Corporate Headhunters - Our client is a rapidly growing social enterprise, with a mission to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job creation engine for unemployed youths in Nigeria. They offer a suite of services to rural, 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: Programme Associate (Project Manager)
Location: Lagos
Description
- We are currently looking for a Programme Associate for our client. She/he will also act as a Project Manager to handle various projects and teams.
Responsibilities
- Own, plan and execute critical projects with the organization.
- Manage business planning and budget development with the finance team.
- Develop schedule for project management and ensure execution stays within schedule and budget.
- Closely monitor key metrics with effective tracking and preparation of relevant reports.
- Managing and organizing operational data to determine costs of operations and establish standard costs.
- Lead and manage team of direct and non-direct reports.
- Maintain cost analysis process, review monthly expense and ensure execution occurs within policy guidelines and provide trends and forecast analysis to management.
- Provide creative solutions to solve problems and achieve desired results.
- Prepare reports and supporting documents and provide regular updates to management team.
- Consult with the leadership team to guide and influence long term strategic thinking.
Qualification/Requirements
- Excellent communication skills: Fluent oral and written English.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Development Finance, Economics or any relevant Social Sciences (Master’s degree and /or Project Management Certification is preferred).
- At least 6 years of senior business strategy, operations and project management experience.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work through others.
- Proficient in Excel Spreadsheets, MS Office and Financial Software applications
- Bear strong analytical skills
- Positive attitude towards work
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to take ownership and work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to relate with people from different backgrounds
- Well informed on the Nigerian Agri-business environment.
Remuneration
Salary and benefits are competitive, commensurate with experience.
Application Closing Date
13th December, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:
[email protected] clearly indicating "Programme Associate" as subject of your mail.