StartUps & Youth Enterprise (SYE) Intern at FATE Foundation

FATE Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation established in March 2000 by Fola Adeola (Co-Founder & Pioneer MD/CEO, GTBank) with a mission is to foster wealth creation by promoting business and entrepreneurial development among Nigerians. With a focus on helping Nigerian entrepreneurs start, grow and scale their businesses through a combined approach of enterprise learning, growth support services and scaleup programs, our flagship programs are the Aspiring Entrepreneurs Programme, the Emerging Entrepreneurs Programme, the ScaleUp Lab, Policy Dialogue Series on Entrepreneurship, Annual FATE Alumni Conference and our Business & Advisory Support Services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: StartUps & Youth Enterprise (SYE) Intern

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Internship

Job Summary

• We seek a smart, analytical, and results-driven StartUps & Youth Enterprise (SYE) Intern who is enthusiastic about supporting the design and delivery of innovative programs.
• The ideal candidate will support the design and delivery of programs for the StartUps & Youth Enterprise (SYE) department of the FATE School of Entrepreneurship.
• The FATE School: The FATE School was created to harness the strong entrepreneurial culture of Nigerians by providing aspiring entrepreneurs with business incubation, growth, and accelerator support required to fully explore entrepreneurs’ innovative potential to start, grow, and scale their businesses.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the design and development of the program curriculum, training plan, modules, and agenda for SYE Programs.
• Assist with the necessary research and analysis to conduct needs assessment of start-up businesses, which will be applied to the curriculum development/redesign and marketing strategies.
• Assist monitoring the implementation of the agreed work plan for each program.
• Assist to ensure that all relevant administrative and secretarial requirements for programs assigned are available.
• Assist in communicating and following up with prospective FATE School program participants and volunteers as required.
• Communicate with and follow up on prospective SYE program participants to ensure that they are provided with timely information and updated as required.
• Provide administrative support during program sessions, ensuring that the facilities, materials, and other logistic requirements are taken into account.
• Follow through to ensure the successful implementation of all programs that are assigned.
• Proactively communicate progress report on all tasks and responsibilities assigned and escalate issues beyond own capacity to the Programs Manager and Head, StartUps & Youths Enterprise.
• Support in the achievement of the overall unit’s goal and work plan.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Minimum of 1-2 years relevant work experience.
• Good planning and organization skills.
• Ability to use the Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word & PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with social marketing platforms particularly Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Very strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Good database management and reporting skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with various levels of management and collaborate with team members with the utmost respect.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task effectively and proactively to provide feedback.
• A bachelor’s degree in social science or relevant field from an accredited university.
• Interest and passion for the non-profit or development sector.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.