Investment and Trade Expert at Welcome2Africa

Job Description

• Investment and Trade Manager will be responsible for all Welcome2Africa International’s (W2A) efforts to facilitate trade and investment into and across Nigeria.
• As such this manager will oversee the design, implementation and commercialization of our programs, research endeavors, and investment / trade facilitation.
• The Investment and Trade Manager will manage stakeholder relationships and work to facilitate trade and investments.
• In addition to this further develop our investor database whilst increase successful engagements between our investors and our investees.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Investments and Trade:

• Facilitate partnership with investors, foreign government agencies, donor organizations, private firms, international organizations and other service providers interested in trade and investment in Africa–Most especially Nigeria.
• Serve as the key point of contact for the investment community-manage the investor relations portion of the website, develop a robust investor relations strategy & framework and boost investor confidence in the company’s vision for delivering shareholder value.
• Serve as the key point of contact for the investment community-manage the investor relations portion of the website, develop a robust investor relations strategy & framework and boost investor confidence in the company’s visionfor delivering shareholder value
• Take responsibility of all aspects of the deal process - Lead duediligence, manage advisors, conduct site visits and expert interviews, assess market opportunity, sensitize financial forecasts and portfolio diversification
• Develop and execute strategy for outreach, attracting and onboarding qualified start-ups
• Designing & managing Incubation and Acceleration programs as well as manage portfolio
• Facilitate trade and investments
• Provide high-quality coaching and advisory support to entrepreneurs

Research:

• To oversee and develop Welcome2Africa International’s research endeavors in line with company objectives
• Identifying & developing potential research & enterprise income sources, promoting these opportunities to relevant colleagues, supporting staffin preparing grant and commercial applications, managing the application / tendering / contracting process and providing post-award support
• Develop and kickoff Agri-entry program
• Develop business plan for the research department
• Participating in research activities such as analysing economic trends, industry developments, and company performance

Programs:

• Oversee development of local and foreign investment programs 
• Development of programs and project inline with Welcome2Africainternational goal and objectives especially with respect to profitability and revenue
• Managing client relationships (KPI alignment, deliverable validation, feedback,etc.)
• Identify areas of improvement of all programs and share best practices.
• Track, monitor, and evaluate all program metrics and achieve milestone completion.
• Ensure that all programs are on track inline with the budget and timeline perspectives.
• Serving as a liaison between the organization and external investment managers
• Tracking, monitoring and evaluation of program metrics and milestone completion
• Ensuring that all program stays on track from a budget and timeline perspective

General:

• Work hand in hand with the CEO to develop plans for Welcome2Africa International.
• Ensure Welcome2Africa International meets the forecasted profit outlined and agreed by the CEO and Board.
• Evaluating the performance of the organization’s current assets and identifying areas that could be improved
• Write grant proposals and research partnership opportunities, Engage stake holders during Programs.
• General project management and trade facilitation efforts required
• Any other tasks assigned by my supervisor.

Job Specification
Qualification:

• Candidates should possess a B.Sc / HND qualification in Business Administration / Management, Accounting, Finance, Marketing or any other relevant discipline from a reputable institution.
• An MBA or Master's Degree in any business related discipline is an added advantage
• Ability to manage people effectively and efficiently

Professional Qualification:

• Any relevant professional certifications from a reputable professional institution

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years postgraduation experience in Investment banking or management, Impact investment.