  Accepts responsibility for own actions.  Follows through on commitments.

Is consistently at work and on time.

Participates in and promotes a positive, supportive, cooperative team environment.
Attends and participates in staff meetings, training classes and supervision.
Adheres to Policies and Procedures.
Adheres to eHealth Africa Code of Conduct as well as ethical standards of the field.

Qualifications:  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to successfully perform this job.

Education/Experience
    Bachelor's degree from college or university in Business, Finance or related field.
    Minimum of two years of experience in office management, finance administration or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certifications and Licenses
    First Aid  and Health & Safety qualifications desirable

Computer Skills
    Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite.
    Proficiency working within specialized software utilized in program.

Language Ability
    English is the spoken and written language.
    Ability to read, analyse, proof and edit documents, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or government regulations.

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
    Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees and the general public.

Math Ability
    Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

    Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Job Function

The Office Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management and changing priorities of the headquarters office.

Specialization     Secretarial / Admin
Application Deadline Job Type Full-time Sector Secretarial / Admin Location Kano

Marketer wants FG to remove subsidy on petroleum products

An Ilorin-based petroleum products marketer, Alhaji Abdulkareem Sanni, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to totally remove subsidy on all petroleum products.

Sanni told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that subsidy, from his own personal assessment, had become a source through which some individuals “milk the nation dry’’.

He also alleged that corruption in the oil sector had become worrisome and needed drastic measures to tackle. The marketer urged government to critically check activities in the oil industry, claiming that the action of some players in the sector was a negation of government’s reform programmes.

“If they want to remove subsidy on oil, let them remove it totally so that we will know actually where we are going.

“This is because there are lots of damages incurred in subsidy, more than the benefits we are deriving from it. By the time it is removed, we will know who is who,’’ he said.

Sanni claimed that a lot of money which was earlier not budgetted for had been spent on kerosene, thus leading to a probe by the National Assembly.

“Only one truck of kerosene was often brought for six or more filling stations in Ilorin to share for sale, as against between 30 or 40 trucks of the product usually said to have been sent to dealers in the town.

“This is bad, and it shows that a lot of things are wrong in the whole set-up,’’ he said.

By Daily Post Staff on March 24, 2014

I’ll donate N12m confab allowance to charity — Falana

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said he would donate his Federal Government allowance for the ongoing National Conference, totalling N12m, to charity.

Mr. Femi Falana

He said he would not reject the allowances like some of his colleagues but would give it to the needy. He said this was to prevent a possible diversion of the money.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria is the third out of the 492 delegates at the conference to decline spending the money. Others are Pastor Tunde Bakare, and a former President, Nigeria Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, also a SAN.

The confab, which began on March 17, 2014, will last for three months. Each delegate will be paid N4m per month.

In an exclusive interview with our correspondent on Friday, Falana said, “I once rejected rams and rice sent to me for Christmas by a state government but I found out that they were not returned to the sender; they were diverted by those who brought them.

“Since then, I have learnt to collect such gifts and donate them to the poor, who really need them.”

Falana stated that while a number of groups could sponsor their members; students, the physically-challenged, pensioners, workers and “other economically disadvantaged people” at the confab needed government support.

He added, “Those are the delegates who should be sponsored by the Federal Government. It does not make any economic sense to pay N12m to ex-governors, captains of industries, retired generals and other members of the national bourgeoisie.

“Why pay allowances to those who live in their own houses in Abuja or those who are accommodated in posh hotels by their state governments?

“I am aware that Pastor Tunde Bakare and Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, have announced that they would not take the allowances. That is commendable. I know both of them. They are very comfortable. In my case, I shall collect the allowances and give them to the needy.”


Falana, however, said he would consult with his colleagues in the civil society organisations, which he is representing at the confab, on the specific charity to give the money to.

MARCH 23, 2014 BY LEKE BAIYEWU 

National Conference: North shelves plan to walk out

The umbrella body of northern Nigeria, Arewa Consultative Forum, has said the North has buried its initial plan to walk out of the National Conference, if the agenda of the conference does not address issues that affect the North.

