The Alex and Grace Izinyon Foundation was established to advance Dr Alex and Mrs Grace Izinyon’s benevolence. This is fueled by their firm belief that every life is valuable and with minimal resources every human being can thrive and achieve purpose when stirred in the right direction.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Project Officer
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- We’re looking for a highly organized Project Officer to join our team and play a key role in managing and supervising the technical aspects of our projects, from inception to completion.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Project Manager to manage project lifecycles, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.
- Conduct stakeholder engagement activities to gather requirements, manage expectations, and ensure project alignment.
- Assist in developing project scope statements, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and project plans using relevant methodologies
- Build and nurture relationships with grant-making organisations, Foundations and other relevant stakeholders.
- Stay informed about trends and developments in the grant funding landscape and adjust grant-seeking strategies accordingly.
- Coordinate with internal teams to gather the necessary financial, programmatic and impact data for reporting to grantors.
- Apply quality management principles throughout the project lifecycle.
- Track progress, monitor risks, and identify issues proactively.
- Identify good fit grants and develop the necessary content for the grant application on time by answering questions, reviewing language, interpreting the requirements and processing submissions when required and approved.
- Coordinate quality control checks and review all grant material.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management or a related field.
- Proficiency in project management methodologies.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
- 1–2 years of experience in project management within the Non Profit Sector
- Proven experience in grant and proposal writing.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@agi-foundation.org using the Job Title as the subject of the mail