Arya Nigeria is an official licensee of Arya Women Investment Platform, an international organization that accelerates women-led businesses to become investment ready through entrepreneurship development programs. The Platform also supports prospective investors through capacity building and by providing access to promising entrepreneurs.
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We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Coordinator
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Description & Details
- We are in need of a Coordinator to drive programs design, development and execution while managing related relationships with relevant stakeholders.
- S/he will also handle day-to-day operations of the Platform.
The Opportunity
- A versatile and results-driven Coordinator. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting all members of the Arya Nigeria Platform.
- The ideal candidate should be someone who is curious about the connection between the players in the startup ecosystem and passionate about business development.
- S/he must be an excellent team player, a relationships manager and an efficient problem solver.
Responsibilities
- Recruiting and onboarding the core members of Arya Nigeria (investors, founders/entrepreneurs and trainers) in line with the Platform’s operating guidelines and managing the relationships between them.
- Developing, planning and implementing programs that will attract prospective members to Arya Nigeria. Identifying suitable businesses to be supported by the Platform.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with other relevant stakeholders to provide adequate support to the Platform members, especially the entrepreneurs in its portfolio.
- Facilitating access by the entrepreneurs to risk capital.
- Maintaining engagements with exited members of the Platform such as entrepreneurs that it supported.
- Managing communications and documenting these properly.
- Providing progress reports on projects for prompt decision-making.
- Engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, governmental agencies, etc towards fundraising for implementation of the Platform’s programs and activities.
- Preparing winning proposals to prospective partners.
- Developing performance metrics for projects, monitoring and reporting on them.
- Organizing and participating in networking events related to the Platform’s objectives.
- Establishing operating guidelines as required and ensuring that approved guidelines are adhered to in the Platform’s day-to-day operations. These include the management of budgeting, procurement, record keeping, finance, corporate correspondence, regulatory compliance, etc.
- Keeping the Platform’s website up-to-date as well as increasing its online presence and improving its brand awareness using various relevant social media platforms.
- Any other related tasks assigned by his/her supervisor(s).
Skills & Competencies
- Cognate work experience
- An entrepreneurial and innovation mindset
- Entrepreneurial experience or experience supporting startups
- Excellent written communication and presentation skills
- Knowledge of business principles, practices and methodologies
- Organizational and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of the startup ecosystem
- Attention to detail
- Great team skill.
Application Closing Date
30th April, 2024.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online