Program Manager at Youth Empowerent and Development Initiative (YEDI)
Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative – Founded in 2011, YEDI is a not-for-profit organisation that has benefitted over 220,000 young people in schools and community sites in Lagos, Abuja, Akwa-Ibom, and Ogun, with evidence-based programs designed to build young people’s assets, facilitate their access to health services, and promote their adherence to healthy behaviours.
YEDI runs these programmes through fixed and outreach sites, which operate as safe spaces for young people 10-24 years old to access engaging sport-based activities as well as health and social services across the adolescent continuum of care.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Lagos
Position type: Full-Time
Role Summary
This position has overall technical, financial, and compliance responsibility for program delivery and oversees project delivery teams.
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Monitors compliance with donor regulations, mitigates risk, and ensures projects meet high-quality standards.
Task & Responsibilities
Leadership:
Lead new partner outreach, project design and business development efforts.
Cultivate existing relationships with stakeholders with the goal of ensuring that YEDI achieves its mission and vision.
Develop and implement strategies that will maximize the synergies among programs. Provide strategic support and assistance in integrating the technical elements of the programs with other project partners.
Lead YEDI’s programmatic reporting, including quarterly and annual programmatic reports to partner audiences.
Team Management and Development:
Work with staff to develop objective performance measurements across all sites, to ensure consistent, high-quality evaluation and goal setting for all employees.
Instill a sense of accountability among team members by modeling tight oversight of individual and organizational performance standards.
Program Operational Management:
Optimally use existing balanced scorecard and program dashboard salesforce; establish consistent, objective program performance standards of accountability.
Direct, lead, and manage the development of grants applications and reports.
Monitor scopes of work to ensure timeliness, quality, and accuracy of activities vis- à-vis contractual and grant commitments.
Ensure compliance for all program contracts to ensure timely, accurate reports and communications to funders.
Business Development:
Create business development strategies and forecast growth projections
Proactively identify and pursue donor and partner funding opportunities.
Maintain and grow existing donor and partner relations.
Provide leadership to new project design, proposal writing and new project presentations.
Represent the organisation in meetings, at events, conferences, exhibitions etc.
Job Requirements
At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the successful implementation of community development initiatives.
Strong leadership, problem-solving, coordination, and consensus-building skills is a must.
Strong project management experience managing complex, multifaceted projects resulting in measurable successes and program growth.
Experience relevant to accomplishment of cross-cutting objectives including health, family planning, gender, youth, and marginalized populations.
The ideal candidate has a Masters Degree or a BA with numerous years of relevant experience.
YEDI values personal qualities of integrity, credibility, initiative, a positive attitude and a passion for improving young peoples’ lives.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resumeand Cover Letter(not more than one page) specifying their “motivation and suitability” for the role to: recruitment@yedinaija.org using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
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