The Impact Investors Foundation (IIF), a non-profit organisation, was established in 2019 to accelerate the growth of the impact investment industry in Nigeria.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 3 years
- Location: Lagos
- Job Field: Project Management
Position Summary:
- Support a collaborative of Enterprise Support Organisations/participants (government, hubs, accelerators, Business Development Service [BDS] providers and other professionals);
- Provide support services to enterprises in Nigeria;
- Champion and implement an action plan to increase the quality and quantity of enterprise support;
- Build a thriving ecosystem for enterprise support;
- Lead and support collaborative processes with ecosystem players to build an effective pipeline of impact ventures and increase financial support for impact ventures and enterprise support organizations;
- Guide and facilitate collaborative efforts to enhance the quality of non-financial support provided to impact ventures within the ecosystem. This includes formulating guidelines for ESOs, establishing program rating systems, and spearheading other initiatives;
- Execute activities that increase the funding availability for high-quality enterprise support in Nigeria;
- Support the Enterprise Support Collaborative to complete and implement a plan of action to drive collaboration and increase the quality of enterprise support in Nigeria.
- Engage key stakeholders needed to boost the financing, quality and quantity of enterprise support in Nigeria, recruiting them as supporters or members of the collaborative effort;
- Maintain awareness and knowledge about enterprise support, impact investing and related fields and analyse local and international reports and policies influencing the advancement of enterprise support in Nigeria;
- Represent IIF, and/or support the representation of the leadership of IIF at priority external forums, events, networks, and with priority stakeholders;
- Increase funding for enterprise support organisations in Nigeria.
Qualification:
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences.
Experience:
- 3+ in ESO programme management and operations or Business Development and Marketing Support in addition to establishing and managing networks and associations.
- Affinity with incubation, acceleration, enterprise support, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) support, sustainability, impact investing and similar fields.
- Some experience with stakeholder management and developing joint agenda with different stakeholders in Nigeria (e.g. government, private companies, community organizations, international organizations, NGOs).
Method of Application
Candidates should send their up-to-date resumes to [email protected] only, using the specific job vacancy as the subject of the email.
