Technical Assistant
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience 5 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field Engineering / Technical 
Job Summary
- The Technical Assistant will provide administrative and technical support to the President & CEO to ensure the highest standards and efficient running of the office.
- He/she will ensure that technical and administrative tasks are completed in a timely manner to support the technical personnel in the delivery of the specific piece of work or project.
- He/she will also ensure governance and compliance with legislation and industry standards and provide strategic advice in consultation with key stakeholders.
Accountabilities (Responsibilities)
- Works with the President & CEO in the preparation and presentation of reports, proposals and related activities in servicing and developing contracts and relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Organizing/conducting business review meets in order to track business operational performance in line with the Annual Business Plan.
- Periodically review, update and clarify the strategies with clear deliverables and actionable implementation timelines.
- Work closely with the President & CEO to midwife and superintend new initiatives and business strategies / growth areas within the Group.
- Support technical personnel with project support duties.
- Conduct research, create reports and maintain records with a view to produce relevant and accurate statistics necessary for decision making.
- Provide input to technical studies/research projects, technical reports, project planning, etc.
- Undertake data analysis, identify and investigate variations.
- Develop and maintain technical databases and spreadsheets.
- Respond to external requests for information.
- Liaise with internal and external customers.
- Control internal and external documentation.
- Handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Take phone calls relating to complex projects.
- Perform other related duties as required.
- Manage trend dashboard, prepare dashboard covering the entire business depicting the organizational progress, highlighting the positives and negatives and reporting performance to the President & CEO on timely basis.
- Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of strategic initiatives for the year.
Educational Qualification and professional qualification
- University Degree in Engineering or any related field.
- A Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering will be an advantage.
- Membership of professional bodies; e.g. Nigerian Society of Engineers, National Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPEE), Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE), registration with COREN etc. shall be an advantage.
Years of experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in oil and gas sector, preferably upstream.
Competencies :
The incumbent must have proficient knowledge, skills and abilities in the following areas:
- Ability to write letters, emails, summaries etc. and issue clear guidance.
- Good numeric and negotiation skills
- Sound analytical and investigative skills.
- Ability to solve straightforward and complex problems.
- Political awareness and the ability to escalate issues to Management.
- Ability to progress work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
- Positive attitude and ability to use own initiative.
- Ability to work within set timescales and meet deadlines.
- Tactical, analytical and creative.
- Welcoming, friendly and proactive approach.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and organize others.
- Sound understanding of corporate governance, risk management, records management and corporate communications.
- Proven capacity to develop policy and to contribute to change management initiatives.
- Understanding of corporate information systems and the capacity to develop, adapt and utilize technology to ensure continuous improvement in services.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, adaptable to all levels of the organisation with the experience, confidence and credibility to communicate complex or specialist information to a non-specialist audience, facilitate workshops and deliver presentations.
- Confident and ability to develop and effectively deliver corporate governance policies and strategy, including designing and implementing a risk management and business continuity process incorporating assessment and evaluation.
- Proven research skills and an ability to proactively maintain knowledge and awareness across a broad and diverse spectrum.
- Knowledge and experience of using basic office software to a high standard, with an ability to get the most benefit from the innovative application of existing and new IT software.
Interpersonal Competencies
- Honesty, integrity and loyalty of highest order.
- Devotion, diligence, dedication and discipline.
- Proactive, self driven, detail and result oriented with a positive outlook.
- Good personality, matured and credible.
- Candidate must be delivery conscious and should be able to listen to instructions at all times.
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