Remote Job at Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) – 3 Positions

Applications are invited from interested and qualified candidates to apply for the Remote Job at Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO).

Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) – Founded in 2014 to foster a human desire to follow fundamental natural laws and adopt a lifestyle that is in harmony with the environment. We envision a world in which people live in harmony with the various natural systems on which they rely, with each component receiving the appropriate level of sustainability. We work directly with local communities to reduce the vulnerability of groups that are at risk to climate impacts such as children, youth, and women who have a comparatively less adaptive capacity due to social and structural inequalities.

Working at the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) offers hands-on experience in climate justice and direct career opportunities with a globally recognized, youth-led NGO. Benefits include active mentorship, collaboration within a vast pan-African network, and the chance to contribute directly to sustainable energy, adaptation, and zero-waste solutions

Individuals interested in the Remote Job at Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) should review the details, requirements, and application process provided below.

Programs and Community Support Manager:

Specifications:

• Full Time | Remote
• Required Qualifications: BA/BSC/HND – MBA/MSC/MA
• Location: Remote within Africa. See other Jobs in Lagos
• Category: NGO Jobs
• Salary: USD $2,500 – $3,000 per month
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Description:

Reports to: Director, Africa Youth Climate Fund
Duration: 1 Year, Renewable Subject to Performance and Funding Availability

Purpose of the Position

• The Programs and Community Support Manager will provide strategic leadership for the coordination, implementation support, quality assurance, learning, and community-facing dimensions of AYCF’s program portfolio.
• The role will ensure that AYCF-funded initiatives are programmatically coherent, technically supported, youth-centered, and capable of generating meaningful evidence, learning, and impact.
• Working closely with the Grants and Operations Manager, the role will support grantees from post-award onboarding through implementation, learning, reporting, and program reflection, while the Grants and Operations function leads grant administration, compliance, contracting, disbursement coordination, and formal close-out processes.
• As AYCF expands its investment in youth-led climate action, the programs and Community Support Manager will champion a grantee-centered approach that recognizes youth-led organizations as long-term partners rather than short-term funding recipients.
• The role will cultivate strong relationships with grantees, facilitate peer learning and collaboration, strengthen institutional capacities, and promote adaptive program management that responds to emerging opportunities and challenges.
• The Manager will also lead the development of systems and approaches that strengthen program quality, monitor implementation progress, capture evidence of impact, and generate learning to continuously improve AYCF’s grantmaking model. This includes coordinating technical assistance, facilitating knowledge exchange, documenting good practices, and supporting grantees to strengthen organizational performance, leadership, and sustainability.
• Through effective program management, grantee accompaniment, and continuous learning, the programs and Community  Support Manager will help position AYCF as a trusted partner to Africa’s youth climate entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers and movement, ensuring that investments in young climate leaders translate into scalable solutions, stronger organizations, and transformative impacts for communities and ecosystems across the continent.

Key Responsibilities

• The Programs and Community Support Manager will provide strategic leadership across six interconnected functional areas that ensure AYCF’s grant investments translate into meaningful, high-quality, and sustainable climate action led by young people across Africa.
• The key areas of responsibility include:
  • Program Portfolio Management and Delivery
  • Grantee Support, Capacity Strengthening, and Organizational Development
  • Program Quality Assurance and Adaptive Management
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management
  • Strategic Partnerships, Stakeholder Engagement, and Ecosystem Building
  • Leadership, Team Coordination, and Continuous Improvement
• Together, these functions ensure that AYCF delivers high-impact programs, strengthens the institutional capacity of youth-led organizations, fosters learning and collaboration across its grantee portfolio, and generates evidence that advances youth-led climate action and informs the continuous evolution of AYCF’s grant-making model.

Program Portfolio Management and Delivery (30%):

• Lead the strategic management and oversight of AYCF’s program portfolio, ensuring that funded initiatives are implemented effectively, achieve intended outcomes, and contribute to AYCF’s mission and strategic priorities.
• Support the design and refinement of AYCF’s program windows, including movement building, climate research, innovation, youth-led advocacy, and other thematic areas, ensuring that each window has clear objectives, target groups, support models, learning questions, and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate program onboarding for new grantees in collaboration with the Grants and Operations Manager, ensuring that grantees understand program objectives, implementation expectations, safeguarding requirements, reporting obligations, learning expectations, available support mechanisms, and grant compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with grantees throughout the grant lifecycle, serving as the primary point of contact for program implementation and technical support.
• Monitor program implementation against approved work plans, milestones, results frameworks, and grant agreements, identifying risks and opportunities for adaptive management.
• Coordinate regular portfolio review meetings to assess implementation progress, address emerging challenges, and identify opportunities to enhance program impact.
• Support grantees in navigating implementation challenges by facilitating access to technical expertise, mentoring, and relevant resources.
• Ensure timely identification and escalation of program risks that may affect delivery, and collaborate with the Grants and Operations Manager to address compliance-related matters as needed.
• Promote adaptive program management by supporting grantees to respond effectively to changing contexts while maintaining alignment with grant objectives.

