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Key Responsibilities:

Strategy Implementation:

• Develop and implement communication plans aligned with the corporate communication strategy.
• Support local teams in achieving their communication objectives.

Content Creation and Dissemination:

• Draft engaging content such as press releases, articles, blog posts, social media posts, and multimedia materials.
• Ensure consistency in messaging, brand identity, and tone across all channels.
• Coordinate with content producers (editors, designers) to ensure quality outputs.

Event Management:

• Assist in planning and coordination communication-related events, engaging with key stakeholders.
• Draft communication-related content and tools for events such as press conferences, workshops, and webinars.

Who you are:

• As a Communication Officer within our Nigerian team, you excel at prioritising corporate communication needs while balancing local and program-specific demands. Your ability to tailor communication approaches ensures messages resonate effectively with diverse cultural audiences, fostering understanding and engagement.
• You possess exceptional oral and written communication skills, enabling you to convey ideas clearly and compellingly across various platforms and to multiple stakeholders. Accuracy is important in your work, ensuring that all communications are precise, professional, and aligned.
• Your development-oriented mindset drives you to continually refine and adapt communication strategies to meet the evolving needs of the organisation at IDH. You are skilled at coordinating with local teams and service providers, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment across all communication initiatives. Thriving in a dynamic environment, such as IDH.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Journalism, International Relations, or other related field.
• 0-3 years of relevant working experience in a communications role, preferably in a similar organization or sector.
• Strong interest in sustainability and international development.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to create content in multiple languages if required.
• Proficiency in digital communication tools and social media platforms.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-cultural and dynamic environment.
• Team player with a creative mindset and visual thinking abilities

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Your role. 

• As Program Manager at IDH. You are responsible for leading and overseeing the development, implementation, and management of various programs in Value Chain Transformation Business Unit and under the Cassava Youth Agripreneur Program (Y-CAP), ensuring that all contractual agreements with implementing partners and donors are met, and both IDH objectives and procedures are adhered to. 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Support the design, development, and execution of program strategies and activities. 
• Oversee technical work, ensuring alignment with organizational and program goals. 
• Support the development of technical guidelines and solutions to meet specific program requirements.
• Oversee day-to-day operations and work with project partners, ensuring efficient and effective program delivery.
• Responsible for proposal development, seeking necessary approvals for contracting
• Responsible for generating donor reports and alignment of Partners reports to donor requirements
• Support the coordination of the inception phase of the program, design interventions, and SME projects with team.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Country Director/Director of Programs from time to time based on the evolving needs of the program.
• Manage budgets, monitor financial performance, and ensure compliance with financial and administrative policies.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of program activities and outcomes
• Manage program budgets, ensuring financial oversight and accountability.

Who you are: 

• As Program Manager in our Nigeria office, you excel at balancing multiple priorities and managing diverse tasks in fast-paced, dynamic environments. Your work efficiency ensures that projects remain on track, even when the goals of stakeholders shift frequently. 
• You bring a practical mindset to navigating complex stakeholder environments, fostering trust and ensuring effective coordination among diverse groups. With a result-oriented approach, you focus on delivering impactful outcomes, aligning efforts with both immediate goals and long-term objectives. 
• Adaptable and resourceful, you thrive under pressure, turning challenges into opportunities for innovation and progress. By embodying these competencies, you lead programs to success, driving meaningful results in a rapidly changing landscape. 

What you bring: 

• Bachlor’s degree in economics, business-related discipline, agriculture, or natural resource management. 
• 5-7 years of relevant working experience in the private and civil sectors. Experience working with international organisations will be an advantage 
• Proven track record in stakeholder management and building international partnerships. 
• An understanding of smallholder farmer business models, and experience of working with Agri SMEs and smallholder farmers from a commercialisation point of view 
• Proven project management experience across various stages of project development, implementation, and delivery of agricultural value chain projects. 
• Strong understanding of sustainable agriculture, natural resource management, and related frameworks. 
• Excellent convening, facilitation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to work across different cultures. 
• Proficiency in project management tools  
• Strong report writing skill of donor funded projects. 
• Willingness to travel frequently, both domestically and internationally.  
• Strong IT skills in Microsoft business packages, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook 
• Strong communication, and facilitation skills. Fluency in spoken and written English