N-Power Application
Portal Open 2017: Federal
Government’s policies on economic, employment and social development, otherwise
known as N-Power is out again for
the second phase (June to July 2017).
HINTS
Federal
Government’s policies on economic, employment and social development, otherwise
known as N-Power is out again for
the second phase. Application is ongoing between the periods: months of June to July 2017. This
second Phase is only meant for Graduate Category (N-Power Volunteer Corps). You will recall that the first Phase was
carried out in 2016 with the full commencement of training and work in
November/December 2016.
FACTS
Skills
and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development.
Despite the current high level of unemployment, harnessing Nigeria’s young
demography through appropriate skill development efforts provides an
opportunity to achieve inclusion and productivity within the country.
Large-scale skill development is the main policy thrust of the N-Power
Programme.
N-Power
is also linked to the Federal Government’s policies in the economic, employment
and social development arenas. N-Power addresses the challenge of youth
unemployment by providing a structure for large scale and relevant work skills
acquisition and development while linking its core and outcomes to fixing
inadequate public services and stimulating the larger economy. The modular
programmes under N-Power will ensure that each participant will learn and
practice most of what is necessary to find or create work. The N-Power
Volunteer Corp involves a massive deployment of 500,000 trained graduates who will
assist to improve the inadequacies in our public services in education, health
and civic education. Some of these graduates will also help in actualising
Nigeria’s economic and strategic aspirations of achieving food security and
self-sufficiency.
N-Power
will also be a platform for diversifying the economy. N-Power is preparing
young Nigerians for a knowledge economy where, equipped with world-class skills
and certification, they become innovators and movers in the domestic and global
markets. Nigeria will have a pool of software developers, hardware service
professionals, animators, graphic artists, building services professionals,
artisans and others. N-Power also focuses on providing our non-graduates with
relevant technical and business skills that enhance their work outlook and
livelihood.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
The
current June - July 2017 Application process only applies to the Graduate
Category (N-Power Volunteer Corps). The selection process for 2016 applicants in
all Non-Graduate Categories (N-Power Knowledge and N-Power Build) is underway
and the training and engagement of successful applicants will be done in
batches. At this time, this ongoing application is not open to the non-Graduate
Categories.
1. N-POWER BUILD
OVERVIEW
N-Power
Build is an accelerated training and certification (Skills to Job) programme
that will engage and train 75,000 young unemployed Nigerians in order to build
a new crop of skilled and highly competent workforce of technicians, artisans
and service professionals. The focus industries include:
- →
Building Services
- →
Construction
- →
Built Environment Services
- →
Utilities
- →
Automotive
- →
Aluminium and Gas
- →
Currently Unemployed
- →
No degree or diploma Selection preferences
- →
Aged between 18-35
- →
Interest in fixing, building and creating things
- →
3 Months
JOB
N-Power Build
members can aspire to a career in construction, works and housing. Possible
destinations include:
·
→Building/Construction
Project Management
·
→Furniture
Making and Design
·
→Electrical
Maintenance and Repairs Services
·
→Building
and Construction services
·
→Plumbing
·
→Welding
2.
N-POWER TEACH
OVERVIEW
N-Power Teach
Volunteers will help improve basic education delivery in Nigeria. N-Power Teach
Volunteers will be deployed as teacher assistants in primary schools around
Nigeria. They will not replace the current teachers, but will work as support
teachers across Nigeria, assisting with teaching, school management and other
functions within the schools. Where possible, they will also assist in taking
basic education to children in marginalised communities.
STEM
Do
you have any skills related to computer programming, computer graphics design,
computer generated images, animation, server administration, database
management, networking, etc.? Then, N-Power needs you.
SELECTION
PREFERENCE
All
post-tertiary graduates from all disciplines inclusive of OND and NCE
qualifications.
DURATION
·
→
2 Years
* Participants will undergo an initial
induction training prior to deployment
JOB
Ultimately,
N-Power Teach volunteers can aspire to a life-long career in teaching or allied
fields. Possible destinations include:
·
→
Professional Teaching
·
→
Researcher, Research Associate, Senior Research Analyst
·
→
Education Consultant, Associate,
·
→
Strategy Consultant
·
→
Education Services Manager
·
→
Project Manager
·
→
Project Supervisor
·
→
Social services analyst
3. N-POWER AGRO
OVERVIEW
N-Power Agro Volunteers will provide advisory services to farmers across
the country. They will disseminate the knowledge that has been aggregated by
the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the area of
extension services. They will also gather data of Nigeria’s agriculture assets.
