Project Lead

Accountabilities:: Coordinate and oversee multiple strategic, operational, and growth initiatives, tracking timelines, milestones, deliverables, and outstanding actions. Facilitate communication and collaboration between internal teams, external partners, vendors, and other stakeholders. Identify project risks, delays, and challenges, escalating issues when appropriate and helping teams maintain alignment with strategic objectives. Support recruitment initiatives, including role definition, candidate coordination, onboarding, and cross-functional enablement. Research public-sector, institutional, bid, tender, and grant opportunities and support the preparation of proposals, applications, narratives, and required documentation. Coordinate stakeholder inputs, compliance requirements, submission deadlines, and reporting obligations associated with bids and grants. Support the planning and delivery of workshops, events, community initiatives, and related programmes, coordinating logistics, participants, partners, and vendors. Contribute to the development of accelerator and business support programmes by helping structure programme phases, participation criteria, processes, and value propositions. Maintain accurate documentation, project updates, reporting, and records across assigned initiatives while ensuring alignment with funding, partnership, and ecosystem objectives. Requirements: Experience in project management, business operations, programme coordination, or a related field. Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging a variety of stakeholders. Strong stakeholder management, coordination, problem-solving, and follow-through abilities. Ability to work independently, take initiative, and adapt effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, or comparable collaboration and productivity tools. Experience with bids, proposals, tenders, or grant applications is preferred. Experience coordinating recruitment, events, business programmes, or similar initiatives is an advantage. Familiarity with project management, CRM, or recruitment platforms is preferred. Benefits: Fully remote working arrangement. Opportunity to contribute to strategic, operational, and growth initiatives across multiple areas. Exposure to projects involving recruitment, funding, bids, events, programmes, and stakeholder partnerships. Significant variety and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment. Opportunity to take ownership of multiple initiatives and contribute to broader organizational growth.