Job Objective

TEP Centre is a pioneer in the emerging field of Education Partnership, specialising in the research, design, implementation, support, and evaluation of education programmes, projects, and initiatives across the public, private and non-profit sectors. We seek to fill the role of Programme Officer – Business Development and Partnership.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills and a demonstrable ability to plan and implement projects from inception to completion. The successful candidate will coordinate the core implementation teams responsible for seamlessly delivering all the organisation’s projects.

Job Title: Programme Officer

Department: Consultancy TEP Centre is a pioneer in the emerging field of Education Partnership, specialising in the research, design, implementation, support, and evaluation of education programmes, projects, and initiatives across the public, private and non-profit sectors. We seek to fill the role of Programme Officer – Consultancy & Advisory.

Reports to: Programme Director

Key Roles and Responsibilities

The Programme Officer will be responsible for:

Collaborate across all the units in the organisation to implement projects/ programmes
Researching, planning, and organising the annual Education Innovation Summit (NEDIS), and community engagement.
Develop sponsorships and partnerships strategy, logistics, and speaker management.
Develop and maintain relationships with key education sector partners in government and within the international donor community.
Develop knowledge products in specific areas of research assigned, development of toolkits, manuals, and activity reports.
Preparing and making presentations on behalf of the organisation and unit from time to time
Research and identify new business opportunities – including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products, and services – or new ways of reaching existing markets eg. Consultancy; Training (Program, Finance, and Auditing, etc), and other services
Develop and implement an organisational business development and funding strategy for TEP programmes
Maintaining excellent relationships with partners, vendors, customers
Managing third-party contributions to the programme, and communications with all stakeholders.

Technical and Behavioural competencies

Organised and able to participate in and lead physical and virtual teams
Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with respect for diversity
Team player with effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, and able to build value-adding relationships with stakeholders at all levels across the public, private and civil society sectors
Excellent analytical skills with advanced proficiency in systematic writing written and spoken English
Advanced experience and proficiency in writing for professional and academic purposes e.g scholarships, grants, proposals, technical reports, workplan
Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Support in planning, monitoring, and controlling programmes
Excellent in creating project implementation processes.
Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
Good knowledge of programme and project management tools and softwares like Gantt chart, Asana, project, etc
Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures

Experience/Qualification

Post-secondary education from a recognised university in a field such as Education, Research, Development, Social Work, or any other relevant field
Experience in working on education, development, and/or donor/grant-funded programmes will be an added advantage
Multilingual speaker desirable: ability to speak Hausa, Ibo, or Yoruba is an added advantage
Based in Lagos and willing to travel nationally and internationally

Benefits:

Hybrid work mode: we work 4 days remotely and one day on-site
Health coverage: medical insurance for staff and dependents (spouse and up to 4 children), health and wellness awareness
Training opportunities: we encourage personal development and provide learning platforms to help team members grow and thrive in their career
Team events: we cultivate team building through social events and happy hours

To apply, candidates should send a copy of their Curriculum Vitae with the email heading, ‘Programme Officer’ to recruitment@tepcentre.com. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

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