Executive Assistant / Program Officer at LAIT Foundation

Learning As I Teach (LAIT) Foundation is a novel non-profit organization focused on improving the quality of education received by the African child one educator at a time.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Executive Assistant / Program Officer

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities
The Executive Assistant/ Programme Officer (EA/PO) will report directly to the Executive Director (ED) and will be responsible for the following:

Executive Assistant Duties:

• Managing the ED’s calendar and maintaining her schedule
• Accompanying the ED to strategic meetings
• reviewing, prioritizing and responding to emails
• answering and returning phone calls
• organizing documents
• maintaining records
• any other administrative tasks that help the ED perform her role seamlessly

Program Officer Duties:

• Identify and contact potential grantees for funding.
• Represent the Foundation in industry conferences, meetings and workshops.
• Manage and monitor grants and prepare funding reports.
• Provide guidance and maintain frequent communications with program partners.
• Analyze and troubleshoot program challenges.
• Develop best practices to improve overall program performance
• Assist in budget preparation and expense management activities for programs.
• Identify and contact new program partners for non-profit expansion.
• Plan and execute program activities in timely and accurate manner.
• Conduct program reviews and prepare reports for management.
• Prepare meeting agenda, organize meetings and distribute minute
• Manage social media accounts and contribute to the updating of the website
• Track the sales and stock of the Foundation’s publications and merchandise

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s Degree in any of the Social Sciences
• Up to 3 years post NYSC work experience in a similar capacity
• Have a good command of the English language (both written and spoken)
• Be digitally literate, agile and highly intuitive.
• Living in close proximity to the Ikeja axis is an added advantage.

Salary Range
N1.8M – N2.4M Gross Annual.

Application Closing Date
21st October, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hr4thelearningcommunity@gmail.com using “EA/PO” as the subject of the email.

Note: Only selected candidates will be contacted.