Job overview:

• Women Impacting Nigeria is looking for a self-led and self-motivated Programs Associate who is an exceptional project manager.
• S/he will be tasked with coordinating the implementation of projects within our community; ensuring that project outcomes fulfill the organization’s objectives within the required schedule, budget, and scope.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring qualitative implementation of projects in line with the program design
• Ensuring effective and efficient project delivery within the time, budget and scope constraints
• Planning and coordination of all projects activities
• Managing the events calendar.
• Development and management of project workplans
• Development and management of budgets
• Coordinating internal team members and managing key stakeholder relations
• Managing project logistics including venue bookings, negotiating quotes and agreements with vendors and suppliers
• Creating project reports
• Collaborating with the marketing and communications team to promote the event, in line with the program objectives
• Enhancing customers’ loyalty through excellent project execution with a lasting impression on the target audience.

Requirements

• BSc/BA in Business Administration, Project managemnet or a relevant certification
• Proficiency in MS Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Proficiency with project management tools including trello, asana, notion, slack, monday.com or any agile project management tool
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Must be an excellent spokesperson with the ability to network, and promote events
• Teambuilding skills
• Excellent reporting skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Knowledge of the development space
• Exceptional planning skills, with meticulousness
• Problem-solving skills
• Excellent time management, interpersonal, and leadership skills.