Lead Consultant

About Midas Project

Creating a sustainable future in the educational and social enterprise sector entails meeting up with the challenges of a fast-changing and unpredictable globalized world through innovations. Midas Project is a next-generation technology development startup that focuses on driving innovation in education sector and helping to create, nurture and develop social enterprises.

It allows for sharing of African stories and a social support system, via its hub initiative. We are a community of social innovators leveraging technology to proffer solutions to societal problems.

Job Description: 

The Lead Consultant provides objective advice and assistance on the strategy, structure, management and operations of an organization, in support of identified business purposes and objectives. They may focus on a specified business topic, such as new business ventures, cost reduction, mergers or product launches. Consultancy is usually contracted between a Consultancy provider and a client.

Duties & Responsibilities: 

- Experience in a consulting

- On-foot consultant  

- Drive the consulting business

- Manage exciting market and develop new market 

- Prepares and develops benefits and business case proposals for business change programmes.

- Designs and implements measures for business process review and evaluation. 

-  Designs and implements change management programmes where appropriate

- Models, appraises and presents business/systems options for business improvement against identified technical or business problem scenarios. 

- Develops and manages stakeholder relations and communications.

- Translates business objectives into associated requirements. 

- Defines and completes large-scale or complex projects to cost, timescale and quality following applicable standards and procedures for project management and reporting. 

- Leads the procurement process; managing the quality and effectiveness of services against agreed Service Level Agreements with 3rd party suppliers.

- Translates business objectives into associated requirements.

- Provides advice, assistance and guidance to programme and project teams delivering new projects and effective management of projects. 

Requirements & Responsibilities: 

- A first degree with second class upper and above in a discipline relevant to the position

- Post-graduate certification will be a plus

- Ability to utilize proven and tested methodologies and technologies

- At least 2 years’ experience in Management/Strategy Consulting

Added Advantage: 

- Young candidate with good research skills encouraged

- Good writing and communication skills

- Numerate

- Multi-country education or work experience with diversity in function

- A Nigeria lover or neutral

- Certification in Project Management Methodology and Techniques and/or Consultancy accreditation

- A post-graduate degree in Management or relevant area