Partnership Manager

Responsibilities:

Strategic Expansion & Resource Acquisition:

• Discover and investigate high-level collaboration prospects involving global corporations, international donors, philanthropic groups, government bodies, and other significant industrial players.
• Construct and execute engagement plans that resonate with our core vision and established organizational objectives.
• Craft persuasive alliance requests, conceptual frameworks, donation tiers, and professional decks.
• Champion capital-raising efforts by obtaining both monetary and logistical support for initiatives and scaling operations. 
• Cultivate and oversee a robust funnel of potential collaborators and financial backers.

Engagement & Network Stewardship:

• Act as the primary liaison for key allies while nurturing enduring professional ties. 
• Facilitate routine touchpoints, collaboration assessments, and focused communications with all stakeholders.
• Guarantee that contributors receive prompt briefings, impact documentation, and appropriate credit as per formal pacts.
• Represent the firm during forums, industry summits, networking mixers, and high-level stakeholder dialogues.

Collaboration Oversight & Initiative Alignment: 

• Finalize and manage formal pacts, Memoranda of Understanding, and operational alliance structures. 
• Liaise with internal execution departments to ensure all shared obligations are successfully fulfilled.
• Monitor progress toward shared goals, key deadlines, and performance indicators. Direct inter-departmental efforts to boost collaborator utility and initiative outcomes. 

Planning, Analysis & Brand Integration: 

• Keep a current and detailed log of all external connections and historical data.  
• Generate regular efficiency summaries and visual progress trackers for leadership and external contributors.
• Observe shifts in the social impact, corporate responsibility, and developmental arenas to spot emerging synergy areas.
• Enhance the firm's public profile through integrated messaging and co-branded promotional activities. 

Requirements:

• Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in partnerships, resource mobilization, or business development within the NGO/non-profit sector, international development, or social enterprise ecosystem in Nigeria.  
• Track Record: A documented history of securing grants, corporate sponsorships, or institutional funding partnerships.
• Network: Contacts within corporate Nigeria (CSR heads), international development partners (e.g., USAID, FCDO, UNDP, etc.).
• Strategic Models Familiarity: Deep understanding of crowdfunding, mobile money integration frameworks, and co-investment models. Experience managing public sector collaborations is a massive plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, Development Studies, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing strategic partnerships.
• Excellent grant & proposal writing, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to work independently, prioritize multiple projects, and meet deadlines.
• Passion for social impact, innovation, and community development. 

Benefits:

• Opportunity to directly reshape the developmental landscape of Nigeria. 
• A dynamic, innovative team environment.
• Health Insurance
• Hybrid working arrangements. 

Location: Lagos, Nigeria.

Remuneration: NGN 700,000

Work Mode: Hybrid (3 days physical, 2 days remote).