Advancement Manager
Purpose of Position
- To lead the School’s advancement programmes while responsible for maintaining and increasing funding from a portfolio of individuals and corporate partners through grant writing, stewardship, individual cultivation and solicitation, and fundraising events management.
- The Advancement Manager must be proactive, highly motivated, and detail-oriented, able to advance the School’s efforts to fundraise and friend-raise.
- Must be proficient at developing and refining systems and procedures for the smooth functioning of operations and growing knowledge of Advancement Services:
Essential Duties / Key Job Roles and Responsibilities
- Create yearly budgets for the Advancement Department and manage Advancement Budgets.
- Create donation policies and procedures.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the advancement role in prospect management, donor recognition, donor stewardship, and other related activities, including development research, database management, and donor history.
- Establish overall goals and strategies for increasing private support for the School.
- Work with donors on behalf of the School on the acceptance of gifts and oversee the procedures and documentation for assistance receipting.
- Communicate donor wishes and requirements to the School.
- Oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive and accurate fundraising database to include all past and prospective donors.
- Oversee all donor information entered and retrieved; oversee the accuracy and efficiency of reports created.
- Develop donor and prospect activity reports.
- Provide oversight of pledge and acknowledgment processing activities.
- Contribute to the effective team management of all customer relation problems, issues, and opportunities.
- Handle advancement fundraising activities related to major gifts, planned gifts, and corporate and foundation philanthropy and cultivate gift prospects when appropriate.
- Responsible for endowments (scholarships and others) and reporting award status to donors.
- Represent the School at meetings and events with key organizations.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Meeting financial targets for projects
- Number of donors willing to partner with the School
- Number of encounters between the school and donors/prospects
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in any related discipline and certificate courses in fundraising/budgeting and financial analysis. MBA or a Master’s degree is an added advantage.
Experience:
- Minimum of 8 years experience in the Business Development / Marketing function of a medium or large organization.
Competencies Required:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Customer service skills
- Planning and organizational skills
- General management/administrative skills.
- Fundraising skills
- Budgeting and Financial Analysis
- Relationship management skills
Digital Media Manager
Purpose of Position
- The Digital Media Manager will require the following skills:
- Website design and development skills
- Graphics designing,
- Content production (video and text/copywriting skills
- Video editing
- Digital Marketing
- By combining these skill sets, the Digital Media manager can create websites that function well and look great, provide a positive user experience, are visually appealing, and are optimized for search engines and various devices.
Essential Duties/Key Job Roles And Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining websites using programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
- Creating visual concepts, designs, and layouts for various types of media, including print, digital, and multimedia
- Designing graphics, icons, and other visual elements to support the website’s design and user experience.
- Ensuring website functionality and performance are optimized for both desktop and mobile devices.
- Plan and execute all digital marketing, including SEO/SEM, marketing database, email, social media, and display advertising campaigns.
- Be responsible for the creation and management of recording of all training and materials that would be used in the program.
- Staying current with the latest web development trends, tools, and techniques.
- Maintaining website security and adhering to best practices for data protection.
- Collaborate with agencies and other vendor partners.
- Populating our social media handles with activities ongoing activities.
Requirements
Education:
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Experience:
- Minimum of five years of professional experience in a lead management role.
- Provide a portfolio that showcases strong website development skills and a variety of website projects.
Competencies Required:
To be successful in this role, the candidate must possess the following.
- Strong knowledge of web development languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
- Experience with web development frameworks and libraries like React, Angular, and Bootstrap.
- Familiarity with graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Sketch.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively present and justify design and technical decisions.
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking.
Centre Manager
Purpose of Position
- The Center Manager would manage administrative requirements as approved by the Governing Council.
Essential Duties / Key Job Roles And Responsibilities
- Overall management of all administrative systems, record keeping, and governance processes to aid the effective running of facilities.
- Analyze program risks and determine mitigants.
- Space management
- Oversight of routine planned and preventative maintenance of the building facilities and outdoor space by staff, volunteers, or contractors.
- Maintain, monitor, and commission work as part of cyclic or needs-based repair and refurbishment.
- Manage and update a register of risk for facilities and update this to the Center Director.
- Manage and monitor all health and safety aspects in the building and outside spaces as required by regulation or good practice.
- Manage operational budget
- First-line review of agreements with vendors and contractors
- Liaise with Accountant, Media, and other direct officers regarding critical deliverables.
- Manage all ad-hoc staff that managesfacility’sity’s varying capacities. Ensure that staff and volunteers can work collaboratively with each other.
- Work with other staff and contractors to establish marketing of facilities and good, serviced communication channels about activities, events, and available facilities.
- Deal with communications issues internally and externally
- Develop a budget and operating plan for the program.
- Manage budgets for the locations.
Requirements
Education:
- An MBA with relevant work experience (A Ph.D. is an added advantage, given the research output expectations from the center).
Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in a lead management role.
Competencies Required:
To be successful in this role, the candidate must possess the following:
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, public speaking, strategic planning, and writing skills are required.
- You have efficiently managed multiple priorities, deadlines, and tasks.
- Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness with attention to detail.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@lbs.edu.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.