Empowerment for Local People Foundation supports disadvantaged persons starting or scaling a small business in local communities with the requisite business training, technical support and interest-free loans pooled from the public in small units.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 3 years
- Location: Lagos
- Job Field: NGO/Non-Profit , Project Management
- Salary Range: ₦200,000 – ₦300,000/month
Job Description:
As a project manager, your responsibilities include:
- Managing an internet platform that provides financial support to firms in low-income communities and overseeing a research project that assesses the impact of systematic recording on small firms in Lagos.
- Leading monthly outreach and training sessions for small firms in the Lagos market
- Coordinate and maintain relationships with both domestic and overseas project partners.
- Guiding the conduct of preliminary qualitative studies, planning, and developing project ideas
- Recruiting and managing participants and beneficiaries for the projects
- Leading the development of a short program designed to impact small businesses
- Ensuring stakeholder satisfaction with all project mandates
- Evaluating project performance and overseeing all project-related activities and managing the team
- Recruiting and coordinating with a social media manager/company to establish a communication strategy and create media content
- Collaborating with all project teams to achieve the organization’s project goals
- Managing all project activities and executing any additional tasks assigned by the principal investigator.
Requirement:
- Exhibits exemplary leadership qualities, including a modest and collaborative attitude, and a willingness to learn.
- Possesses experience in organizing and overseeing projects and teams excellently, utilizing office tools such as Dropbox and Google Docs.
- A good academic degree (ideally a 2.1 or higher) from a well-respected university, particularly in the Humanities, Social Sciences, or Arts, is required. Candidates may be asked to take an aptitude test. Those with a Master’s degree are encouraged to apply.
- Adept at communicating and presenting effectively.
- Has prior experience working in underprivileged communities within Lagos.
- Demonstrates a willingness and ability to instruct and improve the skills of others.
- Remote work is not possible for this position.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the position as subject of email.
