Business Development Asisstant at Sahei Gender Development Initiative (Katsina & Sokoto)

Job Title: Business Development Assisstant

Job Description

• We are seeking a Business Development Assistant to support Business Development processes. The Business Development Assistant will support the organization’s business efforts in Nigeria through a mix of regular and on-demand tasks and SGDI’s program, ensuring that it aligns with both the organization’s global standards and the specific requirements of the donor.

Responsibilities and Task
Technical:

• Support in preparing & submitting business proposals, reports, and presentations during review meetings.
• Support the update & development of policies, procedures, and templates for the business development team.
• Assist in the development of templates for budgets, and budget justifications that meet the requirements of funding agencies & stakeholders.
• Support with stakeholder communications on new business matters, subcontracts and other agreements.
• Support Project Managers and provide documentation plans and reports.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project delivery.
• Identify & facilitate resolution of project issues through root cause analysis to fix underlying challenges
• Contribute to effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both internal and external use in coordination with the other program staff.
• Support resource mobilization efforts through contribution to literature research and budget preparation for proposal writing and related engagement.
• Coordinate weekly and monthly projects reports and meetings.
• Coordinate the dissemination of project information among the project team, schedule and support donor, stakeholders, project meetings.
• Drafting, editing, and proofreading of technical materials, promotional materials and appropriate reports of project status, activities, and results.
• Coordinate the planning of meetings, workshops, training sessions and ensure that all logistics arrangements are in place while ensuring that meeting notes are taken and disseminated timely to all participants.

Communication, Advocacy and Influencing:

• Support development of visibility materials for advocacy and influencing
• Generate ideas and innovations for celebration of specific international days 

Resource Mobilization:

• Contribute to SGDI’s resource mobilization efforts.
• Support all other initiative as assigned

Requirements
Required:

• Excellent presentation, communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• A minimum of 3 years proven and relevant experience in fundraising and donor facing.
• Experience in Corporate fundraising and relationship management is desired.
• Proven experience in stewardship and developing new business. 
• Confident networker with the ability to forge strong working relationships.
• Flexibility and adaptability, takes initiative, a willingness learn and to take on additional duties with a growth mindset.
• Demonstrated skills building and maintaining relationships with project stakeholders, local partners, and local organizations.
• Fluency in English and strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated inter-cultural, interpersonal, and negotiation skills are required. 
• Demonstrated commitment to PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Harassment, and Abuse).
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Diversity, Equity, Belonging and Inclusion (DEBI)

Competencies:

• Approachability                                 
• Building Effective Teams
• Customer Focus
• Integrity and Trust
• Drive for Results
• Business Acumen
• Negotiating
• Organizational Ability

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is 25th July, 2025.  Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Important Information

• Interested candidates should complete and attach their CV with Cover Letter following this format “Name_ Position you applied for”.
• Only applicants whose competencies meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.
• SGDI is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
• SGDI reserves the right to close the advertisement before the stated closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.
• SGDI has a PSEA Policy that the successful candidate will be expected to comply with and promote.