The specific schedules of duties of the DHR in particular and as a Director of the NDE in general are as follows:

a). Strategic Planning For the Department

• Articulating a clear statement of departmental/project objectives.
• Designing practical strategies for achieving the departmental/project objectives.
• Developing departmental/project work break-down with a corresponding organizational structure and functional responsibility chart.
• Establishing the required activities for the department within a given year, logically and sequentially, to a conclusive end.
• Assignment of responsibilities to departmental staff: – Developing a very effective work schedule   leading to an optimized      master plan aimed at achieving departmental results.

b). Preparing regular and timely departmental Work/Action Plans.

c). Carrying out regular performance evaluation reports on projects and staff.

d). Setting time-lines for responsibilities assigned and accessing and utilizing approved resources for the achievement of optimum results.

e). Continuous review of progress made on projects vis-à-vis departmental plans.

f). Analyzing, reporting and exercising control: – Exercising positive   corrective action over unacceptable variances in human resources and project management and submitting regular departmental progress reports accordingly.

g). Preparing from time to time, departmental budgets and up-dated detailed cost estimates of individual work packages.

h). Serving as an Accounting Officer at the departmental level on project costing and staff management. However, as the Director in-charge of Human Resources

Department, the specific schedule of duties is as follows:

a). Responsible for the formulation of Human Resource Policies for effective and efficient use of personnel for optimum productivity.

b). Assisting/ advising the Director-General and the Executive Management on all issues relating to general administration including appointment, promotion, discipline and other routine administrative issues in the Directorate in line with extant rules.

c). Identifying/articulating Staff Welfare and training needs of the Directorate and ensuring that the implementation of the policies affecting Staff Welfare and training are undertaken in line with the provisions Public Service Rules (PSR).

d). Coordinating and supervising the establishment and continuous updating of reliable and standard Human Resource Data Bank for all staff of the Directorate and ensuring that staff records are properly kept and adequately secured.

e). Designing innovative and creative ways of achieving high productivity in staff performance management/appraisal through effective target-setting and the provision of incentives/rewards for excellent performance by the Directorate’s staff.

f). Designing job schedules and assigning responsibilities to subordinate staff as well as the co-ordination and supervision of their collective activities.

g).  Ensuring best practices in pension administration and that staff pension records are properly kept and adequately protected.

h). Advising the Director-General on circulars relating to policy matters    from the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHSF); the Federal Civil Service Commission(FCSC), among others from time to time.

i). Coordinating and supervising the activities of the Records Unit.

j). Ensuring that monthly departmental meetings are held and that minutes of such meetings are forwarded to the Director-General accordingly.

k). Other duties as may be assigned by the Director-General.