Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF) is a regional non- Governmental Organisation that focuses on the following thematic areas ; Migration, Public Health, Education, Democratic Governance, livelihood, Climate Change and Environment
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head, Project Delivery
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The project delivery is a Pillar coordinating activity of four strategic departments – these include programs andpartnership, business development ,communication, MEALdepartments.
- This role requires strategic leadership, stakeholder management, and operational excellence to ensure projects meet their objectives, deadlines, and budgets while aligning with AYGF’s mission and values.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, implementation, monitoring, and delivery of AYGF projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
- Develop project workplans, timelines, budgets, deliverables, and performance targets.
- Provide strategic leadership and supervision to project teams, promoting accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks and challenges, and implement appropriate mitigation measures.
- Ensure compliance with donor requirements, organizational policies, contractual obligations, and relevant standards.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with donors, government agencies, partners, and other key stakeholders.
- Represent AYGF at relevant meetings, conferences, workshops, and stakeholder engagements.
- Lead the development of high-quality, competitive project proposals, concept notes, and funding applications.
- Demonstrate strong proposal-writing skills and a proven track record of developing successful proposals that secure project funding.
- Identify funding opportunities and work with relevant teams to develop and submit timely and responsive proposals.
- Collaborate with the Finance and MEAL teams to ensure effective budgeting, financial management, monitoring, reporting, and documentation.
- Ensure timely preparation and submission of high-quality donor and project reports.
- Capture project lessons, results, and best practices to support learning, programme improvement, and future proposal development.
- Support project close-out, transition, sustainability, and documentation processes.
Qualifications & Experience
- Qualification should be minimum of M.Sc Degree in Project Management, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or related fields with at least 7+ years of experience in project management, with a focus on non-profit or development sectors.
- The Candidate should possess strong leadership, team management, and problem solving skills.
Key Competencies:
- Strategic thinking and decision-making.
- Budget and financial management skills.
- Strong negotiation and partnership-building capabilities.
- High level of adaptability and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Application Closing Date
30th October, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and a Cover Letter detailing relevant experience and motivation. to: recruitment@aygf.org using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
