Opportunity: LeadPreneur Program Manager

Are you passionate about leadership and entrepreneurship? Are you willing ready to impact the society positively? Here is the opportunity to lead and make the world a better.

This is a leadership role, the individual must have both passion and knowledge for leadership and entrepreneurial development, will be responsible for directing and managing the overall activities of the secretariat including, Programs, Community Management, Partnerships, Fundraising, Media Relations & Communications etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. LeadPreneur Programs -The Program Manager shall see to the successful planning and implementation of LeadPreneur programs and initiatives.

2. Fundraising – Develop a fundraising plan and mobilize campaigns to raise funds forvarious LeadPreneur activities and projects. Fundraising targets shall be set by the Board, and is an important Key Performance Indicator for the Programs Manager.

3. Content Creation and Updates – To curate and write blog posts, articles,newsletters, communications materials, and material for social media channels. He/she will be responsible for updating the LeadPreneur site and related project pages, with input by LeadPreneur community at large.

4. Events – PlanLeadPreneur events such as the Meet Ups, Round tables and annual conference. Also, attend relevant events on behalf of the organization.

5. Public Relations – Manage incoming media requests;develop and maintain and relationships with journalists and program liaisons to promote the activities and values of LeadPreneur, and engage the Board and community to contribute to public relations through peer‐to-peer processes.

6. Social Media – Create, manage and grow the organization’s presencethrough blogs, microblogs, and other strategically relevant online spaces including mailing lists. Enable the community to contribute and co‐manage the organization’s presence in relevant online spaces

7. Management ‐ Coordinate and manage LeadPreneur community, members, team,volunteers and interns. The Program Manager shall motivate, set performance benchmarks, recommend to the board and oversee the team to work to deliver on the mandates of LeadPreneur.

Line of Reporting

The Program Manager shall report to the LeadPreneur Board.

Oversight of the work of the Program Manager is by the LeadPreneur Board.

The Program Manager shall prepare and deliver to the board a written quarterly report of the state of affairs of the organization in scheduled meetings.

Qualifications

• Openness, creativity, leadership potentials.
• A relevant university diploma or degree.
• Knowledge and passion for project management.
• Experience with fundraising.

• Proven experience of working with and within with social enterprise, not-for-profit and communities.
• Experience with establishing self-governance mechanisms of communities is a plus, ideas on it is a must.
• Intense activity on social media and virtual collaboration/communication tools.
• Sufficient practice and knowledge of web 2.0, particularly social media tools/ community building tools.

Skills we are looking for

• Ability to be resourceful and to delegate.
• Ability to communicate effectively: a people’s person.
• High sense of self-discipline and organizational skills.
• Capacity to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Team player, especially in virtual collaboration.
• Mastery of the English language, and no fear of other African languages.

What you will need for this position

• A workstation.
• Internet connectivity
• We expect that by nature, you are the type that spends at least 5 hours daily on the internet.

Location: Abuja. May travel to other locations as may be required.

Remuneration: dependent on experience.

How to apply:

Send three documents:

1. A one (1) minute video telling why you are the best candidate for this role.
2. A one pager on how you plan to do the work and your remuneration expectations.

• Your CV and digital passport photo.

Send these documents to info@LeadPreneur.com

Initial Contract: 12 months, renewable on satisfactory performance. Performance will be monitored against a work plan based on the “duties and responsibilities” of this document. Overall performance indicator after one year will be securing the necessary funding for running the organization for an additional 24 months after the end of period, and achieving high degree of interaction stakeholders as well as self‐governance.

About LeadPreneur

LeadPreneur is a Not-For-Profit organisation that seeks to raise a new generation of Transformational Leaders and Entrepreneurs who will build viable and sustainable institutions that positively influences the society.