Grantee Support, Capacity Strengthening and Organizational Development (20%):

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• Design and implement AYCF’s grantee support strategy to ensure that youth-led organizations receive tailored institutional and technical support throughout the implementation period.
• Strengthen AYCF’s wider community support approach by creating spaces for youth-led organizations, applicants, grantees, alumni, and movement actors to learn, collaborate, access opportunities, and remain connected to the Fund beyond individual grant cycles.
• Conduct organizational capacity assessments to identify strengths, gaps, and priority areas for institutional development.
• Develop and coordinate capacity-strengthening initiatives across organizational leadership, project management, financial management, governance, safeguarding, monitoring and evaluation, communications, resource mobilization, and sustainability.
• Facilitate coaching, mentoring, and technical assistance to strengthen grantee performance and long-term organizational resilience.
• Coordinate peer learning initiatives, exchange visits, webinars, communities of practice, and other collaborative learning platforms that enable grantees to share experiences, innovations, and lessons learned.
• Promote inclusive participation and youth leadership by ensuring that grantee engagement reflects AYCF’s values of equity, collaboration, locally led development, and meaningful youth participation.
• Support grantees in identifying opportunities for growth, partnership, and long-term sustainability beyond individual grant cycles.

Program Quality Assurance and Adaptive Management (20%):

• Develop and implement program quality standards, tools, and guidance to promote effective, accountable program delivery across the grant portfolio.
• Conduct periodic program reviews to assess progress, quality, relevance, effectiveness, and emerging risks.
• Work closely with grantees to strengthen program design, implementation approaches, and results delivery through adaptive management.
• Ensure safeguarding, gender equality, inclusion, youth protection, do-no-harm principles, ethical community engagement, and environmental and social safeguards are effectively integrated across funded initiatives.
• Coordinate program improvement plans where implementation challenges or capacity gaps are identified.
• Document and disseminate program innovations and successful approaches to inform future grantmaking and program design.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lead the implementation of AYCF’s monitoring, evaluation, learning, and knowledge management framework across the program portfolio.
• Monitor program performance using agreed indicators, results frameworks, and learning objectives.
• Coordinate the collection, analysis, and synthesis of program data to assess progress, outcomes, and impact.
• Prepare high-quality program reports, portfolio analyses, and impact summaries for internal management, donors, and governance bodies.
• Capture and document lessons learned, promising practices, innovations, and case studies that strengthen organizational learning and inform future programming.
• Facilitate regular learning and reflection sessions with grantees and internal teams to promote continuous improvement and adaptive management.
• Work with the Communications and Youth Engagement Officer to translate program evidence, case studies, learning briefs, and grantee stories into accessible knowledge and communications products for youth audiences, donors, partners, and the Advisory Circle.
• Strengthen knowledge management systems to enable the effective documentation, dissemination, and utilization of evidence generated by AYCF’s investments.

Technical Partnerships, Community Engagement, and Ecosystem Building (10%):

• Build and maintain relationships with technical partners, youth networks, research institutions, mentors, incubators, learning partners, and ecosystem actors that can strengthen the support available to AYCF grantees and wider youth climate communities.
• Coordinate technical and learning collaborations that expand opportunities for mentoring, capacity strengthening, peer learning, research support, visibility, innovation, and community-building across the grant portfolio.
• Represent AYCF in program-related meetings, learning events, conferences, technical working groups, and partner engagements as delegated by the Director.
• Promote collaboration among grantees, partners, and stakeholders to strengthen Africa’s youth climate ecosystem and encourage collective action.
• Support the documentation and communication of program achievements and impact stories in collaboration with the Communications function.

Leadership, Team Coordination, and Continuous Improvement (10%):

• Provide strategic leadership for AYCF’s program portfolio, fostering a culture of excellence, learning, accountability, and innovation.
• Supervise program staff, consultants, and technical partners as assigned, providing coaching, performance management, and professional development.
• Strengthen collaboration across the Programs, Grants & Operations, Finance, and Communications functions to ensure integrated delivery of AYCF’s strategic objectives.
• Contribute to organizational planning, annual work planning, budgeting, institutional development, and the generation of program evidence that supports AYCF’s donor engagement and resource mobilization efforts.
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to strengthen program systems, grantee support approaches, and portfolio performance.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Founding Director that are consistent with the purpose of the role and contribute to AYCF’s mission.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Education and Professional Qualifications:

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Essential:

• A Master’s Degree in International Development, Development Studies, Project/Programme Management, Climate Change, Environmental Management, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, Organizational Development, Youth Development, or a related field.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline with substantial and progressively responsible experience in program management, grantee support, organizational development, capacity strengthening, MEL/KM, or community-based development may be considered in lieu of a master’s degree.
• Professional training or certification in project/programme management, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, capacity strengthening, facilitation, safeguarding, or youth development will be an added advantage.

