If you are passionate about ensuring the safety and security of people around you, then you need to engage yourself with the job opportunities available at NSCDC.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was established in 2003 during the Civil War. As a paramilitary agency, NSCDC is commissioned for the purpose of sensitizing and protecting civilians against threats and any form of war.
At the moment, there are no recruitment opportunities at NSCDC, however, the recently concluded recruitment into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), was declared one of the fairest and most transparent in recent times by the Former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, at the Policy Dialogue on Entrenching Transparency in Public Service Recruitment in Nigeria despite the huge number of applicants who applied for the few positions available.
“For the NSCDC, about 1.5 million applications were registered on the website. Those who met the requirements on age and height were about 750,000. A total of 217,000 applicants uploaded their certificates of which 113,000 were shortlisted to write the CBT but only 53,116 eventually sat for the test. It is from these that 5,000 were picked among the successful ones”.
Careers In Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
According to myJobmag, This is the list of roles that you can apply for at NSCDC:
- Inspector of Corps (IC): The job Requirement for Applicants is an NCE certificate or its equivalent in any related field, obtained from any recognized institution.
- Assistant Inspector of Corps (AIC): Applicants must have obtained a National Diploma (ND) in any related field and from any recognized Polytechnic/Institution.
- Corps assistant(CAiii): The job Requires GCE Ordinary Level, SSCE / NECO, or their equivalents with a minimum of five (5) credits in not more than two sittings which should include at least.
- Corps assistant(CAII): Job Requires GCE Ordinary level, SSCE / NECO, or other equivalents with a maximum of five (5) credits in not more than two sittings, which should include English.
- Superintendent of Corps(SC) Medical Department, Medical And Health Services Cadre: Superintendent Requirements Applicants must be holders of M.B.B.S; M.D; M.D.S; or equivalent from recognized universities. Statutory Requirements
- Superintendent of Corps,(SC) Dentist Department, Medical And Health Services Cadre: Superintendent Requirements Applicants must be holders of M.B.B.S; M.D; M.D.S; or equivalent from recognized universities.
The General requirements to apply for NCDSC are:
- Applicants must be Nigerian by birth.
- Applicants must possess the requisite qualifications. Any certificate or qualification not presented and accepted at the recruitment center shall not be accepted after the recruitment.
- Applicants must be healthy and present a Certificate of Medical Fitness from any recognized Government Hospital.
- Applicants must be of good character and must not have been convicted of any criminal offense.
- Applicants must not belong to any secret society, cult, drug addict group, etc.
- Applicants must not have been involved in any financial embarrassment.
- Applicant’s height must not be less than 1.65m for males and 1.60m for females.
- Applicant’s chest measurement must not be less than 0.87 for men.
- Computer literacy will be an added advantage.
Interested and qualified? Go to Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on cdcfib.career to apply.
