RA3 Officer at the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF)

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (“LSETF” or “the Fund”), was established by The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Law 2016 to provide financial support to residents of Lagos State, for job, wealth creation and to tackle unemployment. LSETF serves as an instrument to inspire the creative and innovative energies of all Lagos residents and reduce unemployment across the State. The Fund has the mandate to directly invest ₦25Billion in helping Lagos residents grow and scale their Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (“MSMEs”) or acquire skills to get better jobs

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: RA3 Officer

Location: LSETF, HQ, Lagos State
Job Type: Contract

About LAGOS-CARES Programme

• LSETF seeks vibrant and competent candidates to work and run the Lagos- CARES Programme. The Lagos COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) Programme is a state-level intervention that seeks to mitigate the local effects of the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic at the state-level, by protecting the livelihoods of existing and newly poor and vulnerable households, and supporting the recovery of local economic activity, especially among MSMEs.
• As the State’s MSME intervention agency, LSETF will implement the 3rd Result Area - Facilitating Recovery and Enhancing Capabilities of MSMEs. which is aimed at facilitating the recovery and enhancing capabilities of local MSMEs through interventions designed to reduce the vulnerability and cushion the effect of income-loss brought about by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant disruption to regular commercial activity.
• Achieving the objectives of the 3rd Result Area will be driven using 3 Disbursement Link Indicators (DLIs):
  • DLI1: Conditional Capital Grant for Co-Financing (Credit Grant)
  • DLI2: Conditional Grant to Support Operational Expenditure (Operations Grant)
  • DLI3: Conditional Grant to Support Adoption and Upgrade of Digital Technology (IT Grant)
• This role reports and provides administrative support to the RA 3 Coordinator.

Job Description

• Assist in developing and updating the RA3 implementation strategy document
• Assist in beneficiary mobilization and assessment procedures
• Provide support to the RA3 Coordinator to prepare and deliver a range of products, programs, and schemes for the MSME target beneficiaries and ensure effectiveness of RA3 interventions
• Prepare and execute grant offers and arrange for disbursement of grants in kind
• Assist in conducting on-going review of MSME needs and refine the RA3 interventions to address them to drive uptake across Lagos State
• Assist in monitoring and tracking performance against targets and address relevant gaps.
• Monitor the request of grant beneficiaries and follow up with the timely resolution of such requests
• Conduct periodic reporting of progress with the programs

Qualification & Experience Skills & Competency Requirement

• First Degree or Higher National Diploma certificate (minimum of lower credit) from a recognized higher institution.
• Minimum of 4 years’ cognate experience in related function
• Programme Implementation/Project Management Skills
• Relationship Management Skills
• Organization and Planning
• Business Acumen
• Communication Skills
• Business Writing; Presentation and Report Writing
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Experience in stakeholder/community engagement
• IT Proficiency (MS Office Suite
• Result Orient
• Service Excellence
• Interpersonal Skill & Team Spirit

Application Closing Date
COB 27th February, 2021.