Professional Experience:
Essential:

• At least five to seven years of progressively responsible experience in program management, grant portfolio support, organizational development, institutional capacity strengthening, MEL/KM, community engagement, or grantee accompaniment within the development, philanthropy, humanitarian, climate, youth development, or non-profit sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-country or multi-partner program portfolios.
• Proven experience supporting civil society organizations, youth-led organizations, grassroots movements, or community-based organizations to strengthen program delivery and institutional performance.
• Experience in designing and implementing organizational capacity-strengthening initiatives, including mentoring, coaching, and technical assistance.
• Demonstrated experience in program planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and adaptive management.
• Experience in integrating safeguarding, inclusion, gender equality, youth participation, and do-no-harm principles into program implementation and community engagement processes.
• Experience developing and implementing Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management (MEL/KM) systems.
• Proven ability to facilitate learning processes, peer exchanges, workshops, and communities of practice.
• Experience preparing high-quality program reports for donors, senior management, and governance bodies.

Desirable Skills and Experiences:

• Experience working with youth-led organizations, youth movements, or youth networks across Africa.
• Experience managing programs in climate change, environmental conservation, biodiversity, sustainability, or climate justice.
• Experience working with climate finance initiatives, grant-making institutions, community foundations, or philanthropic organizations.
• Experience supporting locally led development, participatory approaches, and trust-based philanthropy.
• Experience in supporting participatory grantmaking, youth advisory processes, community-led funding models, or movement-based funding approaches will be an added advantage.
• Experience working with regional or international development partners and multi-country programs.

Technical Competencies:
Program Portfolio Management:

• Strong understanding of program and portfolio management principles.
• Ability to oversee multiple grants and programs simultaneously while ensuring quality implementation and results.
• Experience applying adaptive management approaches to improve program performance.
• Strong planning, coordination, and program management skills.

Grantee Support and Organizational Capacity Strengthening:

• Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering organizational capacity-strengthening programs.
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to assess organizational capacity and develop tailored institutional strengthening plans.
• Experience supporting organizational sustainability, governance, leadership, and program management.
• Strong appreciation of locally led development and participatory approaches.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management:

• Strong knowledge of results-based management and MEL frameworks.
• Experience developing indicators, results frameworks, and learning agendas.
• Ability to analyze program data and generate evidence for decision-making.
• Experience documenting lessons learned, good practices, and program innovations.
• Strong knowledge management and report-writing skills.

Climate and Youth Development:

• Good understanding of climate change, climate justice, adaptation, resilience, biodiversity, and sustainable development.
• Understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing youth-led organizations across Africa.
• Knowledge of youth participation, leadership development, and inclusive program design.

Core Competencies and Skills:
Strategic Program Leadership:

• Ability to provide strategic direction for program portfolios and translate organizational priorities into impactful programs.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Relationship Management:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with grantees, partners, and diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong networking and stakeholder engagement skills.

Communication and Facilitation:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional facilitation, presentation, and training skills.
• Ability to communicate complex program concepts clearly to diverse audiences.

Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to identify program challenges and develop practical, context-specific solutions.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.

Digital Literacy:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration platforms.
• Experience using program management, monitoring, and data management systems is desirable.

Personal Attributes:
The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• A strong commitment to youth leadership and meaningful youth participation.
• Passion for climate justice, locally led development, and strengthening youth-led organizations.
• Integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
• A collaborative, empathetic, and service-oriented leadership style.
• Strong emotional intelligence and cultural sensitivity.
• Creativity, innovation, and a continuous learning mindset.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, and mission-driven environment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and safeguarding.
• A genuine interest in empowering young people to lead transformative climate action across Africa.

Remuneration
AYCF offers a competitive monthly gross remuneration within the range of USD 2,500–3,000, depending on experience, location, internal equity, and funding availability. Final compensation will be determined in line with AYCF/GAYO policies.

Communications and Youth Engagement Officer

Specifications:

• Full Time | Remote
• Required Qualifications: BA/BSC/HND – MBA/MSC/MA
• Location: Remote within Africa. See other Jobs in Lagos
• Category: NGO Jobs
• Salary: USD $1,500 – $2,000 per month
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Description:

Reports to: Director, Africa Youth Climate Fund
Duration: 1 Year, Renewable Subject to Performance and Funding Availability