Spokesperson for the Yoruba socio-political group,

 Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin

A communiqué issued by the Northern Elders’ Forum after its two-day meeting in Kano on March 11, 2014, had asked delegates to the conference to stage a walkout whenever it became clear that their interest was at stake.

The northern elders had also dismissed the national conference saying, it “lacks a constitutional basis or any form of legitimacy or authority to speak for the people of the North or other Nigerians.”

They also said the proceedings, conclusions and recommendations of the confab would not be accepted by the people of the North.

After a retreat of northern delegates to the National Conference on Thursday in Abuja, the ACF however stated that the North would fully participate in the conference.

The National Publicity Secretary of the forum, Mr. Muhammadu Ibrahim, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the ‘Kano Declaration’ had become a thing of the past, saying they were only interested in the unity of Nigeria.

He said, “Forget about the ‘Kano Declaration’ that the North may stage a walkout. It is now a buried issue. We are participating fully in the conference. We are participating because we are interested in the unity of Nigeria.”

A major outcome of the retreat was the formation of an alliance between the core North (North-West and North-East) and the Middle Belt (North-Central) under an umbrella called the Northern Delegates’ Forum.

The NDF, which is co-chaired by the Chairman, ACF, Ibrahim Coomassie, and Chairman, Middle Belt Forum, Prof. Jerry Gana, would serve as a platform for the delegates from the 19 states of the North.

A communiqué released at the end of the retreat stated that the NDF, in collaboration with appointed members of the North’s think-tank, would harmonise the positions of all parts of the region.

Meanwhile, the South-South and South-West delegates to the national conference have started reaching out to delegates from other zones, to drum up support for regional autonomy.

SUNDAY PUNCH gathered in Abuja, on Friday, that the delegates had begun to convene caucus meetings to discuss the matter.

At various times, prominent Nigerians from the two zones had canvassed for regional autonomy and fiscal federalism, stressing that more powers should be devolved to the regions.

Speaking during the week, the spokesperson for the Ijaw Republican Assembly, Mrs. Annkio Briggs, who is also a delegate at the National Conference, confirmed the development to SUNDAY PUNCH.

She added that the South-South was going to align with the South-West and other groups on fiscal federalism and regional autonomy.

She said, “Our demand for self-determination is not about breaking up Nigeria. It is like regionalism, which Nigeria used to practised. It’s the military that scattered it.

“At the conference, we will agree with groups that have a similar position with us. For instance, the South-West also believes in fiscal federalism and regional autonomy. If they put that on the table, we will support them. We will also put it on the table.”

Brigss was, however, quick to add that the South-South would support any other geopolitical zone that presented any issue that would be beneficial to the Nigerian federation.

“If the Igbo put something on the table, we will support them. I hope they would also support our positions, if they agree with them,” Briggs said.

She added the search of liked-minded groups for consensus would help to rebuild Nigeria on the basis of justice, trust, equality and brotherhood.

Speaking in a similar vein, spokesperson for the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, told SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday that the South-West, South-South, South-East and the Middle Belt shared similar views on the issue of true federalism.

Odunmakin, who is one of the South-West delegates to the conference, said these geopolitical zones would push for federalism with “a little autonomy” at the regional level. He added that the true federalism being canvassed for, would have regional autonomy and resource control as its components.

He said, “A peep into the agenda of the geopolitical zones shows that there are a lot of stakeholders who share common interests. Quite a number of zones are saying that Nigeria has to be a truly federal country, with a little regional autonomy. These zones are the South-West, South-East, South-South and the Middle Belt. We have yet to know the actual position of the North on this.

“The idea is to build a consensus around issues; that is the way to go. The challenge is how to convince others into buying our ideas.”

Also, the Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum, Mr. John Dara, confirmed that the delegates from the zone had met with other zones to set an agenda for the conference. However, he did not name the areas where the zone and others would collaborate.

Rather, he said the zone had taken decisions on the issues it considered as priorities. According to him, these issues are peace, security and sustainable development.

Dara said, “Having identified our focus, we have reached out to all the zones in southern Nigeria. People should not presume that we are in perpetual enmity with any part of the country.

