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Iyaniwura’s mission is to provide elder ladies of Lagos (70+) female friendship, and zest of life. The beloved mamas and grandmas of Lagos deserve it.

We are seeking a Program Manager to run the day-to-day programs and special events of the elder ladies’ daytime center. 

Responsibilities

• Execute the daily operations of the social center by facilitating daily programming, motivating and engaging the attendees, troubleshooting. 

• Assist and collaborate with the leadership team to plan and execute daily and special programming of the social center.  

• Execute special events, including serving as a liaison to facilitators, instructors, and guests to ensure all special programs run smoothly. 

• Oversee and manage a small team of program assistants, program operations assistant, and social media manager.

• Serve as keyholder, opening, closing, and the regular cleaning of the social center on days of operations. 

• Report all center activities to the leadership team, producing activity reports on a frequent basis–weekly, monthly, quarterly. 

• Facilitate volunteering opportunities at the center,  interviewing, vetting, and 

• Manage all volunteers at the center, whether repeat or individual volunteers to ensure they have an impactful and enjoyable experience. 

• Manage all visitation of the center, including prospective members, family members, and special guests.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s Degree (completed a 4-year degree)

• Completed your National Youth Service (NYSC)

• 5+ years experience in education, retail, hospitality, NGO, or charity management 

• 2+ years experience overseeing and managing teams 

• 2+ years experience facilitating programs in a nonprofit or educational setting

• Experience with digital communication tools (ex. Gmail)

• Comfortable and competent working with elderly individuals. 

• Excellent written, verbal, and oral communication skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills and solution oriented with the ability to quickly assess, diffuse and ameliorate interpersonal conflicts. 

• Comfortable communicating to multiple stakeholders (leadership, attendees, attendees’ family members, guests, instructors, facilitators, etc)

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience working with children or the elderly

• Experience facilitating programs in a charity/NGO or educational setting

• Previous experience in nonprofit programming

Location: On-Site; Surulere

Salary commensurate with experience.

Available from 9am - 6pm Monday - Friday, including some weekend availability, to be discussed.

This is for a permanent 1 year contract, renewal upon satisfactory performance during probationary period.

Iyaniwura’s mission is to provide elder ladies of Lagos (70+) female friendship, and zest of life. The beloved mamas and grandmas of Lagos deserve it.

We are seeking two (2) Program Assistants to help the Program Manager run the day-to-day programs of the elder ladies’ daytime center.

Responsibilities

• Tend to the needs of the center’s elderly attendees throughout daily programming, ensuring all attendees are comfortable, engaged, and enjoying the programming. 

• Comfortable facilitating daily activities such as small group discussions, games, art sessions, and special activity sessions. 

• Assist the facilitators, instructors, and guests during operations to ensure all special programming runs smoothly. 

• Collaborate with your colleagues in the opening, preparation, execution, and close of daily operations and special events and troubleshooting of the social center.

• Work alongside colleagues in maintaining a clean center and assist with programming, as needed.

• Assist the Program Manager in the preparation, execution, and close of daily operations. 

• Collaborate with the Program Manager in the planning, preparation, and execution of all special events of the social center. 

• In the event of the Program Manager’s absence, be able to assume all responsibilities for the day’s programming. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (completed a 4-year degree)

• Completed your National Youth Service (NYSC) 

• 2+ years experience in education, retail, food service, hospitality, or a NGO

• Comfortable collaborating and working on a team. 

• Experience with digital communication tools (ex. Gmail)

• Comfortable and competent working with elderly individuals. 

• Excellent written, verbal, and oral communication skills

• Excellent Problem-solving skills 

• Excellent conflict resolution skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience working with children or the elderly

• Experience facilitating programs in a charity/NGO or educational setting

• Previous experience in nonprofit programming

Location: On-Site; Surulere

Salary commensurate with experience.

Available from 9am - 6pm Monday - Friday, including some weekend availability, to be discussed.

This is for a permanent 1 year contract, renewal upon satisfactory performance during probationary period.