Associate, Grants at Babban Gona

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Associate, Grants

Location: Lagos
Reports to: Principal, Corporate Finance.

Key Responsibilities
Grant Research and Management:

• Managing and supporting the grants requirement and implementation for the organization
• Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grants administration process
• Perform relevant research to identify available grant opportunities and evaluate the results
• Directly involve in grant writing by coordinating with grant writers or coordinators
• Research for effective and authentic funding opportunities having a lawful registration and proven track record
• Oversee if the grants are implemented according to the operational and financial needs of the organization
• Supervise the fundraising team to ensure proper coordination of work
• Keep the relevant staff informed about upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby ensuring smooth completion of work responsibilities
• Oversee if other grant staff (coordinators, writers and administrators) is complying with their job responsibilities
• Oversee the job of invoicing, accounting, reporting, and other administrative functions to ensure successful execution of grant process
• Prepare financial or budget plans and allocation along with the planning and finance department in accordance with each requirement
• Analyze the budget trends and make recommendations for cost control and reduction for various grants
• Provide detailed reports to the funders and the board of directors with respect to the organization’s progress
• Monitor paperwork and other related documents connected with grant-funded programs
• Maintain records of all payments and receivables and prepare monthly records for all grant-related activities
• Provide training to the new staff on grants management and reporting requirements
• Designing grant programs and determining funding needs.
• Preparing and monitoring budgets, and managing timelines and deliverables.
• Be involved in all relevant 3rd party relationships including investors, banking relationships, auditors etc.

Methodical and Strategic thinking:

• Devise a plan of action that will make the grants raising easy and feasible.
• Identify potential grant support from government agencies, foundations, and corporations to meet the financial and operational needs of the organization.

Grants and Budgeting experience:

• Ability to perform grant research, grant writing, grant program design and implementation, compliance and grant reporting.
• Excellent project management skills with experience in managing and supervising administrative projects
• Excellent organizational skills and strong command over written and verbal communication
• Good understanding of the organization’s overall business and its objectives
• Possess good knowledge of planning and strategizing financial and budgeting issues
• Ability to work within a team and provide support to the junior staff
• Ability to perform in cross-functional team approach and job responsibilities
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
• Experience with basic financial management skills including developing and monitoring budgets and financial reporting
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results on time with attention to detail.
• Proficient in using computers with related knowledge of software programs and Internet

Start-Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast-paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Work Location

• Babban Gona currently operates a decentralized model with 10 offices spread across Nigeria.
• This role would be based in Lagos.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.