“We believe that the Middle Belt, as our name implies, should be a bridge between the north and the South. We should foster unity, peace and stability. We are reaching out to all interest groups in Nigeria to make sure this conference is a success.”

As for federalism, he said, “The concept of true federalism is a misnomer. Federalism is either federalism or not federalism. Federalism is when you have federating units coming together to form a nation where they share resources and responsibilities.

“Federalism always needs adjustments or fine-tuning in terms of what will be the responsibility of the government at the centre and the responsibilities of the federating units.”

However, early indications that northern delegates are likely to oppose the lobby for fiscal federalism or autonomy for state emerged on Thursday, after a retreat organised by the Arewa Consultative Forum.

A Kano State delegate, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, said Nigeria had “federal units” and not “federating units” as proponents of fiscal federalism would want others to believe.

He said, “What is it they call fiscal federalism? Why are we talking about federating units as opposed to federal units? Federating units are quasi-independent countries that agreed to come together and devolve certain powers to a federal or central government. They would also agree to devolve certain financial control commensurate to the powers devolved to the central government.

“But every state in Nigeria today is not a federating unit, it is a federal state. It is a creation of the Federal Government. “If the Federal Government decides to withhold money generated by it, it is justified in law. The states, which make up our federal system today, are a creation of the fiat of the Federal Government.”

He explained that he and his northern colleagues were prepared to build a  consensus with delegates from every part of the country on issues of common national interest. However, he said they were not prepared to “indulge anyone” whose idea was based on narrow, self-serving interests.

The Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, who is also a delegate to the conference said the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation had decided that no Igbo group would canvass for the dismemberment of the Nigerian state no matter how stormy  sessions become during the conference.


He said, “There is no cause for alarm. Ohanaeze Ndigbo, just like other Igbo groups, believes in the unity of Nigeria, where there is equity and justice for all. We would do the best to ensure that this is actualised at the conference. Any deviant is not a patriotic Nigerian.”


MARCH 23, 2014 BY JOHN ALECHENU, ALLWELL OKPI, LEKE BAIYEWU AND OZIOMA UBABUKOH 

NCC raids 10 locations, arrests 5, recovers N30m

The Nigeria Copyrights Commission has raided 10 pirate locations in Enugu State and arrested three suspects as well as recovered contrivances worth N30m.

The NCC saidon Saturday, in Enugu, that the raid followed a complaint from cable network providers such as Multi-choice Nigeria.

Two teams of copyrights inspectors and 20 Anti-terrorism Unit officers embarked on the enforcement action within Enugu metropolis.

In another development, the Commission also carried out a raid at E Line in Ogbete Market, Enugu on some shops selling various types of “dongles” which are mainly used for piracy.

This resulted in the arrest of two persons and recovery of items such as Q-Sats and
A-Z Skys were confiscated.

South-East Zonal Manager of the NCC, Mrs. Ngozi Okeke, said the recent enforcement actions were in continuation of the war against piracy, which the Commission has been waging over the years.

“This war has been intensified since assumption of office of our present Director General, Mr. Afam Ezekude, in the last few years and it is continuing,” Okeke said.

She also said the activities of the NCC are a signal to pirates who have refused to listen to its appeal to desist from piracy and engage in meaningful ventures.

“All the contrivances are items of infringement. They (pirates) will be prosecuted and be made to face the wrath of law. There is no hiding place for them,” Okeke added.

MARCH 23, 2014 BY OZIOMA UBABUKOH, ENUGU 

Why I got divorced...


Sad story of AKPOS !!


Last week was my birthday.... My wife didn't wish me.... My parents forgot and so did my kids....


I went to work.. Even my colleagues didn't wish me..


As I entered my cabin my secretary said, "Happy Birthday Boss"..

I felt so special.... She asked me out to lunch....

After lunch, she invited me to her apartment.... i felt she wanted sex , without hesitating i agreed

WE went there.... She said, "Do you mind if i go into the bedroom for a minute ?"
"OKAY", I said....

She came out 5minutes later with a cake And My Wife, My Parents, My Kids, My
Friends & My Colleagues....
All Screaming, SURPRISE....
And
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I was waiting on the sofa naked...