Partnerships Officer

The Tony Elumelu Foundation

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.

Summary

Job ID

670

Job Title

Partnerships Officer

Company

The Tony Elumelu Foundation

Location

Lagos

Department/Function

Partnerships (NGO)

Job Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Type

Full Time

Minimum Qualification

B.SC

Preferred Years of Experience

3

Application Deadline

-114 day(s)