Partnership Officer at La Fayette Microfinance Bank Limited, Advans Nigeria

Main Purpose of the Position

• The Partnership Officer is responsible to provide full support to the Partnership Team in securing and ensuring a continued and growing partnering

Essential Job Duties

• Develops and implements a Partnership Strategy that supports the bank’s Strategy and that ensures the very best of relationships with partners, clients and stakeholders.
• Ensures that all team members understand the importance of the Partnership Strategy and how it relates to them, and that they are fully involved in its implementation.
• Ensures excellent relations with key partners, and put in place systems that maintain them.
• Ensures effective engagement of strategic partners.
• Maintains a database of information relating to Partners such other details as are relevant to the development and maintenance of those partnerships.
• Coach the CSS and TLs on how to conduct performance meetings; participate in some of them in order to gather feedback.
• Develops and manages Memorandum Of Understandings as may arise from partnerships
• Perform detailed desk research on potential partners.
• Creating the proposals and presentations to enable partnership opportunities.
• Following-up on conversations and processes.
• Identifying best practices and incorporating new ideas for partnership building.
• The role and tasks will evolve with the growth of the organization.

Qualification/Education

• Minimum of B.Sc,  HND or PGD in Social Sciences, Management Sciences, Engineering or Arts.  
•  MCIB is an advantage.  

Work Experience:  

• At least two years work experience as a staff of Advans La Fayette MFB with satisfactory rating in last appraisal (internal) or at least two years work experience as a partnership officer in a financial institution.

Skills:  

• High-level proficiency in written and spoken English; good knowledge of word processing; proven spreadsheet skills; good interpersonal relations and negotiation skills.

Personal Traits:  

• Tactfulness; self-disciplined; resolute and Value driven.
• Pragmatic and meticulous in processes and procedures; Ability to relate effectively across different levels of authority.
• Time conscious and purposeful.