Purpose of the Position

• The Communications and Youth Engagement Officer will coordinate and support the implementation of AYCF’s communications, youth engagement, storytelling, digital visibility, and public engagement agenda.
• The role will help position AYCF as a leading youth-led climate finance mechanism in Africa by amplifying youth voices, documenting grantee stories, supporting strategic communications products, and strengthening engagement with young climate leaders, partners, donors, media, and wider public audiences.
• The role is responsible for shaping AYCF’s institutional voice, strengthening its brand and visibility, and ensuring that the stories, innovations, and achievements of young climate leaders are effectively communicated to diverse audiences, including young people, donors, policymakers, partners, the media, and the broader public.
• Through compelling storytelling, strategic communications, and digital engagement, the Officer will amplify the impact of AYCF’s investments while contributing to broader conversations on climate justice, youth leadership, and locally led climate action.
• Working closely with program teams, grantees, and partners, the  Communications and Youth Engagement Officer will cultivate meaningful engagement with young people across Africa by creating platforms for dialogue, learning, collaboration, and collective action.
• The role will champion youth participation beyond program implementation, ensuring that young people actively influence conversations on climate finance, policy, innovation, and sustainable development while strengthening AYCF’s youth-for-youth identity.
• As AYCF grows its grantmaking portfolio, the Officer will work closely with the Programs and Community Support Manager to translate program evidence, grantee experiences, learning, and impact into compelling communications products.
• The role will support AYCF’s public credibility by ensuring that stories, campaigns, publications, digital content, and youth engagement activities are accurate, ethical, inclusive, and grounded in the realities of young climate leaders across Africa.
• AYCF’s Strategic Communications and Youth Engagement Philosophy:
• At the Africa Youth Climate Fund (AYCF), communications is more than a tool for visibility; it is a strategic instrument for shifting power, amplifying youth leadership, strengthening accountability, and transforming how climate action and climate finance are understood and experienced across Africa.
• Narratives about climate action in Africa are too often shaped by external actors, portraying young people as beneficiaries rather than innovators, leaders, decision-makers, and architects of climate solutions.
• AYCF is committed to changing this narrative by positioning young people at the center of climate storytelling, public discourse, and decision-making. The Fund believes that strategic communications and meaningful youth engagement are fundamental to advancing climate justice, strengthening locally led action, fostering accountability, and building a vibrant movement of young climate leaders capable of influencing policy, mobilizing action, and accelerating sustainable change.
  • Accordingly, the Strategic Communications and Youth Engagement Officer will champion communication and engagement approaches that:
  • Center youth voices, lived experiences, and leadership in all communications and public engagement.
  • Amplify African-led climate solutions, innovation, research and locally led action.
  • Position AYCF and its grantees as credible thought leaders and changemakers in climate finance and climate governance.
  • Promote climate justice, equity, inclusion, and meaningful youth participation in climate decision-making processes.
  • Challenge narratives that diminish the agency, expertise, and leadership of young people.
  • Use storytelling, digital engagement, and strategic communications to inspire action, influence policy, mobilize support, and strengthen public understanding of youth-led climate solutions.
  • Translate program evidence, research, and learning into compelling communication products that inform policy, practice, and investment.
  • Foster collaboration, peer learning, and a sense of community among AYCF grantees, alumni, youth networks, and partners across Africa.
  • Ensure that all communications uphold the highest standards of accuracy, ethical storytelling, informed consent, dignity, inclusion, and respectful representation.
  • Strengthen AYCF’s visibility and reputation as Africa’s leading youth-led climate fund and a trusted platform for advancing youth leadership in climate action.
• Through this approach, AYCF seeks not only to communicate its work but also to reshape narratives, elevate youth voices, strengthen collective action, and build a continent-wide movement where young Africans are recognized as equal partners in designing, financing, and delivering solutions to the climate crisis.

Key Responsibilities

• The Communications and Youth Engagement Officer will work across six interconnected functional areas that strengthen AYCF’s institutional visibility, amplify youth voices, foster meaningful engagement, and position the Fund as Africa’s leading youth-led climate finance institution.
• The key areas of responsibility include:
  • Strategic Communications, Brand, and Institutional Positioning
  • Digital Communications, Storytelling, and Content Development
  • Youth Engagement, Community Building, and Movement Strengthening
  • Strategic Influence, Media Relations, and Public Affairs
  • Knowledge Management, Learning, and Evidence Communication
  • Events, Campaigns, and Institutional Visibility
• Together, these functions will ensure that AYCF effectively communicates its mission and impact, strengthens relationships with young people and strategic stakeholders, amplifies the voices of youth climate leaders, influences conversations on climate finance and climate justice, and builds a vibrant pan-African community of young changemakers driving locally led climate action.

Strategic Communications, Brand and Institutional Positioning (25%):

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• Support the development and implementation of AYCF’s Strategic Communications and Youth Engagement Strategy, aligned with the organization’s Strategic Plan.
• Position AYCF as Africa’s leading youth-led climate fund through strategic communications, thought leadership, and institutional storytelling.
• Develop and implement annual communications, branding, and visibility plans that strengthen AYCF’s institutional reputation and influence.
• Ensure consistent application of AYCF’s brand identity, messaging, and communication standards across all platforms and publications.
• Provide communications support to the Director and AYCF leadership on messaging, public positioning, reputational risks, stakeholder engagement, and preparation for public-facing opportunities.
• Develop communication products that clearly articulate AYCF’s mission, values, programs, and impact to diverse audiences, including youth, donors, policymakers, partners, and the public.

Digital Communications, Storytelling and Content Development (20%):

• Lead AYCF’s digital communications strategy, ensuring an engaging and consistent presence across websites, social media platforms, newsletters, and other digital channels.
• Develop compelling multimedia content, including stories, videos, blogs, podcasts, photography, infographics, short-form social media content, and publications that showcase the impact of youth-led climate action.
• Capture, document, and amplify stories from grantees, partners, and youth climate leaders, ensuring authentic, ethical, and inclusive representation.
• Produce annual reports, newsletters, case studies, policy briefs, and other communication materials that demonstrate AYCF’s impact and thought leadership.
• Monitor digital analytics and audience engagement, using insights to continuously improve communication strategies and outreach.
• Maintain and regularly update AYCF’s website and digital resource platforms.

