The Tony Elumelu Foundation is the leading philanthropy catalysing entrepreneurship across Africa. Deploying $100m of our own capital and now working with partners including the EU, the US Government, UNDP, and ICRC we are helping to transform Africa. We are a tech-driven Foundation, dealing with thousands of entrepreneurs across Africa and substantially enlarging our scope and scale. We offer an exciting environment for mission-driven individuals looking to create real change across our continent.
We are looking for a Partnerships Officer who would support the Foundation’s initiatives towards meeting the Foundation’s goals in partnership building.
Responsibilitie(s):
- Relationship Management: Handle relationships and contract negotiations.
- Proposal Writing: Draft proposals, concept notes, and reports.
- Donor Communication: Perform quarterly donor mapping and send impact updates.
- Lead Generation: Research and identify new partnership opportunities.
- External Engagement: Attend meetings and events for lead generation.
- Grant Management: Write and manage grants.
- Donor Account Management: Oversee donor accounts, timesheets, and reporting.
- Trend Analysis: Identify global and African entrepreneurship trends.
- Reporting: Develop reports for TEF partners and stakeholders.
- Database Management: Maintain and categorize the partnerships database.
- Deliverable Management: Ensure timely completion of partner deliverables.
- Roundtables: Organize quarterly policy and entrepreneurship roundtables.
- Advocacy Campaigns: Drive campaigns to support entrepreneurship across designated regions.
- Policy Change: Implement strategies to influence policy changes that impact entrepreneurship support across designated regions.
- Persuasive Communication: Convince target audiences to support TEF strategic initiatives.
- Thought Leadership: Communicate TEF’s ideas and data to influence leaders.
- Research Partnerships: Form partnerships for research on entrepreneurship barriers and enablers.
- Promotion: Promote TEF’s Africapitalism philosophy.
- Research Initiative: Create a framework for academic research on Africapitalism.
- Engagement: Engage with various channels to build an Africapitalism network.
Qualification/Experience Requirement(s):
- First Degree
- Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in similar roles across Technology and Innovation, corporate sector, experience in varied African markets, and NGOs.