Project Associate at Vesta Healthcare Partners

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Type: Permanent

Job Description
Project Execution, Organisation and Management:

• Research, draft and produce high-quality Project output deliverables
• Contribute to strategic and analytic aspects of Project work
• Develop and deliver business prospects and potential projects from private sector and public-sector clients
• Plan and organise Project functions
• Manage clients and External Consultants
• Prepare, Organise and Attend Project Team meetings and teleconferences

New Business Development and Client Services:

• New Business Development
• New Prospect Development
• New Project Engagement and Administration

Job Purpose

• Contribute to the originating, planning and co-ordination of the company’s projects from inception to completion.
• 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 projects, project costs and engagement control systems.
• Support and enhance the sustenance of exceptionally high-performance standards

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• First Degree (minimum of Second Class Upper Division) with a record of academic achievement
• Postgraduate qualification(s) or an MBA from a first-tier business school
• 2 years’ experience in a Management Consultancy or multinational Professional Services Firm with strong analytical skills
• Good understanding of English with confident language fluency that confers strong (public) presentation and communication skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and influencing skills; a good team player
• Must have pleasant telephone and good e-mail etiquette
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook), Microsoft Access & Visio, DTP Software (Adobe Indesign, etc)
• Confident and assertive individual willing to work independently, occasional travel and work long hours in an international environment
• Previous relevant multinational experience in healthcare or life sciences sector
• Modern language skills with fluency in English and other European Language

Conditions of Employment/Hours of Duty

• Normal hours of work are 8:30am and 5:30pm Mondays to Fridays
• Sometimes required to work outside these hours, at weekends, public holidays, as may be necessary for the proper performance of his/her duties without extra remuneration

Compensation

• Negotiable compensation package has been established to attract the best talent for this position including a competitive Salary, Contributory Pension Scheme, Paid Holidays, Health Insurance and a Quarterly Performance Bonus