Youth Engagement, Community Building, and Movement Strengthening (15%):

• Design and implement AYCF’s Youth Engagement Strategy to foster meaningful participation, dialogue, and collaboration among young climate leaders across Africa.
• Coordinate engagement with AYCF grantees, alumni, youth networks, volunteers, and partners through online and in-person platforms.
• Maintain and update AYCF’s youth engagement database, mailing lists, online community platforms, and contact records to support effective communication with grantees, applicants, alumni, youth networks, and movement actors.
• Support feedback mechanisms that enable young people, applicants, grantees, and youth networks to share insights, concerns, priorities, and recommendations that inform AYCF’s communications, engagement, and program learning.
• Facilitate youth dialogues, consultations, webinars, campaigns, and learning forums that encourage participation, collaboration, and collective action.
• Strengthen and nurture a Pan-African community of young climate leaders by promoting peer exchange, solidarity, and shared learning.
• Ensure that youth voices are meaningfully reflected in AYCF’s communications, campaigns, and institutional initiatives.
• Promote inclusive engagement approaches that reach marginalized, underrepresented, and grassroots youth across the continent.

Media Relations, Public Affairs, and Influence Support (10%):

• Build and maintain strong relationships with journalists, media houses, digital content creators, and strategic communication partners.
• Develop and implement media engagement strategies that increase AYCF’s visibility, credibility, and influence.
• Support in preparing press releases, speeches, opinion articles, media statements, talking points, and key messages for organizational leadership.
• Monitor media coverage and public discourse on climate change, climate finance, and youth leadership, identifying opportunities for strategic engagement.
• Support advocacy initiatives by translating technical information into accessible, compelling communication materials.
• Support efforts to position AYCF, its leadership, grantees, and youth partners as trusted voices in regional and global conversations on youth-led climate action and climate finance.

Knowledge Management, Learning, and Evidence Communication (10%):

• Support the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, program innovations, grantee stories, and success stories emerging from AYCF’s grant portfolio, in collaboration with the Programs and Community Support Manager.
• Translate program evidence, research findings, and learning into accessible communication products for diverse audiences.
• Develop and maintain systems for organizing and sharing institutional knowledge and communication assets.
• Work closely with the Programs and Community Support Manager to communicate program results, learning, and impact.
• Support the publication of knowledge products that contribute to discourse on climate finance, youth leadership, and locally led climate action.

Events, Campaigns, and Institutional Visibility (10%)

• Support in planning and coordinating AYCF’s participation in national, regional, and international events, including climate conferences, youth forums, donor engagements, and policy dialogues.
• Lead the design and implementation of strategic communication campaigns that advance AYCF’s mission, values, and strategic priorities.
• Coordinate branding, media engagement, digital coverage, and communication materials for organizational events.
• Support the Director and AYCF leadership in preparing for conferences, public speaking engagements, donor engagements, media opportunities, and high-level meetings.
• Develop post-event communication products that capture key outcomes, lessons, and opportunities for continued engagement.
• Identify innovative approaches to expand AYCF’s visibility, influence, and engagement across Africa and globally.

Innovation, Learning and Continuous Improvement (10%)

• Champion innovation in strategic communications, digital engagement, and youth participation.
• Build communication capacity across the organization by supporting staff and grantees to communicate their work effectively and ethically.
• Foster collaboration across Programs, Grants & Operations, Finance, and external partners to ensure integrated communication and engagement.
• Monitor emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in communications and youth engagement, recommending improvements where appropriate.
• Contribute to organizational planning, annual work planning, institutional development, and the development of communications products that support donor engagement and resource mobilization.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Director that are consistent with the responsibilities of the role and contribute to AYCF’s mission.

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Qualifications and Requirements:

Education and Professional Qualifications

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Essential:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Development Communication, Media Studies, International Relations, Political Science, Development Studies, Marketing, Digital Media, or a related field.
• A Master’s Degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage but is not required.
• Professional training or certification in strategic communications, digital marketing, public relations, media production, graphic design, multimedia production, storytelling, youth engagement, or knowledge management will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated practical experience in communications, digital engagement, storytelling, media, youth engagement, or campaign coordination may be considered alongside formal qualifications.

Professional Experience:
Essential:

• At least three (3) to five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in strategic communications, public relations, media, youth engagement, advocacy, knowledge management, or stakeholder engagement within the development, philanthropy, climate, or non-profit sectors.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing strategic communication and visibility strategies for organizations, programs, or campaigns.
• Proven experience managing digital communication platforms, including websites, social media, newsletters, and multimedia content.
• Experience producing high-quality communication products, including reports, policy briefs, newsletters, blogs, speeches, media statements, and digital publications.
• Demonstrated experience planning and implementing communication campaigns that influence public awareness, stakeholder engagement, or policy dialogue.
• Experience organizing events, conferences, webinars, public forums, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Demonstrated experience engaging youth-led organizations, youth networks, communities, volunteers, or movement actors through online and offline platforms.
• Experience working with media practitioners and developing relationships with journalists, communication partners, and influencers.
• Strong storytelling and content development skills, with practical ability to coordinate or produce basic photography, videography, graphics, or short-form digital content for traditional and digital platforms.

