NPC Begins Ad-hoc Staff Recruitment for the 2023 Census

A Short Overview of National Population Commission (NPC)

The National Population Commission (NPC) has been around for more than 40 years. The National Census Board, which oversaw the 1973 Census and was led by the late Justice Adetokunbo Ademola, served as the agency's hub.

 

After the exercise, the ad-hoc organization changed its name to the National Population Bureau. Its present name is National Population Commission.

 

 

General Requirements for the NPC’s Ad-hoc Staff Recruitment

To be eligible for consideration and engagement as a functionary or staff in the 2023 Census, all candidates must have the following general requirements apart from other specified basic qualifications and requirements:

1.   National Identification Number (NlN)

2.   Valid and functional Gmail account

3.   Valid and functional Phone number

4.   Valid and functional commercial Bank account (No student/NYSC account)

5.   Valid educational qualifications

6.   Access to and knowledge on the use of computers, tablets and smartphones is an added advantage.

 

 

The Timeline for the NPC's E-Recruitment Exercise

Below is the outlined timeline for the National Population Commission e-recruitment exercise of ad-hoc functionaries for the 2023 Population and Housing Census (PHC) ranging from e-recruitment team, launching of portal, internal review of system, re-orientation of State Recruitment Review Team (SRRT), step-down training of Local Government Area Recruitment Review Team (LRRT), commencement of applicants' screening and close of portal, including the activities respective dates and places.

 

 

Basic Qualifications and Requirements for the Census Functionaries to Be Recruited for the 2023 Population and Housing Census

 

1. FACILITATORS

The facilitators would be persons that have had a survey experience and computer proficient.

 

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements for Facilitators

1.   Must be a Nigerian

2.   Preferably Teachers or Lecturers

3.   Have a minimum of HND/First Degree

4.   Be between the age range of 35-60 years

5.   Survey field experience would be an added advantage

6.   Must have good presentation and teaching skills

7.   Can speak and communicate in good English

8.   Have a functional email

9.   Have a functional phone number

10. Have a National Identification Number

11. Have basic office tools skills (Word and PowerPoint and Excel is an added advantage)

 

Job Description for Facilitators

He or She must internalize the training manual and be able to deliver to all other census functionaries.

 

2. FIELD COORDINATORS

A field coordinator coordinates the activities of 5 supervisors and about 50 enumerators, to qualify as a Field Coordinator he or she must have the following eligibility criteria or requirements.

 

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements for Field Coordinators

1.   Be a Nigerian

2.   Preferably Civil Servant or Teachers

3.   Have a minimum of HND/First Degree

4.   Be between the age range of 35 -50 years

5.   Have survey field experience

6.   Have managerial skills

7.   Can speak English

8.   Have a functional email

9.   Have a functional phone number

10. Have a National Identification Number

11. Have basic office tools skills (Knowledge of Excel is an added advantage)

 

Job Description for Field Coordinators

Field Coordinators are deployed to cover about 5 SAs during Census. Duties and responsibilities of a field coordinator are:

1.   Be responsible for approximately five supervisors and between 30 and 50 enumerators.

2.   Assists in the protocols and community entries into the institutions and communities

3.   Addresses maps and boundary challenges within their assigned areas

4.   Ensures that the supervisors are always on the field

5.   Receives feedback and gives feedback to supervisors and enumerators

6.   Clears the Field Supervisors after completion of their task.

7.   Recommend replacements and reassignment of EA IDs where necessary during census exercise.

8.   Coordinate logistics of human resource and materials within the assigned area.

9.   Report to the Comptroller the replacement of enumerators and supervisors who are unable to perform their duties satisfactorily; or who should be replaced for any other reason.

 

3. DATA QUALITY MANAGERS (DQM)

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements for Data Quality Managers (DQM)

1.   Be a Nigerian

2.   Preferably Civil Servant with ICT bias or Teachers

3.   Have a minimum of HND/First Degree

4.   Be between the age range of 25 -50 years

5.   Have survey field experience

6.   Have managerial skills

7.   Can speak English

8.   Have a functional email

9.   Have a functional phone number

10. Have a National Identification Number

11. Have basic office tools skills (Excel and other ICT related packages are an additional advantage.

 

Job Description for Data Quality Managers (DQM)

These are officers assigned with the task of ensuring that the census data collection process is smooth and the census data is correct, complete, and consistent with the principles of the census. He monitors the inflow of data so that any EA that is not streamed will be noted and corrected immediately. His other roles include:

1.   Collaborating with Census trainers and Comptrollers for successful functionaries profiling and EA assignment

2.   Distribution of EA assignment areas to enumerators through the Census Message Portal

3.   Sending of EA assignments to enumerators and supervisors

4.   Validation of Enumeration Area data after listing.

5.   Checking for data completeness and consistency during enumeration.

6.   Provide Information to field coordinators (Data quality Assistants) for ground truthing activities.

7.   Responsible to the State Census Coordinators

8.   Liaises with the Comptroller for logistics management of PDAs

9.   Provide technical backstop on the functionality of the PDA to the enumerator;

10. To liaise with the field supervisors in ensuring that the rules and procedures of electronic data gathering are followed.

