Job Vacancies at Babban Gona

Reports to: Principal, Corporate Finance.

Key Responsibilities
Grant Research and Management:

• Managing and supporting the grants requirement and implementation for the organization
• Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grants administration process
• Perform relevant research to identify available grant opportunities and evaluate the results
• Directly involve in grant writing by coordinating with grant writers or coordinators
• Research for effective and authentic funding opportunities having a lawful registration and proven track record
• Oversee if the grants are implemented according to the operational and financial needs of the organization
• Supervise the fundraising team to ensure proper coordination of work
• Keep the relevant staff informed about upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby ensuring smooth completion of work responsibilities
• Oversee if other grant staff (coordinators, writers and administrators) is complying with their job responsibilities
• Oversee the job of invoicing, accounting, reporting, and other administrative functions to ensure successful execution of grant process
• Prepare financial or budget plans and allocation along with the planning and finance department in accordance with each requirement
• Analyze the budget trends and make recommendations for cost control and reduction for various grants
• Provide detailed reports to the funders and the board of directors with respect to the organization’s progress
• Monitor paperwork and other related documents connected with grant-funded programs
• Maintain records of all payments and receivables and prepare monthly records for all grant-related activities
• Provide training to the new staff on grants management and reporting requirements
• Designing grant programs and determining funding needs.
• Preparing and monitoring budgets, and managing timelines and deliverables.
• Be involved in all relevant 3rd party relationships including investors, banking relationships, auditors etc.

Methodical and Strategic thinking:

• Devise a plan of action that will make the grants raising easy and feasible.
• Identify potential grant support from government agencies, foundations, and corporations to meet the financial and operational needs of the organization.

Grants and Budgeting experience:

• Ability to perform grant research, grant writing, grant program design and implementation, compliance and grant reporting.
• Excellent project management skills with experience in managing and supervising administrative projects
• Excellent organizational skills and strong command over written and verbal communication
• Good understanding of the organization’s overall business and its objectives
• Possess good knowledge of planning and strategizing financial and budgeting issues
• Ability to work within a team and provide support to the junior staff
• Ability to perform in cross-functional team approach and job responsibilities
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
• Experience with basic financial management skills including developing and monitoring budgets and financial reporting
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results on time with attention to detail.
• Proficient in using computers with related knowledge of software programs and Internet

Start-Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast-paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Work Location

• Babban Gona currently operates a decentralized model with 10 offices spread across Nigeria.
• This role would be based in Lagos.

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Location: Northern Nigeria
Tags: agriculture, agro-plant, manager, technical manager

Job Description

• Babban Gona seeks to hire an Agro Plant Technical Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the production of agro-chemical products in compliance with world class standards – instilling a culture that exhibits continuous improvement regarding Safety, Quality and Cost Delivery.
• Organize agrochemical programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization.
• Develop new programs to support the strategic direction of the agrochemical plant and the organization.
• Develop a budget and operating plan for the program.
• Develop an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
• Write program funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services.
• Manage a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities.
• Ensure goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance.
• Implement and manage changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Meet with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on services.
• Produce accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle.
• Analyze program risks and work on strategy to market the product.

Reporting Line:

• This position reports to the Head of Partnerships.

Required Experience

• Profound know-how in chemical assembly processes and production technologies
• Leadership experience in project coordination, agro-chemical production, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of Operational and Supply Chain Management
• Experience in collaborating with contractors, and partners
• Expertise in agro-resource management (inventories, planning and project implementation) and invasive species management (planning, identification and control).
• Ability to mentor, manage and supervise employees and interns.
• Experience in and ability to perform field work.
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Access) and managing geographic databases.
• Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision – independently and as part of a team.

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

• Extensive experience and passion for coaching/ mentoring a team.

Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

• Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

Work Location:

• Babban Gona currently operates a decentralized model with 10 offices spread across Nigeria.
• This role would be based in Northern Nigeria

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Reports to: The Principal, Corporate Finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop schedule for investment transactions and analyze efficiency, trends, revenues and financial commitment to project future revenues and expenses.
• Manage and organize operational data to determine costs of operations and establish standard costs.
• Provide creative solutions to reduce costs and improve financial performance
• Conduct financial processes and procedures, prepare reports and supporting documents and provide regular updates to Finance Team.
• Consult with the Corporate Finance team to guide and influence long term strategic thinking.
• Review monthly expenses to ensure that expenses are booked correctly and work with the finance team to make any necessary reclassification.
• Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them.
• Advise on how to meet targets and create investment capital; and generate finance from shares and loans.
• Gather, analyse and interpret complicated numerical information.
• Assess and predict financial risks and returns; use financial modelling to predict outcomes.
• Negotiate and structure financial details; provide investment advice, tactics and recommendations
• Assist in preparation and analysis of annual budgets and long range plans.
• Prepare consolidated forecasts and analyze trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas.
• Conduct complex business analysis including ROI, NPV and IRR, making recommendations to management on new products, features, pricing, marketing promotions, based on historical financial data.
• Research, analyze and synthesize data from multiple sources into business information as directed and by self-identification of business information needs.
• Work with management and business units to determine strategic objectives and identify opportunities to meet these goals.
• Prepare financial and business-related analysis and research in such areas as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, working capital, and investments.
• Assist with compilation and analysis of consolidated budgets and long-range plans.

