Partnerships Officer at Tony Elumelu Foundation

Responsibilitie(s):

• Relationship Management: Handle relationships and contract negotiations.
• Proposal Writing: Draft proposals, concept notes, and reports.
• Donor Communication: Perform quarterly donor mapping and send impact updates.
• Lead Generation: Research and identify new partnership opportunities.
• External Engagement: Attend meetings and events for lead generation.
• Grant Management: Write and manage grants.
• Donor Account Management: Oversee donor accounts, timesheets, and reporting.
• Trend Analysis: Identify global and African entrepreneurship trends.
• Reporting: Develop reports for TEF partners and stakeholders.
• Database Management: Maintain and categorize the partnerships database.
• Deliverable Management: Ensure timely completion of partner deliverables.
• Roundtables: Organize quarterly policy and entrepreneurship roundtables.
• Advocacy Campaigns: Drive campaigns to support entrepreneurship across designated regions.
• Policy Change: Implement strategies to influence policy changes that impact entrepreneurship support across designated regions.
• Persuasive Communication: Convince target audiences to support TEF strategic initiatives.
• Thought Leadership: Communicate TEF’s ideas and data to influence leaders.
• Research Partnerships: Form partnerships for research on entrepreneurship barriers and enablers.
• Promotion: Promote TEF’s Africapitalism philosophy.
• Research Initiative: Create a framework for academic research on Africapitalism.
• Engagement: Engage with various channels to build an Africapitalism network.

Qualification/Experience Requirement(s):

• First Degree
• Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in similar roles across Technology and Innovation, corporate sector, experience in varied African markets, and NGOs.