The Opportunity: Reporting to the Program Lead, the Program Partner will be responsible for supporting design and implementation activities related to program delivery in Nigeria. The role will provide expertise and interact effectively with partner organizations and ecosystem stakeholders to advance the delivery of the Young Africa Works strategy at the country level.
Ways You Can Contribute:
- Provide support to the Program Lead in diagnosing and contributing to expertise on the financing environment and policy to inform country strategy design, partnership development, and monitoring processes.
- Collaborate with Program Leads / Partners to review proposals, develop strategic outcomes and program roadmaps.
- Contribute to evolution in thinking and new approaches needed to get to scale.
- Integrate impact considerations to ensure the needs of young women and young people, in general, are addressed within the program design.
- Support the adaptation of the Foundation’s programming and learning related to MSME/Financing to specific country contexts, leveraging country diagnostics and learning from our portfolio of partners.
Qualification & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business and development economics or a related field.
- Relevant professional qualification and a member of a relevant professional body.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ relevant experience in a similar organization.
- Experience and expertise and ability in designing and managing relevant and appropriate solutions for MSMEs in various sectors and various stages of development.
- Experience working on MSME support programs in Nigeria and knowledge of Nigerian and West African social, economic, regulatory, business, and political contexts.
- Demonstrate experience in project design and management with focus on enterprise development and MSME support.