Desirable:

• Experience working with youth-led organizations, African youth climate movements, youth advocacy spaces, or climate justice networks.
• Experience communicating climate change, climate finance, environmental sustainability, biodiversity, or development issues.
• Experience supporting advocacy, policy engagement, or public awareness campaigns.
• Experience working across multiple African countries or within regional organizations.
• Working proficiency in French, Arabic, Portuguese, or another widely used African language, in addition to English, will be an added advantage.
• Experience using Customer Relationship Management (CRM), email marketing, content management systems, or digital analytics platforms

Technical Competencies:
Strategic Communications and Brand Management:

• Strong understanding of strategic communications, institutional branding, and reputation management.
• Ability to develop communication strategies that support organizational objectives and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience managing organizational identity and ensuring consistent messaging across communication platforms.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Digital Communications and Multimedia:

• Strong knowledge of digital communication trends, social media management, and online audience engagement.
• Proficiency in developing multimedia content, including photography, videography, graphics, podcasts, and short-form video.
• Experience managing websites and content management systems.
• Ability to analyze communication performance using digital analytics and translate insights into improved communication strategies.

Youth Engagement and Stakeholder Relations:

• Strong understanding of meaningful youth participation, community engagement, and movement building.
• Ability to facilitate dialogue, consultations, learning events, and collaborative platforms for young people.
• Excellent networking and relationship management skills with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with multicultural and multilingual audiences.

Knowledge Management and Storytelling:

• Ability to translate technical information, research, and program evidence into accessible and compelling communication products.
• Experience documenting lessons learned, success stories, and organizational knowledge.
• Strong skills in interviewing, storytelling, and content development.

Core Competencies and Skills:
Strategic Thinking:

• Ability to align communications and youth engagement initiatives with organizational priorities and long-term strategic objectives.
• Ability to identify emerging communication opportunities and respond effectively to reputational risks.

Creativity and Innovation:

• Demonstrated creativity in developing engaging communication products and campaigns.
• Ability to identify and apply innovative communication tools, technologies, and engagement approaches.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills:

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build productive relationships across diverse audiences.
• Confidence in representing the organization in public forums and media engagements.

Planning and Organization:

• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple communication products, campaigns, and events simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Close attention to detail and commitment to quality.

Digital Literacy:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace.
• Proficiency in Canva and familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent graphic design, video editing, and multimedia tools.
• Experience with website content management platforms, email marketing systems, social media scheduling tools, online community platforms, and digital analytics tools is highly desirable.

Personal Attributes:
The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Passion for youth leadership, climate justice, and locally led development.
• A strong commitment to ethical storytelling and the responsible representation of individuals and communities.
• Creativity, initiative, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Excellent judgment, professionalism, and integrity.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• Cultural sensitivity and the ability to work effectively across diverse African contexts.
• Adaptability and resilience in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and meaningful youth participation.
• Enthusiasm for building a vibrant pan-African community of young climate leaders and amplifying their voices on regional and global platforms.

Remuneration
AYCF offers a competitive monthly remuneration within the range of USD 1,500– 2,000 gross, depending on experience, location, and internal equity. Final compensation will be determined in line with AYCF/GAYO policies.

Grants and Operations Manager

Specifications:

• Full Time | Remote
• Required Qualifications: BA/BSC/HND – MBA/MSC/MA
• Location: Remote within Africa. See other Jobs in Lagos
• Category: NGO Jobs
• Salary: USD $2,700 – $3,000 per month
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Description:

Reports to: Director, Africa Youth Climate Fund
Duration: 1 Year, Renewable Subject to Performance and Funding Availability

Purpose of the Position

• The Grants and Operations Manager will provide strategic leadership for grant management, organizational operations, and institutional systems that enable the effective implementation of the Africa Youth Climate Fund (AYCF)’s programs.
• The position is responsible for overseeing the full grants lifecycle, ensuring compliance with donor and statutory requirements, strengthening operational systems and internal controls, and supporting organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Working closely with the Executive Director of AYCF, GAYO Finance, GAYO Operations, and the Program team, the Grants and Operations Manager will ensure that grants are implemented efficiently, risks are effectively managed, organizational policies are consistently applied, and operational systems support the delivery of AYCF’s strategic objectives.
• The role also contributes to proposal development, organizational planning, performance management, and continuous institutional improvement.
• As AYCF expands its grantmaking portfolio across Africa, the Grants and Operations Manager will play a central role in designing, strengthening, and managing the operational systems that enable youth-led organisations to access and effectively manage climate finance and champion AYCF’s youth-for-youth grantmaking model by ensuring that grant-making processes are transparent, accessible, participatory, and accountable, enabling young people to actively contribute to funding priorities, proposal review, grant selection, and resource allocation.
• The Manager will lead the development and continuous improvement of grant management policies, procedures, and operational systems that promote accessibility, inclusion, trust-based philanthropy, and locally led climate action. This includes overseeing grant administration, due diligence, contracting, compliance, risk management, grant tracking, and reporting, while ensuring that grant-making processes are efficient, equitable, and aligned with donor requirements and AYCF’s institutional policies.
• The position holder will also strengthen the operational foundations of AYCF by improving organizational systems, internal controls, compliance frameworks, and business processes that support effective program delivery.
• Through transparent, accountable, and well-governed grant management, the Grants and Operations Manager will strengthen AYCF’s position as a trusted, youth-led climate fund that channels resources effectively to young climate leaders across Africa while maintaining strong governance and operational excellence.

