Program Associate (Enterprise & Vocation)

About Our Client

Our client is a social enterprise dedicated to empowering rural women through skill acquisition entrepreneurial development and strategic market access. They are committed to fostering economic independence and sustainable livelihoods for women in underserved communities.

About the Role

The Program Associate will join the team in Ekiti State to play a key role in bridging skills acquisition gap with market-driven outcomes ensuring that womens training and production processes translate into high-quality commercially viable products. This role is ideal for a dynamic market-oriented professional with a strong passion for social impact and womens economic empowerment. The role is central to advancing our mission of economic justice for GBV survivors and rural women by aligning social impact objectives with sustainable business and market standards.

Job description

• Work closely with the Production Officer to design coordinate and deliver skills acquisition and upskilling programmes for women producers.
  

• Ensure training curricula are market-informed and aligned with current demand quality expectations and product trends.
  

• Support the transition of trained women from learning into active participation in production.
  

• Collaborate with the Production Officer to establish document and enforce production guidelines quality benchmarks and product standards across all product lines.
  

• Monitor product quality and consistency across production cycles.
  

• Gather and analyse feedback from buyers customers and market partners.
  

• Use market feedback to inform continuous product improvement and innovation.
  

• Support the development and execution of the enterprise growth strategy ensuring alignment between social impact goals and commercial viability.
  

• Contribute to product diversification pricing strategies and demand forecasting.
  

• Identify and pursue market entry opportunities across civil society corporate hospitality retail and international markets.
  

• Represent the enterprise at exhibitions convenings trade fairs and buyer engagements.
  

• Identify and track grant opportunities prizes and catalytic funding aligned with the enterprise and livelihoods model.
  

• Support proposal development including concept notes and donor submissions.
  

• Build and maintain relationships with partners buyers and ecosystem stakeholders.
  

• Work with communications personnel to curate compelling narratives that link the enterprise products to womens skills livelihoods and resilience.
  

• Support the development of marketing materials enterprise profiles pitch decks and product stories.
  

• Perform other related tasks
  

• Gender Studies Public Policy / Public Administration Governance or Development Studies degree or equivalent qualification (including HND) in Business Administration Economics Development Studies Entrepreneurship Marketing or a related field.
  

• Minimum of 13 years experience in enterprise development social enterprise livelihoods programming SME support or market systems development.
  

• Experience working with women-led enterprises producer groups or community-based production models is a strong advantage.
  

• Strong understanding of market-driven enterprise development and value chains.
  

• Experience linking skills development or training programmes to income-generating outcomes.
  

• Knowledge of product quality standards pricing and market positioning.
  

• Strong research proposal writing and donor engagement skills.
  

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and partnership management skills.
  

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
  

• Ability to work across strategy and execution in fast-moving resource-constrained environments.
  

What We Offer

• A supportive feminist work environment grounded in reflection learning and rigor.
  

• Competitive compensation.
  

• Opportunity to lead a nationally significant initiative.
  

• Hybrid work arrangement.
  

• Opportunities for Professional Development.
  

• A dynamic and impactful work environment focused on empowering women.
  

In line with our clients Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Policy we encourage applications from all qualified candidates especially women.

Benefits

• Opportunities for Professional Development
  

• A dynamic and impactful work environment focused on empowering women
  

Why you should join our client

They are leading the fight against sexual and gender-based violence through innovation advocacy and survivor-centered programs. By joining this team youll contribute to impactful work that shapes policy drives systemic change and empowers communities.

They offer a supportive inclusive environment where your voice matters your growth is valued and your work makes a real difference. If youre passionate about gender justice and ready to be part of meaningful change wed love to have you on board.