SELECTION PREFERENCE
Bachelor’s degree, HND or OND in
Nutrition, Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Animal
Science, Crop Science, Food Science & Technology, and other agro related
disciplines.
DURATION
·
→
2 Years
*Participants will undergo an initial
induction training prior to deployment
JOB
Ultimately, N-Power
Agro members can aspire to a life-long career in agriculture and other allied
fields. Possible destinations include:
·
→Agriculture
Extension Services Consultant
·
→Seed
fertilizer and other input aggregators
·
→Farm
managers
·
→Public
sector jobs in agriculture
·
→Farming
co-operatives management
·
→Agro-entrepreneurship
4.
THE VOLUNTARY ASSET AND INCOME DECLARATION
SCHEME (VAIDS)
OVERVIEW
The
Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) seeks to encourage
non-compliant and partially compliant taxpayers to voluntarily declare their
correct income and assets and pay the appropriate tax due to the government.
A minimum of 3,700 N-Power VAIDS
volunteers will be selected to assist in attaining the objectives of VAIDS,
working with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Joint Tax Board. The
N-Power VAIDS volunteers will function as community tax liaison officers and
will have the following key responsibilities which will include tax promotion,
document review, record keeping, answering online inquiries, customer
management, report writing, amongst others.
SELECTION PREFERENCE
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→
Unemployed graduates or non-graduates
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→
Currently Unemployed
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→
Must be a graduate (Bachelors or Higher National Diploma)
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→
Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service Corps Programme
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Aged 18-35
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Selection Preference Disciplines: Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma
(HND) in Economics, Law, Finance, Psychology and other allied disciplines in
the social sciences.
Essential Knowledge and experience:
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Good knowledge of Microsoft office tools
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Good written and spoken English
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Good phone etiquette
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Excellent Analytical and Diagnostic aptitude
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Desirable: knowledge of tax laws and administration in Nigeria
- → 9 Months
JOB
Ultimately,
N-Power VAIDS volunteers can aspire to a life-long career in finance or allied
fields. Possible destinations include:
·
→
Tax Assessor/ Collector.
·
→
Financial Analyst
·
→
Tax Auditor
·
→
Legal and Compliance Manager
·
→
Accountant
5.
THE N-POWER CREATIVE
OVERVIEW
The
N-Power Creative programme will train and develop 5,000 young creative talents.
The strategy is to put our creative industry on the global radar as exporters
of world-class services and content. Training will last 3 months, made up of
1-month in-class and a 2-month hands-on group project, across selected Nigerian
cities. The participants will be trained and certified in one of the following
courses:
·
Animation
·
Graphic
Design
·
Post-production
·
Script
Writing
At the
end of the training, some participants will get local and international
internship opportunities while others will be linked to job and market
opportunities. In addition, all participants will receive computing devices
that will ensure that they master their skills during and after the training.
SELECTION PREFERENCE
·
→Unemployed
graduates or non-graduates
·
→Must
be between 18-35 years old
·
→Basic
illustration skills will be an advantage for animation and graphic arts
·
→For
Script Writing, creative writing skills and analytical writing skills will be
an advantage
·
→Problem
solving skills
·
→Ability
to undertake self-tutorship
·
→Detail-oriented
·
→Analytical
- → 3 Months
JOB
·
→Building/Construction
Project Management
·
→
Animator
·
→Script
Writer
·
→
Illustrator
·
→
Graphics Designer
·
→
Sound Editor
·
→
Film Editor
·
→
Visual Effects Artist
·
→
Game Design
·
→
Desktop Publishing
·
→
Digital Media Publishing
·
→
Educational/Training Content Production
6.
N-POWER HEALTH
OVERVIEW
N-Power Health Volunteers will help improve and promote preventive
healthcare in their communities to vulnerable members of the society including
pregnant women and children and to families and individuals.
SELECTION PREFERENCE
Preference
will be given to holders of Bachelor’s degree, HND, OND, in health sciences
such as Medicine, Microbiology, Nursing, Public Health, Botany, Midwifery,
Psychology or other allied disciplines in the sciences.
