Operations Lead, Social Enterprise at an Abuja-based Social Enterprise

We are a Abuja-based social enterprise building something genuinely different. We generate revenue through a circular economy model and direct the majority of that revenue to community impact — education, healthcare, and emergency support for individuals and families who need it most.

We are pre-launch, well-funded, and founder-led. The person who joins us now will help build this from the ground up and will have a direct path to leading it as Managing Director within six months.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Operations Lead, Social Enterprise

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• This is not a management role. This is a founding role.
• You will be the first person on the ground building something that does not exist yet.
• The workspace, the team, the supply chain, the revenue pipeline, the systems none of it exists. You build it. When this launches, you will have built it.
• You report directly to the Founder. There is no middle layer, no committee, no bureaucracy. Decisions get made fast and the right person gets the credit for them.
• If you deliver, you become Managing Director within six months. That is not a promise made to everyone. It is a specific commitment to the one person who earns it.

What You Will Be Doing

• Securing and setting up a physical operational space in Abuja then Lagos
• Building a supply pipeline from your personal network and community contacts
• Developing buyer and revenue relationships in Abuja's trade sector
• Managing warehouse staff, drivers, and field team members
• Overseeing inventory, logistics, and dispatch operations
• Maintaining real-time reporting and financial records
• Reporting directly to the Founder with full operational accountability.

What We Are Looking For

• Minimum of 3 years experience in operations, business development, or programme management
• You are based in Abuja. Not relocating. Already there, already networked.
• You have a genuine personal network in Abuja people who will take your call and act when you ask them to
• You have existing relationships in Nigerian trade, retail, resale, or community sectors
• You have run a physical operation before warehouse, retail, logistics, or field operations
• You know how to build a process from scratch not follow one that already exists, but design, document, and implement one that a team can follow without you standing over them
• You have led a team before hired, briefed, managed performance, and made the hard call when someone was not delivering
• You are self-directed. You produce without being chased.
• You surface problems before they become crises.
• You are values-aligned. The mission is not decoration.
• Only candidates currently living and working in Abuja will be considered.

Application Closing Date
29th June, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send the following three-paragraph format to: thekindthrift@gmail.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Instructions:

• Paragraph one — who you are and what you have actually built. Not your job titles. What you delivered and what it produced.
• Paragraph two — your Abuja network and any existing relationships in trade, retail, resale, or community organisations. Be specific. Vague answers will not proceed.
• Paragraph three — why this kind of work matters to you and why now.
• Three paragraphs. Nothing else. If we like what we read we will respond within 48 hours.
• Only candidates currently living and working in Abuja will be considered.
• Applications that do not follow the three-paragraph format will not be reviewed.

Note: Do not send a CV. Do not send a cover letter.