11. All issues about the operations and functionality of the PDAs are reported to the DQMs.

 

4. QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSISTANTS/ROVERS

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements for Quality Assurance Assistants or Rovers

1.   Be a Nigerian

2.   Speak the language of the local community

3.   Have a minimum of Degree or HND.

4.   Be between the age range of 25-45 years

5.   Have survey field experience

6.   Have managerial skills

7.   Can speak English

8.   Have a functional email

9.   Have a functional phone number

10. Have a National Identification Number

 

Job Description for Quality Assurance Assistants or Rovers

The Quality Assurance Assistants or Rovers are to assist the field coordinators by moving from one EA to the other to ensure fieldwork is carried out smoothly. He is mobile and covers five SAs. His other responsibilities- include;

1.   Reporting all the technical problems to the field coordinator.

2.   For all flagged within his assigned boundary, he does ground truthing.

3.   He ensures that real-time correction is affected.

4.   Renders assistance to the enumerators when they are having issues with the PDA (i.e. give ICT support).

 

5. FIELD SUPERVISOR

A Field Supervisor is the team lead of between three and six pairs of Enumerators. To be a Field Supervisor he or she must have the following eligibility criteria or requirements.

 

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements for Field Supervisor

1.   Be a Nigerian

2.   Speak the language of the local community

3.   Have a minimum of OND

4.   Be between the age range of 25-50 years

5.   Have survey field experience

6.   Have managerial skills

7.   Can speak English

8.   Have a functional email

9.   Have a functional phone number

10. Have a National Identification Number

 

Job Description for Field Supervisor

A Field Supervisor is the team lead of between three and six pairs of Enumerators. S/he works closely with the Field Coordinator. The Supervisor:

1.   Handles all difficulties the enumerators might report to him/her, including non-contacts and refusals

2.   Checks that enumerators have visited all dwellings in the Enumeration Areas (EAs) assigned to their team.

3.   Establishes good working relationships with military, civil, village head and other authorities to ensure that work goes smoothly

4.   Carries out monitoring visits in each EA and makes a daily report to the Field Coordinator on the progress of the census work.

5.   Ensure as much as possible the security of enumerators working under him/her.

6.   Clears the enumerators after completion of their task.

 

6. ENUMERATORS

Enumerators are key to the census process and as such are the front-line soldiers in the entire census army.

 

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements for Enumerators

An enumerator must:

1.   Be a Nigerian

2.   ICT Proficiency

3.   Speak the language of the local community

4.   Can read and write English

5.   Basic Literacy in Mathematics

6.   Have a minimum of SSCE

7.   Be between the age range of 20- 35 years

8.   Have a functional email and phone number

9.   Have a National Identification Number

 

Job Description for Enumerators

Enumerators are the most important census functionaries. Duties and responsibilities of an enumerator are:

1.   To interact with the public and obtain census data;

2.   To interview all households and individuals in the EAs assigned, using the appropriate forms/questionnaire in the Electronic Data Collection Device and complete the record of work;

3.   Responsible to, and report back to his/her Field Supervisor daily;

4.   Receive instructions and feedback if any, from the Data Quality Manager through Data Quality Assistant in the LGA;

5.   Refers to the DQM and DQA for support on PDA issues for troubleshooting if the issue cannot be handled by the supervisor or field coordinator.

 

7. MONITORING & EVALUATION OFFICERS

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an essential component of census activities. Training, deployment of field materials and equipment, field operations during building numbering & household listing and persons’ enumeration will be monitored.

 

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements for Monitoring & Evaluation Officers

1.   Must have at least a BSc/HND

2.   Must have at least five years’ experience in surveys and census activities with at least two years’ experience in the most recent surveys (NURHI, NDHS, VASA, NEDS, NMIS, etc.)

3.   Must have at least three years’ experience in data collection

4.   Good presentation skills

5.   Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)

6.   Basic understanding and use of data collection applications (CSEntry, Census PAD, EAD PAD, Survey Solution, ODK, etc.)

7.   Basic understanding and use of statistical analysis applications (Stata, SPSS etc.)

8.   Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others

9.   Sampling and questionnaire design ability

10. Good report writing skills

 

Job Description for Monitoring & Evaluation Officers

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officers will play an important role in ensuring that set targets are met at every level of the Census process. He/She will monitor and evaluate the implementation of all planned activities.

 

 

NPC Registration Portal

To apply for the National Population Commission (NPC) recruitment exercise of ad-hoc staff in preparation for the 2023 population and housing census, kindly visit https://2023censusadhocrecruitment.nationalpopulation.gov.ng/nin to register online.

 

 

Deadline for the Online Recruitment Exercise of Ad-hoc Staff through NPC Portal for the 2023 Population and Housing Census (PHC)

The NPC registration portal will be made available for all interested and eligible applicants from today to Wednesday, December 28, 2022 by 11:59pm (closing date and time).

 

It should noteworthy that there is going to be a temporary system closure for internal review from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th November, 2022 (7 days) after the launching of e-recruitment portal.

 

 

NPC’s Contact Information

Below is the official website link and social media handles of the National Population Commission (NPC) to make further enquiries if the need arises.

Website: www.nationalpopulation.gov.ng

Email: info@nationalpopulation.gov.ng

Twitter: natpopcom

Facebook: National Population Commission

lnstagram: npc nigeria

YouTube: NPC Nigeria

 

 

Cogent Hints on the 2022/2023 NPC Recruitment Exercise

The registration for the 2022/2023 National Population Commission (NPC) ad-hoc staff recruitment exercise begins today, and will close on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 by 11:59pm.

 

All registration or application processes for the National Population Commission recruitment exercise are ONLINE and totally FREE for all categories of applicants.

 

Do NOT pay anyone to collect application forms or bribe anyone in order for your name to appear among the successful applicants. It’s a lie. Don’t get scammed.

 

Carefully fill in all the required fields. To avoid mistakes, it is advisable to review or recheck the information provided from the beginning to the end before submitting.

 

Don’t be discouraged if you can’t login or register today or on subsequent days. It may be as a result of the website traffic due to the large number of applicants at the moment. You can try it at midnight when the traffic loads have systematically reduced.

 

Finally, don’t register twice. Double submission usually leads to disqualification for any online registration.

 

 

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