A. DISCIPLINE
REQUIREMENTS
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→
1. Community Health Extension (JCHEW & SCHEW)
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→
2. Nursing
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→
3. Midwifery
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→
4. Medical Laboratory Technology
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→
5. Pharmacy Technology
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→
6. Medical Records
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→
7. Health Education
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→
8. Environmental Health Technology
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→
9. Microbiology
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→
10. Biochemistry
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→
11. Biology
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→
12. Agricultural Science and other allied disciplines.
B.
QUALIFICATIONS
·
→
1. JCHEW
·
→
2. SCHEW
·
→
3. NABTEB
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→
4. OND
·
→
5. HND
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→
6. RN
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→
7. RM
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→
8. B. Tech
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→
9. B. Sc
C. QUALIFYING
INSTITUTIONS
·
→1.
Schools of Health Technology
·
→2.
Nursing Schools
·
→3.
Midwifery Schools
·
→4.
Polytechnics
·
→5.
Universities
DURATION
·
→
2 Years
*
Participants will undergo an initial induction training prior to deployment
JOB
Ultimately,
N-Power Health volunteers can aspire to a life-long career in public health and
other allied fields. Possible destinations include:
·
→Health
Education Specialist
·
→Health
Promotion Coordinator
·
→Public
Relations Manager
·
→Breastfeeding
Support Coordinator
·
→Health
Office Administrator
·
→Health
Research Analyst
·
→Social
Worker & Counselor
·
→Health
Services Manager
·
→Health
Department Administrator
·
→Government
Policy Analyst
·
→Displaced
Persons Coordinator
·
→HIV/AIDS
Educator
·
→Project
Manager in Public Health
·
→Field
Investigator
·
→Research
Analyst
·
→Community
Health Worker
7.
THE N-POWER TECH. (HARDWARE)
OVERVIEW
To empower at
least 10,000 computer device technicians into the ICT Industry.
The
N-Power Tech. for device technicians program will train and facilitate tooling
for at least 10,000 technicians to boost the device servicing and manufacturing
industry. The output of this program will serve as a critical catalyst for the
expansion of local capacity to service and produce mobile phones, tablets,
computers and other relevant devices to serve the local and international market.
Participants will undergo a hands-on training experience wherein they will be
exposed to practical processes and tools to assemble and repair devices of
varying specifications. At the end often program, participants will be armed
with the requisite technical skills to service devices in their local
communities as well as work in a device assembly plant. The program will take 3
months of training and 1 month of assessment, graduation and setup.
Participants will be advised on opportunities to acquire tools to practise.
- → Unemployed
graduates or non-graduates
- → Must be
between 18-35 years old
- → Problem
solving skills
- → Ability to
undertake self-tutorship
- → 3 Months
JOBS
·
→
Assembly Plant Technician
·
→
Trainer
·
→
Device network technician
·
→
Device maintenance
·
→
Device Technician
8.
THE
N-POWER TECH (SOFTWARE)
OVERVIEW
To empower
10,000 Software Developers into the ICT Industry.
The N-Power Tech for developers
programme will train, tool and position 10,000 hands-on software developers for
the local and international software development market. Participants will
undergo a project based model to training wherein they will be exposed to
foundational software development tools as well as resources to thrive as a
modern day software developer entrepreneur. The programme will seek to
establish the foundation knowledge, tools and platform upon which participants
can pursue a career as software development entrepreneurs. Training will last
11 weeks and culminate with job fairs to link participants with placement
opportunities within their respective localities. The programme will also offer
a continuity platform to support participants with learning and engagement
opportunities on a continuous basis. Participants will be enabled with a device
to continue the practice and exploration of opportunities after training.
SELECTION PREFERENCE
·
→Unemployed
graduates or non-graduates
·
→Must
be between 18-35 years old
·
→Problem
solving skills
·
→Ability
to undertake self-tutorship
·
→Detail-oriented
·
→Analytical
- → 3 Months
Training
JOB
·
→App
Developer
·
→Game
Developer
·
→Web
Developer
·
→Computer
System Analyst
·
→Systems
Software Developer
·
→Software
Tester
·
→Trainer