AYCF’s Grant-Making Philosophy:

• Current climate funding mechanisms often favor large, established institutions with sophisticated administrative structures and extensive fundraising experience. While these systems may promote accountability, they frequently create barriers that disproportionately disadvantage youth-led organizations, particularly those operating at the grassroots level.
• To this extent, the Grants and Operations Manager will champion AYCF’s commitment to transforming how these contemporary mechanisms are designed and ensure climate finance reaches young people at the speed and scale required to respond to the urgency of the climate crisis on the continent, while remaining accessible, equitable, transparent, and responsive to the realities of youth-led organizations across Africa.
• In doing so, the role will contribute to repositioning AYCF not only as a grant-making institution but as a catalyst for transforming climate philanthropy, demonstrating that youth-led organizations are capable, credible, and effective stewards of climate finance when provided with accessible funding mechanisms, appropriate institutional support, and meaningful decision-making power.
• The Grants Manager will therefore help advance a new paradigm of climate philanthropy that redistributes both resources and decision-making power to young people, ensuring that AYCF’s grant-making systems are guided by principles of:
  • Equity and inclusion
  • Accessibility and simplicity;
  • Participation and youth leadership;
  • Trust and mutual accountability;
  • Flexibility and responsiveness;
  • Learning and adaptation;
  • Institutional strengthening and sustainability;
  • Locally led development and climate justice.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Grant-Making and Grant Operations (30%):

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of AYCF’s grantmaking systems, policies, and operational procedures.
• Develop and maintain grant management manuals, standard operating procedures, templates, and operational guidelines.
• Coordinate the planning and implementation of grant calls from concept development through award notification.
• Ensure grant opportunities are accessible, transparent, inclusive, and aligned with AYCF’s youth-for-youth grantmaking principles.
• Coordinate the end-to-end grant administration process, including application management, eligibility screening, due diligence, contracting, grant disbursement coordination, amendments and/or addenda, and close-out.
• Establish and maintain grant management systems that enable effective tracking of grants throughout their lifecycle.
• Serve as Secretariat to Grant Review Committees by coordinating proposal review processes, preparing documentation, maintaining records, and ensuring adherence to approved grant-making procedures.
• Ensure grant-making processes uphold the highest standards of transparency, fairness, accountability, and integrity.

Operations, Compliance and Risk Management  (20%):

• Lead the strengthening and continuous improvement of AYCF’s operational systems, internal controls, procedures, and institutional processes in alignment with GAYO’s fiscal hosting policies and donor requirements.
• Coordinate procurement processes, logistics, records management, asset tracking, administrative support, and operational documentation in line with approved policies and delegated authority frameworks.
• Work closely with relevant GAYO functions, including Finance, Operations, HR/Admin, and Programs, to ensure that AYCF operations are efficient, compliant, well-documented, and responsive to program delivery needs.
• Support the implementation of risk tracking systems to identify, document, escalate, and monitor operational, compliance, procurement, financial, and institutional risks.
• Ensure AYCF’s operational processes comply with statutory, legal, regulatory, donor, and internal policy requirements.
• Maintain clear documentation of operational decisions, procurement records, approvals, compliance checks, risk actions, and institutional processes to support transparency and audit readiness.
• Support the development and use of digital systems, templates, trackers, and dashboards that improve operational efficiency, compliance monitoring, grant management, and decision-making.
• Promote a culture of operational discipline, accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and service delivery across AYCF’s systems and functions.

Grantee Onboarding, Grant Compliance, and Operational Support (20%):

• Coordinate grantee onboarding on grant agreements, compliance obligations, reporting schedules, disbursement procedures, documentation standards, safeguarding requirements, and grant management processes.
• Ensure that all grantees clearly understand their contractual obligations, financial management requirements, reporting responsibilities, documentation standards, and close-out expectations.
• Work closely with the Program and Community Support Manager to ensure that grantees receive appropriate technical, learning, and accompaniment support without compromising grant accountability, transparency, and compliance.
• Maintain accurate records of grantee obligations, reporting deadlines, disbursement conditions, risk issues, amendments, compliance follow-ups, and close-out requirements.
• Monitor grantee compliance with grant agreements, donor requirements, AYCF policies, and approved implementation plans, and flag emerging operational, financial, or institutional risks for timely action.
• Coordinate grant amendments, no-cost extensions, budget realignments, and close-out processes in line with approved procedures and donor requirements.
• Support the strengthening of grantee-facing operational systems, templates, checklists, and guidance notes to make grant management processes clear, accessible, and accountable.
• Ensure that AYCF’s grant management approach remains transparent, youth-responsive, risk-aware, and aligned with principles of trust-based philanthropy and locally led development.

