Program Coordinator at Hamilton Lloyd and Associates

Our client has long been recognized as a pioneer of democracy, policy advocacy, education, human rights, women empowerment, disaster relief and betterment of lives of Africans

Job Summary

• The Program Coordinator is a senior Management position and a high responsibility role, as the ideal candidate will be required to manage staff, programs, and seek grants and funding to run the Foundation as a whole.

Job Responsibilities

• Seek for grants and funding from International Partners in order to run our programs.
• Develop and expand social enterprise initiatives to raise additional funding for the foundation
• Responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and develop initiatives to support the strategic direction of the Foundation.
• Seek for relevant partnership in other to position the Foundation on a global level
• Identify, build, and maintain partnership with other local and international NGOs
• You will manage; develop program staff skills and competencies by providing direction, input, and feedback.
• Manage governance by ensuring that the company foster and maintain a strong relationship, while maximizing the opportunities the board of director, advisory board bring on board.
• Coordinate the delivery of services among different program activities to increase effectiveness and efficiency
• Monitor the program activities on a regular basis and conduct an annual evaluation according to the program evaluation framework.
• Responsible for the enhancement of the company’s image by being active and visible in the community and by working closely with other professional, civic, and private organizations.

Person's Specification

• Education: Minimum of Upper credit in relevant course and Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• Experience: 5-10 years’ work experience in senior nonprofit management experience in development
• International exposure working as a program coordinator

Additional Requirement
Competence:

• Fund raising, grant seeking skills
• Excellent Marketing skills
• Solid, hands-on, budget management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making and reporting
• Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, program development and task facilitation
• Ability to convey vision of the company’s strategic future to staff, board, volunteers and donors
• Knowledge of fundraising strategies and donor relations unique to nonprofit sector
• Skills to collaborate with and motivate board members and other volunteers
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to interface and engage diverse volunteer and donor groups
• Demonstrated ability to oversee and collaborate with staff
• Strong presentation and public speaking ability.

Personality:

• Gifted communicator across multiple stakeholders with experience of delivering material in a way that engages the audience.
• Transparent and high integrity leadership.