Vacancies

Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) was incorporated in 2006 with a mission to provide a national core infrastructure that facilitates internet operations in Nigeria to localize traffic as well as reduce local internet routing cost. Therefore the organization seeks energetic and self motivated personnel to fill a vacant position within the organization

Business Development Executive: Reporting to the CEO, the Business Development Executive will be primarily responsible for:

• coordinating the development and implementation of business development strategic plans and policies
• seeking new business opportunities for business growth and expansion
• promoting and maintaining excellent relationship with existing customers;  providing after sales support to ensure customers’ retention
• meeting with customers and prospects to deliver presentations on business proposals
• working with IT department to develop solutions that meets customers’ needs and requirements
• coordinating the Sales team in driving sales activities to win new businesses from existing and prospective customers
• ensuring sales targets are met, negotiating and closing deals with customers
• keeping up to date with market trends, tracking competitors’ activities and customers’ needs
• keeping up-to-date with industry standards, developments, trends and activities
• promoting company’s image and representing the company in industry matters
• preparation of tenders and relevant documents for bids
• conducting periodic site surveys
• carry out other activities as assigned by the CEO

Qualifications, Attributes and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Business Administration/ Management, Marketing or related field with a minimum of Second Class Lower
• Work experience in a highly professional, close-knit, team-focused environment
• Minimum of 5 years progressive work experience in a related field
• Ability to develop, define and articulate strategy business plans

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with management, customers/partner organizations
• Good presentation and negotiation skills
• Familiarity with company’s activities and industry
• Expertise in relationship management

Interested and qualified candidates should send their curriculum vitae to jobs@lohiconsult.ng using position applied for as subject of the email not later than 2 weeks from the date of this publication.

Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) is an independent not-for-profit, self regulatory and self governing organization founded on March 23, 2005 as a stakeholder-led organization, charged with the responsibility of managing the “.ng” country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) name space in the public interest of Nigerians and global internet community.

The Association seeks an energetic and self motivated personnel to fill the following vacant position within the organization:

Software Developer: -Reporting to the Head, Technical Services, whilst working with a team of other developers on diverse projects, the Software Developer will be primarily responsible for:

• Reviewing current application software;
• Presenting ideas for system improvements;
• Working closely with staff on systems improvement;
• Producing detailed specifications and writing program codes;
• Debugging existing source code;
• Testing the product in a controlled, real situation before going live;
• Maintaining systems/applications once they are up and running;
• Collaborating with clients and other programmers to design and implement features;
• Promptly producing well-organized, optimized, and documented source code;
• Documentation of software tools and user manual for each project;
• Working independently when required;
• Continuously learning and improving IT skills; and
• Carrying out any other task as assigned by the Head, Technical Services.

 Qualifications, Attributes and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/ Electrical or Electronic Engineering with a minimum of Second Class Lower
• Work experience in a highly professional, close-knit, team-focused environment
• Minimum of 4-6 years progressive work experience in a related field
• Proficiency with C#, C++, PHP, HTML, .NET, and Java programming language
• Familiarity with databases (Postresql, Mysql, MSsql), data manipulation languages and the principles of database design
• Ability to work with debian operating system
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
• Expertise in current computer hardware and software installation
• Excellent communication skills (Written and verbal)
• Good Team spirit
• SDLC skills/SDLC agile
• Project management skills

Interested and qualified candidates should send their curriculum vitae to vacancies@lohiconsult.ng using position applied for as subject of the email not later than 1 week from the date of this publication.