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.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
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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
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