Required Experience

• Profound know-how in advanced financial analysis and investment banking
• Leadership experience in financial analysis coupled with relevant accounting experience.
• Proficient in Excel Spreadsheets, MS Office and Financial Software applications.
• Bear strong analytical skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Banking, Business or Economics (Master’s degree in finance and/or MBA preferred)
• Strong financial analysis skills and quantitative analysis planning
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as technology and Learning organization.
• Excellent communication skills: Fluent oral and written English.

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast-paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

• Extensive experience and passion for coaching/ mentoring a team.

Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

• Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

Work Location:

• Babban Gona currently operates a decentralized model with 10 offices spread across Nigeria.
• This role would be based in Lagos.

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Job Description

• We seek to hire an Enterprise Systems Developer, that is a seasoned professional with demonstrated experience in developing Enterprise Systems.
• The selected individual will work alongside other members of Babban Gona’s Enterprise team in order to develop our enterprise software’s, as well as solve the enterprise-wide problem of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, develops, tests, and maintains enterprise-level desktop-, web- and mobile-based applications
• Designs solutions attending to both business and technical considerations
• Analyses user requirements, envisions system features and functionality
• Collaborates with product owners, team leads and other software developers
• Works closely with end-users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction
• Works on bug fixes and improving application performance
• Participates in the evolution of company level best practices, standards, and policies

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree from a reputable university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or any other related field
• 1 year+ experience in Software Development or an equivalent of education and experience
• Basic knowledge of software development life cycle (, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and documentation) and execution models (, Agile, Iterative Development, etc.)
• Ability to develop Android apps using any framework desired
• Understanding of databases, with proficiency in SQL
• Ability to build Microsoft Access data applications while using VBA and Macros
• Familiarity with build tools
• Familiarity with web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3 as well as design frameworks
• Basic understanding of using data to drive decisions and data visualization
• Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile versus desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Unit test and debugging skills
• Understanding of code versioning tools (Git) is a plus
• Fluent in English
• Proof of already developed applications on multiple platforms will be an added advantage.

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Location: Northern Nigeria
Reports to: The Head, Last Mile Logistics

Key Responsibilities

• Create, implement and maintain continuous improvement and control plan for overall business logistics operations;
• Responsible for warehouse operational activities including shipping, receiving, warehouse stocking.
• Perform pricing and cost/service analysis, and own the transport management processes – selection, qualification, business reviews, and performance evaluation.
• Develop and implement overall logistics plan, in a manner that promotes low transportation and handling cost; high inventory turns;
• Establish and maintain rapport with third party vendors through genuine and exceptionally responsive interactions;
• Monitor and ensure resolution of freight payment process issues between third party transporters and the Company, related to rejected freight bills, short payments, rate discrepancies, general aging issues, etc.;
• Manage a team of dedicated officers and oversee all Warehouse Associates, Drivers and Logistic Partner relationships;
• Ensure shipped merchandise is received and tracked in an efficient manner with minimal costs;
• Ensure shipments are effectively managed with quality control systems to ensure accuracy at every level of the operation in compliance with standard procedures;
• Maintain an iterative improvement approach towards inventory management, methods of distribution and other areas of improvement;
• Resolve customer complaints in a timely and professional manner; taking corrective actions where necessary;
• Assist in the recruitment of quality drivers into the fleet, maintaining detailed records of vehicle servicing and inspection and scheduling regular vehicle maintenance to ensure operational efficiency.
• Purchase and maintain vehicles for deliveries.
• Develop efficient driver schedules to maximize profits; register and license all vehicles under BG management.
• Develop strategies for greater fuel efficiency; maintain detailed records of vehicle servicing and inspection.
• Ensure strict servicing and maintenance times to minimize downtime and maintain schedules.

Experience Logistics Management Systems

• Bachelor's degree in related area (Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations Management, etc.); Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in inventory management, supply chain management, transportation, and distribution center operations with at least 2 years in a logistics/transportation role;
• Experience successfully leading a team to achieve results;
• Previous hands-on experience in negotiations;
• In-depth experience in freight cost analysis;
• Ability to plan, execute & manage local and regional logistics projects – ensuring continuous improvement to business operations;
• Strong communication, problem solving and management skills;
• Ability to engage and influence direct and indirect reports and peers.
• Be a mentor, coach and a great people leader: build strong relationships and team, hire great people, commit to the growth of individuals on team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and G-Suite products.

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities. 

Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

• Extensive experience and passion for coaching mentoring a team. 

Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

• Extensive experience leading a complex organization and an eye for details and problem-solving; 

Work Location:

• Babban Gona currently operates a decentralized model with 10 offices spread across Nigeria. 
• This role would be based in Northern Nigeria.