Program Assistant (Business Office) at an Indigenous Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organization Full Time

Job Title: Program Assistant (Business Office)

Job code: GM002
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Purpose

• The overall purpose of this role is to support the identifying of new business opportunities for the organization.
• The critical element of this role will be to provide administrative support to the Grants and Subcontracts Management team.
• S/he will assist in grant administration, coordination and management activities including ancillary activities within the Grants and Subcontracts Management.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the search of new funding opportunities across grant search engines.
• Collaborate with other departments/units to ensure alignment of business development efforts
• Support, maintain and track the grant development and project database
• Support the follow up of team members in relation to specific grant deliverables per project
• Assist in the preparation of proposals, presentations, and reports for the unit
• Support the proof-reading and editing of grant and project related reports and other publications.
• Support the team in partner engagement and relationship management.
• Support in monitoring and responding to inquiries from potential partners.
• Support the coordination of grant and project related meetings
• Support the scheduling of grant and project related meetings and engagements
• Support invitation of relevant team members to grant and project related meetings
• Support the tracking of attendance of key team members to meetings
• Support the daily notification of team members on meeting schedules with meeting agenda and key outputs
• Support the preparation and sharing of meeting highlights/minutes as well as tracking critical next steps following meetings
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in Development Studies, Business Administration, Marketing, Social Sciences, Master’s degree or equivalent in international affairs, Development or related subject will be an added advantage.
• Experience in administration will be an advantage
• At least 1 – 2 years’ experience in a business development role.
• Effective time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.

Application Closing Date
22nd August, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their current CV, Suitability statement not more than 200 words indicating position and location in Microsoft Word format to: [email protected] using the JOB TITLE, LOCATION AND APPLICANT FULL NAME (e.g “COM01 Abuja, ADESUWA NWACHUKWU”) as the subject of the mail.

Note

• It is important to apply via the link and the mail, as applications sent to ONLY the email address will be considered invalid.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to advance to the next stage of the selection process
• Grant duration – Subject to availability of funds and exceptional grant performance.
• We believe in Equal Employment Opportunity and strongly encourage qualified Locals and women to apply.
• Applications are reviewed in the order of arrival, and we reserve the right to close the advert before the term initially indicated if suitable applications are received.
• This organization does not charge any fees for submission of job applications and interviews.