Manager

Sahel Capital is a leading fund manager and advisory firm focused on West Africa with deep roots in private equity, financial advisory, management consulting, and agribusiness. When you partner with Sahel you benefit from quality financial and operational experience, broad industry knowledge, and a powerful network of global relationships.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager

Location: Lagos

Overview

• The Manager position is for experienced practitioners with a passion for agriculture.
• Managers have the opportunity to lead engagements with clients across the public, private and social sector and across multiple value chains to make a tangible impact to the agriculture and nutrition sector in Africa.

Job Description
In this role, you will be required to fulfill the following primary responsibilities:

• Ensure timely and high quality implementation of Sahel Capital-led projects, including planning, coordination of, and reporting of project activities.
• Manage a team of Sahel Capital employees and contractors to successfully deliver on projects’ objectives
• Manage engagement with stakeholders from the public, private and social sector to successfully deliver on projects’ objectives
• Prepare PowerPoint and Word reports summarizing research and analyses and developing recommendations for the client.
• Support senior management on other Sahel Capital initiatives as requested.
• Led proposal writing and business development efforts

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements
We are looking for candidates with a passion for agriculture that are driven, and self-starters. Below are key qualifications we are looking for:

• Masters in Agriculture, Business, Economics or related discipline
• At least 5 years of professional experience
• Experience in leading and managing teams
• Strong program management skills and high level of analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (both written and verbal), interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Willingness to travel (required)