Eko Innovation Centre Job Vacancies 2020 | Check Available Positions Here

Are you a graduate or non-graduate seeking for a job opportunity in Nigeria? If yes, here’s an opportunity for you. The Eko Innovation Centre is currently recruiting to fill the available positions. Read more details below;

Eko Innovation is currently seeking application from suitably qualified candidate to fill the positions below:

Job Title: Program Manager (Acceleration)

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

About The Role

• The Program Manager Business Acceleration will be responsible for the strategic identification and scaling of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to growth, building them into enterprises.
• The focus is to help drive companies from early stage to rapid growth and transform them into enterprises.

Job Description

• Identifying relevant & viable businesses through an in-house selection platform to be created.
• Project managing the value chain process of acceleration including strong stakeholder management for maximum visibility and business success.
• Contribute to development, planning of our venture support programs and formats
• Design and supervise learning platform and curricula for business development
• Drive and ensure business start-ups meets and deliver their set business objectives
• Project-manage their activities all year round to ensure they meet their marketing, sales & revenue targets.
• Organizing and coordinating in-house activities (workshops, networking, lunch and learns, movie nights, outings, etc) aimed at growing the community and adding value to our members and their businesses.
• Develop business plans and present to management quarterly
• Conduct local and global venture scouting with both private & public partners
• Manage our acceleration calls for applications, shortlisting & interviews
• Manage stakeholders that relate to our acceleration activities
• Manage government, public & social sector projects

Job Requirements and Personality Traits

• 3+ years post-graduate experience in business development, management & support or other relevant positions
• You love working with start-ups or even started one.
• Excellent track records of meeting and exceeding Project management KPIs
• You have good knowledge of startup methodologies (Lean startup,BMC, rapid prototyping etc)
• The ideal candidate MUST have experience in business development and a developing knowledge of accelerator programmes.
• A self-motivated team player, a dynamic, entrepreneurial person with a keen passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed. Adept at managing multiple projects at once, very detail-oriented and organized, learn quickly, and have a track record of being adaptable in a fluid, high-growth environment.

Leadership and Growth Behaviors:

• Act like An Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.
• Develop self and others: Develop self and support others’ development to achieve full potential.
• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions / recommendations.
• Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
• Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her / his peers.
• Fast / Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.

Job Title: Program Manager (Learning)

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

About The Role

• The Project Manager Learning will be responsible for the strategic development, implementation, execution, and coordination of a training school, training programmes and learning initiatives for EIC.
• The focus is to build training programs relevant to techies, techprenuers and start-ups to enable their enterprise development.

Job Duties

• Acts as the Program lead and Project manager for our Learning and Development program
• Builds out a strategic plan and roadmap for Learning and Development opportunities and initiatives, including Continued Education, policy and data trainings
• Partners with Researchers and other Research Ops & Program Managers on program areas such as the Continued Education Series and contributes to other research team programs and initiatives when needed
• Facilitates relationships between teams, moves initiatives forward, finds resources, raises concerns to appropriate owners early and resolves open issues that prevent progress
• Hold the line when schedule or progress is in jeopardy while maintaining respectful relationships
• Predicts roadblocks and obstacles and establishes meetings or integration points between teams
• Prioritize competing needs with good reasoning and creative solutions
• Works with cross-functional teams to develop and design our UX team trainings
• Maintains and refines research programs and initiatives, establishing best practices, next steps and outcomes
• Coordinates resources across multiple projects and teams
• Contributes to program processes and tools, updating databases and initiating improvements where needed.

Role Requirements

• 3-5 years of Program or Project Management experience
• 2+ years in experience creating learning and educational programs for teams
• Experience with communication, organisation and juggling multiple priorities
• Track record of operating independently and delivering results
• Skilled in learning content development
• Strong ability to be analytical (quantitative and qualitative), problem solve, think big picture, and get into the weeds.
• Strong experience with leading teams/projects using agile practices.
• Experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or change management.
• High level of proficiency with Google suite(sheets, docs, slides) and communication technologies, such as Slack and Zoom.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience collaborating effectively across multiple functions.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Possess professional maturity, cultural sensitivity, and the integrity that exemplifies Eko Innovation’s values.

Leadership and Growth Behaviors:

• Act like An Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.
• Develop self and others: Develop self and support others’ development to achieve full potential.
• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
• Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
• Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
• Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.

Job Title: Program Manager (Research and Sustainability)

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

About The Role

• The Project Manager, Research & Sustainability will be responsible for aligning EIC with SDGs by driving all civic-tech initiatives, government projects, partnerships, & grants.
• The role will also identify and lead a relevant local research project to satisfy a defined business objective.

Job Duties

• Lead the creation of new programs in support of overall sustainability strategy in partnership relevant stakeholders.
• Develop tools, processes, or other capabilities to support execution and transition responsibility to business.
• Obtaining funding for projects through rebate applications, grants, and project proposals.
• Create and manage a roadmap to transform and improve the organization’s performance and drive cross-functional teams to these goals through influence and partnership.
• Manage a portfolio of strategic sustainability initiatives and programs, identifying gaps and proposing solutions.
• Report periodically to management on activities, milestones reached on targets
• Oversee and support the consulting and research teams on a variety of activities & activities.
• Manage metrics to report program success as well as find opportunities for improvement
• Supervise & Manage deliverables of the Community Business Officer which includes internal stakeholders & facility operations at 50, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi as well as social media & corporate communications
• Oversee external stakeholders, public and private engagements on behalf of Eko Innovation Centre
• Manage government, public & social sector engagements
• Manage & Execute the Research & Sustainability Program pillar of the Eko iCentre including Grants processes, Research & Data acquisition processes and learning gamification projects
• Ensure 100% Success of all Programs and Workshop.

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in Business Operations or Sustainability, Community Engagement, Diversity Programs, or other transformational roles.
• Experience in a sustainability field (e.g., community/social engagement/redevelopment, environmental restoration programs, diversity programs, circular economy initiatives).
• Experience drawing meaningful insights from data to create strategy, tell a narrative, and operationalize solutions.
• Experience in automation, tool, process development, and/or analytics.
• Experience partnering effectively on cross-functional projects or teams. Ability to build relationships and influence key partners to achieve results through collaboration.
• Ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels including executive leadership, peers, and managers. Ability to identify and track metrics of success.
• Excellent execution through program management and communication skills.

Leadership and Growth Behaviors:

• Act like An Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.
• Develop self and others: Develop self and support others’ development to achieve full potential.
• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
• Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
• Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
• Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@hazonholdings.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: If the above sounds like an exciting role to you, please tell us why you believe you’re a good fit and we’ll be in touch.