Admin and Operations Officer at Welcome2Africa International

Welcome2Africa International (W2A) is a trade and investment facilitation company, with a special focus on Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector. Our mission at W2A is to become a center of excellence for the facilitation and deployment of investments and trade on the African continent. Through our knowledge dissemination and convening activities along with bespoke client services, we look to catalyze and facilitate finance, investments, and trade into and across Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Admin and Operations Officer

Location: Wuse 2, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Overall Job Purpose

• The Admin and Operations Officer will provide administrative and logistical support also oversee the procurement process of the organization.
• S / he will ensure that the office functions seamlessly at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle routine administrative tasks, to include calls, mail, and electronic communications and routing messages and information to appropriate individuals during Welcome2Africa event.
• Assist in the pre-qualification of vendors, procurement of goods and services.
• Ensure that the organizational need for office equipment, supplies, and furniture are met.
• Maintain office inventory trackers and coordinate equipment maintenance with the relevant departments.
• Day-to-day petty cash management.
• Take minutes of meetings during events and staff meetings.
• Be proactive in organizing staff events.
• Handles assets verification and updating of Assets and inventory register.
• Pro-actively ensure that the office functions well and efficiently ensuring office equipment and stocks of office supplies are maintained.
• Act as first point of contact for office maintenance and security.
• Coordinate logistical support and assist with staff travel, such as hotel booking, ticket reservation, and car arrangement. Support office in distribution of invitations, letter and other printed material as needed. Support office with printing, copying, and binding materials as needed.
• Assist with monthly processing of airtime and data for the effective communication of staff.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics or other relevant field.
• Working knowledge of NGO’s preferable.
• At least 4 years of experience in operations, including procurement of goods and equipment, record management and logistics required.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with a wide range of organizations, beneficiaries, and related parties.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Application Closing Date
11th January, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter as one document detailing their suitability and experience to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: This job description is not contractual and may be amended or revised from time to time, in accordance with the needs of the business. The job description will be reviewed periodically.