The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) is a not-for profit organization founded with the mission of improving the living conditions of Africans by implementing projects contributing to the reduction of poverty, empowerment of women, elimination of conflict, development of rural-communities, and promotion of self-reliance and development.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Program Officer, Partnership Officer
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: NYSC
Job Description
Program Officer (NYSC):
- Assist in developing and monitoring annual work plans and budgets, as well as associated deliverables and results/outputs for a portfolio of projects assigned.
- Prepare, coordinate reviews, edit, and disseminate project-related reports and documents, including subcontract scopes of work, country strategies, progress updates, curricula, and other documents and reports.
- Ensure correct and innovative Monitoring and Evaluation procedures are undertaken for all current projects
- Planning and coordinating project field trips with staff, including ensuring adequate and innovative materials are being collected. Facilitate travel arrangements for staff and consultants.
- Other support required by the team.
Grants & Partnership Officer (NYSC):
- Participate in new business development bids including writing proposals, job descriptions, participating in strategic phone calls, providing guidance on proposal budgets and providing administrative support as necessary
- Perform administrative tasks, including letter-writing, database curation and maintaining and updating project folders and spreadsheets
- Keep up to date with existing and potential MMF programmes and those of our competitors, identifying funding opportunities, listing them and sharing the information with the program team.
- Provide other support as required in the implementation of the Resource Mobilization Strategy.
- Conduct general research, Investigate and contribute to strategic decisions in relation to developing alternate income streams (consultancy, philanthropists etc.)
- Identify and track funding prospects as they arise and maintain the appropriate tracking tools
- Aid in the development and maintenance of MMF’s CRM database of potential funders, consultants and partners for business development.
Requirements
- Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree qualification with 0 – 2 years work experience.
Application Closing Date
9th April, 2022.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Note: Please note that only current NYSC members, looking for a PPA in an NGO and who want to pursue a career in one are to apply.
