Programs Associate at She Leads Africa

She Leads Africa is a digital media company for the modern, millennial African woman. With features in the Financial Times, BBC, CNN, Forbes and CNBC Africa, we’re creating the best digital content and offline events to help young African women build amazing careers and businesses, serve as community leaders and influencers, and eventually take over the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Programs Associate

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full Time

Description

• The Programs Associate will be responsible for organizing the logistics of and generating revenue from SLA offline events and programs.

Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include:

• Managing the logistical planning of SLA's offline/online programs including networking events, Accelerator programs, brand activations and more
• Managing client relations to ensure the seamless execution of campaigns, events and projects 
• Adopting different communication styles to suit different stakeholders
• Executing client projects to allow for project extension/renewal and to secure new businesses from existing clients
• Researching and compiling pre-event data such as competitive events, venues, topics, and speakers
• Communicating and coordinating event targets with the Marketing Team and Sales & Partnerships Team
• Securing event partnerships that involve research, conference calls, proposals and in-person meetings
• Conducting customer development research to identify the skills and trainings our community is looking for and integrate that into our programs
• Engaging relevant content partners, setting up meetings, and driving short and long-term goals
• Serving as a spokesperson for official events and programs
• Hustling to identify new prospects and sell them on SLA

Requirements
We’re Looking For Someone Who:

• Has high professional and ethical standards i.e. understands that there’s no such thing as African time – you’re just late
• Is comfortable taking and giving feedback
• Has a good sense of humour – because we’ll be working hard so we better keep each other entertained
• Is comfortable working in a startup environment where we’re making the rules up as we go along
• Has the ability to live and work remotely 
• Has experience with digital content creation (knowledge of Canva a plus)
• Has ample project management skills, and is not afraid to take ownership of a new program and help it grow
• Can work independently and is happy to join a virtual team
• Has a can do attitude and is flexible enough to take on any task we throw at them
• Is passionate, hungry and eager to build SLA into a world class institution

Commitment:

• Full time position.

Hours of Work:

• 50 hours per week, usual working hours are from 9:00am - 6:00pm WAT.
• There will be a requirement from time to time to start work earlier or finish later as the role
  dictates.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply