Program Coordinator at ACDI VOCA

Employment Type: Short-term

Assignment Summary

• Alliance Agriculture under FAM-SMART now seeks a Program Coordinator to work with ACDI/VOCA's Nigeria Country Representative to achieve the objective of the workplan in establishing Alliance Agriculture’s first pilot.
• This is a part-time position that will be based in Abuja with 20-30 hours of LOE per week for a maximum of six months.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main project coordinator with Nigeria Country Representative in coordinating partner relationships, meetings, scheduling, event planning, logistics, travel, and administration.
• Work with the Nigeria Country Representative and relevant partners to finalize and execute Alliance Agriculture’s initial work plan and budget.
• Provide support in developing marketing pitch and proposal development to relevant funders and donors, including but not limited writing assignments, research assignments, preparing slide decks, recruitment of future staff, etc.
• High level of computer literacy required
• Ability to travel up to 25% time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Management, or similar.
• 4-6 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced coordination, consulting, and/or supply chain environment.
• High attention to detail in writing and formatting.
• Experience and ease in communicating with and relaying information to high-level officials and/or business partners through email, phone, and in-person meetings.
• High computer literacy; extensive experience with Microsoft Word, Excel (Gantt Chart Management, Project Tracker, Budget, and Plan Tool Management) and PowerPoint Skills (Executive Level Presentation Design) and Word Skills (Design of Project Summaries and 1 page memos)
• Fluent in English; additional fluency in at least one language native to Nigeria is strongly preferred.