2024 Graduate Trainee Program At Ikore International Development Limited

Ikore International Development Limited (Ikore) is an international development organization, proffering innovative solutions to drive sustainable social and enterprise development.

 

The organization works in hard-to-reach, economically deprived places and vulnerable communities torn apart by instability across Nigeria and Africa, providing solutions that support inefficient markets and communities. 

In the Agricultural Sector, they facilitate inclusive market growth by deploying strategies that promote value chain competitiveness and build resilient communities, ensuring bumper harvest for rural poor farmers in those communities.

Their very dynamic and innovative workforce/people have experience working in different value chains across Nigeria and Africa. Their people work collectively with host communities to design home-grown solutions that improve the livelihood and resilience of the communities.

Applications are invited for:

Title: 2024 Graduate Trainee Program

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Employment Type: Internship

Program Overview and Role

The 6-month graduate trainee program is designed to attract individuals that are passionate about Agribusiness in Africa and are willing to learn and contribute their knowledge to the development of the sector. 

The Program will provide an intensive learning opportunity for young and aspiring professionals and project managers who would like to work with Agric businesses.

Ikore is accepting applications from individuals interested in seeking to develop their careers further in any of the following areas:

Partnerships Development

Specific Responsibilities:

The candidate would mobilize networks, build partnerships and collaborations in order to drive growth in identification, selection and engagement of various stakeholders.

The ideal candidate would have to conduct thorough financial and non-financial due diligence, present and recommend the most relevant investment opportunities to different stakeholders.

He or she would manage proposal processes and pipelines; from capture, through technical development, drafting, narrative reviews, and finalization.

The candidate would participate in technical design, including identifying and analyzing potential solutions in response to development challenges. 

The candidate would conduct market research to identify new business opportunities. 

He or she would support the expansion of Ikore’s institutional donor pipeline. 

And the candidate would identify and pre-qualify new bid opportunities through online and offline searches. 

The candidate would track and assess new project opportunities and proactively contribute to marketing efforts to build a pipeline of high-quality business opportunities.

The candidate would collaborate with other colleagues to determine the most viable, cost-effective approach to pursue new business opportunities. 

The candidate would have to meet with potential investors/funders/partners to present company offerings and negotiate business deals.

Project Implementation Support

Specific Responsibilities:

The candidate would support with implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved. 

The candidate would facilitate meeting with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on services.

The candidate would produce accurate and timely reporting of project status throughout its life cycle.

The candidate would analyze, evaluate, and overcome project risks, and resource management, and produce project reports for management and stakeholders.

The candidate would coordinate the projects and their interdependencies.

The candidate would liaise with international and local partners on all projects and interventions.

He or she would have to support with Identifying rural market opportunities, design strategies/intervention guides for developing these market areas/commodity chains, and lead implementation.

Startup and Technology Management

Specific Responsibilities:

The candidate would evaluate how new business models can be applied effectively to create new value, understand how Ikore can best leverage the assets of corporate partners to create competitive advantage, examine market size and build business case.

He or she would gather information from the ecosystems to assess market opportunities and feasibility of innovation concepts.

The candidate would develop compelling product strategies, competitive analysis, roadmaps, and product requirements documents (PRDs) to communicate vision.

What will you gain?

The candidate will embark on an exciting and flexible, 16-week journey in which you will benefit from, mentoring from experts in the field, exposure to various business and soft skills, monthly stipend between NGN150,000-NGN250,000 and successful trainees will be retained.

In addition to helping young graduates learn skills that can be applied in future endeavors, this program will support the graduate’s professional development and will give them skills that will enhance their portfolios.

Eligibility Criteria:

The candidate must have a First Class or Second Class Upper Degree in Engineering, Sciences, Project Management, Finance / Investment or any Business Management, Economics related Degree.

He or she must be resident in Abuja, FCT. 

The candidate must be between the age of 22 to 30 years.

He or she must be committed to values associated with improving the lives of smallholder farmers. 

The candidate should possess exceptional researching and writing skills including presentation skills, strong interpersonal skills and empathy, ability to pay attentive to detail. 

He or she must have the ability to think outside of the box, and have a strong commitment to individual freedom as well as an interest in AgTech businesses.

The candidate must have an experience managing a small business and startup experience; or experience from investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or angel investing.

He or she must be a self-starter with project management and leadership experience.

The candidate must have the ability to develop relationships and make connections with anyone, anywhere.

The candidate must have an experience owning a work stream in a project and structuring analysis, developing recommendations and presenting results.

The candidate must have a program or project management experience, ensuring that deadlines are met, and operations run effectively and efficiently.

The candidate must be a team player with strong leadership skills - He or she takes ownership of his/her team and their work and be willing to help people around to become even better.

Application Closing Date

28th May, 2024.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume / CV and cover letter in a single PDF to: jobs@ikore.org using "Graduate Trainee" as the subject of the mail.

Note: Please state your class of degree boldly in your resume.