Project Associate - Operations at Ikore International Development Limited

Scope of work

• Ensure projects and programmes are driven and achieved within defined budgets and to specified standards of quality and performance. Responsible for forward planning of the engagement, cost and control systems,
• Help design and operationalize processes and systems which will feed data and analysis from grants and research back into key strategy and portfolio management decisions,
• Contribute to the sourcing, planning and co-ordination of the Ikore’s projects from inception to completion,
• Research, draft and produce high quality project output deliverables: project initiation report, assessment report, gap analysis, outline strategic business case, investment memorandum, training curriculum, business process manual and financial models for a variety of purposes and audiences, summarizing developments and recommendations for program areas and external partners.
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
• Organise project team meetings and teleconferences; attend and prepare meeting minute, agendas and relevant paperwork; ensure documents are distributed in a timely fashion; ensure issues and risks and escalated promptly.
• Build standardized training processes and support the raising of capacity across the team around Ikore’s processes Strategic Projects,
• Implement an effective tracking system for key performance indicators for the organization and the Business Operations unit
• Conduct research and synthesize complex bodies of knowledge and information into clear, concise, and actionable summaries.
• Capture data coming in from grants, contracts and partners. Analyze data in excel and other programs.

Degree of Expertise and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or other advanced degree in any field
• Creative problem solver with a rigorous approach and an aptitude for quantitative analysis.
• Highly strategic thinker with the agility to analyze questions across multiple bodies of work, as well as go deep for a sustained period on a challenging question around one body of work.
• Demonstrated initiative to solve unstructured problems with little oversight, high energy, and a positive attitude.
• Highly organized and efficient; able to prioritize work based on minimal direction