Description
Location
: Ikoyi, Lagos
About The Role
The Project Manager, Research & Sustainability will be responsible for aligning EIC with SDGs by driving all civic-tech initiatives, government projects, partnerships, & grants.
The role will also identify and lead a relevant local research project to satisfy a defined business objective.
Job Duties
Lead the creation of new programs in support of overall sustainability strategy in partnership relevant stakeholders.
Develop tools, processes, or other capabilities to support execution and transition responsibility to business.
Obtaining funding for projects through rebate applications, grants, and project proposals.
Create and manage a roadmap to transform and improve the organization’s performance and drive cross-functional teams to these goals through influence and partnership.
Manage a portfolio of strategic sustainability initiatives and programs, identifying gaps and proposing solutions.
Report periodically to management on activities, milestones reached on targets
Oversee and support the consulting and research teams on a variety of activities & activities.
Manage metrics to report program success as well as find opportunities for improvement
Supervise & Manage deliverables of the Community Business Officer which includes internal stakeholders & facility operations at 50, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi as well as social media & corporate communications
Oversee external stakeholders, public and private engagements on behalf of Eko Innovation Centre
Manage government, public & social sector engagements
Manage & Execute the Research & Sustainability Program pillar of the Eko iCentre including Grants processes, Research & Data acquisition processes and learning gamification projects
Ensure 100% Success of all Programs and Workshop.
Role Requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
3-5 years of experience in Business Operations or Sustainability, Community Engagement, Diversity Programs, or other transformational roles.
Experience in a sustainability field (e.g., community/social engagement/redevelopment, environmental restoration programs, diversity programs, circular economy initiatives).
Experience drawing meaningful insights from data to create strategy, tell a narrative, and operationalize solutions.
Experience in automation, tool, process development, and/or analytics.
Experience partnering effectively on cross-functional projects or teams. Ability to build relationships and influence key partners to achieve results through collaboration.
Ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels including executive leadership, peers, and managers. Ability to identify and track metrics of success.
Excellent execution through program management and communication skills.
Leadership and Growth Behaviors:
Act like An Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.
Develop self and others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve full potential.
Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
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Location
: Ikoyi, Lagos
About The Role
The Project Manager Learning will be responsible for the strategic development, implementation, execution, and coordination of a training school, training programmes and learning initiatives for EIC.
The focus is to build training programs relevant to techies, techprenuers and start-ups to enable their enterprise development.
Job Duties
Acts as the Program lead and Project manager for our Learning and Development program
Builds out a strategic plan and roadmap for Learning and Development opportunities and initiatives, including Continued Education, policy and data trainings
Partners with Researchers and other Research Ops & Program Managers on program areas such as the Continued Education Series and contributes to other research team programs and initiatives when needed
Facilitates relationships between teams, moves initiatives forward, finds resources, raises concerns to appropriate owners early and resolves open issues that prevent progress
Hold the line when schedule or progress is in jeopardy while maintaining respectful relationships
Predicts roadblocks and obstacles and establishes meetings or integration points between teams
Prioritize competing needs with good reasoning and creative solutions
Works with cross-functional teams to develop and design our UX team trainings
Maintains and refines research programs and initiatives, establishing best practices, next steps and outcomes
Coordinates resources across multiple projects and teams
Contributes to program processes and tools, updating databases and initiating improvements where needed.
Role Requirements
3-5 years of Program or Project Management experience
2+ years in experience creating learning and educational programs for teams
Experience with communication, organisation and juggling multiple priorities
Track record of operating independently and delivering results
Skilled in learning content development
Strong ability to be analytical (quantitative and qualitative), problem solve, think big picture, and get into the weeds.
Strong experience with leading teams/projects using agile practices.
Experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or change management.
High level of proficiency with Google suite(sheets, docs, slides) and communication technologies, such as Slack and Zoom.
Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents.
Excellent listening and interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience collaborating effectively across multiple functions.
Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
Possess professional maturity, cultural sensitivity, and the integrity that exemplifies Eko Innovation’s values.
Leadership and Growth Behaviors:
Act like An Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.
Develop self and others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve full potential.
Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
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Location
: Ikoyi, Lagos
About The Role
The Program Manager Business Acceleration will be responsible for the strategic identification and scaling of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to growth, building them into enterprises.
The focus is to help drive companies from early stage to rapid growth and transform them into enterprises.
Job Description
Identifying relevant & viable businesses through an in-house selection platform to be created.
Project managing the value chain process of acceleration including strong stakeholder management for maximum visibility and business success.
Contribute to development, planning of our venture support programs and formats
Design and supervise learning platform and curricula for business development
Drive and ensure business start-ups meets and deliver their set business objectives
Project-manage their activities all year round to ensure they meet their marketing, sales & revenue targets.
Organizing and coordinating in-house activities (workshops, networking, lunch and learns, movie nights, outings, etc) aimed at growing the community and adding value to our members and their businesses.
Develop business plans and present to management quarterly
Conduct local and global venture scouting with both private & public partners
Manage our acceleration calls for applications, shortlisting & interviews
Manage stakeholders that relate to our acceleration activities
Manage government, public & social sector projects
Job Requirements and Personality Traits
3+ years post-graduate experience in business development, management & support or other relevant positions
You love working with start-ups or even started one.
Excellent track records of meeting and exceeding Project management KPIs
You have good knowledge of startup methodologies (Lean startup,BMC, rapid prototyping etc)
The ideal candidate MUST have experience in business development and a developing knowledge of accelerator programmes.
A self-motivated team player, a dynamic, entrepreneurial person with a keen passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed. Adept at managing multiple projects at once, very detail-oriented and organized, learn quickly, and have a track record of being adaptable in a fluid, high-growth environment.
Leadership and Growth Behaviors:
Act like An Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.
Develop self and others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve full potential.
Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions / recommendations.
Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her / his peers.
Fast / Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
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