ICT Manager

2 weeks ago

Rivers State, Nigeria Oilserv Group Full-time
  • Ensure that all members of the group IT team fully understand their roles/responsibilities and how their performance will be measured. 
  • Ensure that all members of the group IT team are fully aware of group’s objectives and they all understand how their input contributes to these objectives. 
  • Engender a culture of openness within the department which embraces company values, encourages views and ideas and recognises and respects initiative. 
  • Identify individual development needs within the department and implement effective training, coaching and/or mentoring to address these needs. 

Operational 

  • Identify areas for improvement/automation within the groups business processes and recommend and seek approval for implementing these initiatives. 
  • Set up relevant performance measurements throughout the group’s IT environment and through a process of continual improvement, drive and quantify positive change. 

Set and agree budgets and ensure that departmental spending is monitored, and budgets adhered to. 

  • Ensure that the IT environment is secure and that the groups assets, information and intellectual property are kept safe, private and secure. 
  • Ensures effective help desk service providing timely and appropriate help and advice to systems users 

Management 

  • Establish effective communications within the department which ensures an open flow of communication upwards, downwards and sideways. 
  • Ensure that company performance is regularly shared with the IT team and priorities are adjusted accordingly. 
  • Ensure that risk assessments are regularly carried out and that robust business continuity and disaster recovery plans are in place. Relationships 
  • Maintains close relationships with cross functional colleagues across the group. 
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the leadership team of the group. 
  • Become a respected and valued member of the group and acts as a business partner to other departmental managers.   
  • Develop and maintain relationships with local/international suppliers to ensure that services are delivered on time and in full (SAP AG etc). 

Innovation 

  • Continuously seeks for opportunities to improve business performance through technology and working practices. 
  • Challenges conventional thinking through analysis and comes up with better/cheaper/faster alternatives. 
  • Fosters a culture of continuous improvement through innovation and ensures appropriate recognition for innovative solutions. 
  • Through innovation, drive year on year productivity and service level improvements. 

Quality, Health, Safety & Environment 

  • Drive compliance with Occupational Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies, processes, procedures and applicable laws/legal requirements across Oilserv business. 

Take responsibility for their health & safety and those of stake holders across Oilserv business .



            Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or any other numeric discipline.Minimum of 14 years relevant post-graduation experience  

  • Candidate should have a high level of managerial and inter-personal skills particularly an ability to communicate effectively with all levels within the group whilst also understanding change management techniques to enable him/her to drive change, foster innovation and ensure that IT supports the operations of the group.