www.npower.gov.ng: Npower 2017 Available Programmes / Courses

About NPower: 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.

In sum, N-Power is segmented as follows:

• N-Power Volunteer Corps- 500,000 graduates
• N-Power Knowledge – 25,000 non-graduates
• N-Power Build- 75,000 non-graduates

N-Power Volunteer Programmes
The 2017 N-Power Volunteer Programme is being segmented into two categories which is;

1. The Graduate Programmes
2. The Non-Graduate Programmes

Graduate Programmes

N-Power Agro

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
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

AVAILABLE JOBS
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

N-Power Health 
 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.

DISCIPLINE REQUIREMENTS

1. Community Health Extension (JCHEW & SCHEW)
2. Nursing
3. Midwifery
4. Medical Laboratory Technology
5. Pharmacy Technology
6. Medical Records
7. Health Education
8. Environmental Health Technology
9. Microbiology
10. Biochemistry
11. Biology
12. Agricultural Science and other allied disciplines.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. JCHEW
2. SCHEW
3. NABTEB
4. OND
5. HND
6. RN
7. RM
8. B. Tech
9. B. Sc

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

AVAILABLE JOBS
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

N-Power Teach
 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.

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

AVAILABLE JOBS
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

N-Power Vaids
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

• Unemployed graduates or non graduates
• Currently Unemployed
• Must be a graduate (Bachelors or Higher National Diploma)
• Must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service Corps Programme
• Aged 18-35
• Selection Preference Disciplines: Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Economics, Law, Finance, Psychology and other allied disciplines in the social sciences.

Knowledge and experience:

Essential

• Good knowledge of Microsoft office tools
• Good written and spoken English
• Good phone etiquette
• Excellent Analytical and Diagnostic aptitude
• Desirable: knowledge of tax laws and administration in Nigeria

Duration
9 Months

AVAILABLE JOBS
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

N-Power Knowledge

The N-Power Knowledge programme is the Federal Government’s first step towards diversifying to a knowledge economy. This programme will work alongside the planned eight innovation hubs across the country to provide incubation and acceleration of the technology and creative industries. The programme is a ‘Training to Jobs’ initiative, essentially ensuring that participants can get engaged in the marketplace in an outsourcing capacity, as freelancers, as employees and as entrepreneurs.

N-Power Knowledge consists of:

• N-Power Creative,
• N-Power Tech Hardware,
• N-Power Tech Software

N-Power Build
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

Selection preference

• Currently Unemployed
• No degree or diploma Selection preferences
• Aged between 18-35
• Interest in fixing, building and creating things

Duration
3 Months

AVAILABLE JOBS
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

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