Adara Empowerment Foundation focuses on empowering women and youth to actively contribute to the socio-economic development of Africa. We provide education and training for women and youth; support the development of SMEs, and enable the promotion of African arts and culture.
Investing in the economic empowerment of women is the core pillar of our work as we aim to reduce women’s vulnerabilities while boosting their skills and ability to participate in key economic sectors in Africa, including fashion, technology, energy, agriculture, and arts and culture.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Program Coordinator (Trade Credit)
Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Details
- The Project Coordinator (PC) will be primarily responsible for providing planning, logistical and delivery support for Adara Foundation’s Trade Credit program, and other projects as assigned. Reporting to the Foundation lead, the PC will work to ensure successful and timely delivery of expected project outcomes and serve as the key liaison between the Foundation, partners and donors. The PC will also participate in activities related to other projects and operations of the Foundation.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and monitor project plans, schedules and expenditures
- Organize, attend and participate in stakeholder meetings
- Document and follow up on important actions and decisions from meetings
- Maintain detailed records on project participants and personnel
- Conduct verification on program applicants
- Ensure project adherence to framework and all documentation is maintained appropriately
- Serve as key liaison between the Foundation, partners and donors and consistently communicate project status to key stakeholders
- Prepare and maintain project records
- Liaise with key project stakeholders to ensure core objectives are met
- Ensure systematic collection of project data for analysis and reporting
- Prepare timely progress project reports, and
- Undertake other tasks and duties related to other projects and operations of the Foundation as required
Skills & Competencies
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills and ability to work effectively with diverse groups of people o Strong research skills
- Ability to keep detailed and accurate records
- Strong organizational skills including ability to organize, prioritize and schedule work assignments
- Excellent project planning and implementation skills
- Time management and problem solving skill
- Ability to foster a cooperative work environment
- Excellent writing skill
- Ability to manage complex activities simultaneously
- Ability to work independently, lead projects and demonstrate initiative
- Ability to adapt and take-on additional tasks as requested
- Attention to detail
Application Closing Date
28th April, 2021.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and cover letter to: [email protected]using the job title as the subject of the mail.