Financial Coordination and Grant Accountability (10%):

• Work closely with GAYO Finance, as fiscal host, to ensure that grant commitments, payment requests, disbursement schedules, expenditure monitoring, financial documentation, and donor financial reporting are aligned with approved budgets, grant agreements, donor requirements, and AYCF’s grantmaking procedures. The Grants and Operations Manager will not serve as the finance lead but will ensure that program, grant, and financial documentation are consistent, complete, and audit-ready.
• Monitor grant expenditure against approved budgets and flag potential compliance or financial risks.
• Coordinate grant payment requests and disbursement schedules.
• Support financial reporting by ensuring consistency between program implementation, grant agreements, and financial documentation.
• Facilitate grant audits and compliance reviews.
• Strengthen grant financial accountability through effective documentation, reconciliation, and reporting systems.

Organizational Planning, Performance, and Reporting (10%):

• Coordinate organizational work planning and monitor operational performance.
• Develop and maintain grant and operational dashboards to support management decision-making.
• Prepare periodic operational and grant portfolio reports for senior management and the advisory circle.
• Monitor key operational performance indicators and recommend improvements to organizational systems and processes.
• Support institutional planning, policy development, and organizational performance reviews.

Leadership, Team Coordination, and Continuous Improvement (10%):

• Provide leadership and technical guidance on grants management, operational systems, and compliance across the organization.
• Foster effective collaboration between program, finance, communications, and operations functions.
• Lead internal capacity-building initiatives on grant management, compliance, procurement, and operational procedures.
• Promote a culture of accountability, integrity, innovation, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Undertake any other responsibilities assigned by the Executive Director of AYCF that are consistent with the purpose of the role and contribute to AYCF’s strategic objectives.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Education and Professional Qualifications:

• A Master’s Degree in International Development, Development Studies, Public Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Law, Project/Programme Management, Nonprofit Management, Organizational Development, Climate Finance, Philanthropy, or a related field.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field with substantial and progressively responsible experience in grants management, fund operations, compliance, program administration, or institutional systems may be considered in lieu of a master’s degree.
• Professional training or certification in grants management, project management, donor compliance, procurement, risk management, financial management, fund management, or nonprofit operations will be an added advantage.
• Professional certification in grants management, project management, procurement, compliance, risk management, or organizational management is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated understanding of grantmaking, donor compliance, youth-led development, climate justice, locally led action, or philanthropic funding systems will be considered an asset.

Experience:

• At least five to seven years of progressively responsible experience in grants management, grant operations, program administration, institutional systems, compliance, or operational management within the development, philanthropy, humanitarian, climate, or non-profit sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing the full grants lifecycle, including grant design, solicitation, due diligence, contracting, compliance, reporting, amendments, and close-out.
• Proven experience managing institutional donor-funded programs and ensuring compliance with donor regulations and contractual requirements.
• Experience developing and implementing organizational policies, standard operating procedures, and operational systems that improve institutional effectiveness.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or strengthening grant management systems, internal controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and working across program, finance, and operational functions.
• Experience supporting organizational planning, performance management, and institutional growth.
• Demonstrated experience preparing high-quality donor reports, management reports, and Board papers.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience working within a grant-making institution, intermediary fund, community foundation, philanthropic organization, or pooled funding mechanism.
• Experience supporting youth-led organizations, grassroots organizations, or locally led development initiatives.
• Experience working with international climate finance mechanisms or environmental funding institutions.
• Experience in establishing digital grants management systems or organizational information management systems.
• Experience supporting organizational audits, compliance reviews, and institutional risk management processes.

Technical Competencies:
Grants Management and Grant Governance

• Comprehensive understanding of the full grants lifecycle and internationally recognized grants management practices.
• Strong knowledge of donor compliance requirements, grant agreements, fiduciary standards, and risk management.
• Experience designing and improving grant-making policies, operational procedures, and grant administration systems.
• Ability to coordinate competitive grant calls, proposal review processes, due diligence, grant contracting, and compliance monitoring.
• Strong understanding of equitable, participatory, and trust-based grant-making approaches.

Operations and Organizational Management:

• Demonstrated ability to strengthen organizational systems, internal controls, and operational procedures.
• Experience overseeing procurement, administration, logistics, records management, and organizational compliance.
• Strong understanding of organizational governance, policy development, and institutional effectiveness.
• Ability to improve operational efficiency through process improvement and systems thinking.
• Experience managing organizational risk and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Financial and Compliance Management:

• Good understanding of grant budgeting, financial monitoring, and donor financial compliance.
• Ability to interpret grant agreements and monitor financial performance against contractual obligations.
• Experience coordinating grant audits and supporting financial accountability processes.
• Strong appreciation of internal control systems and financial stewardship.

Strategic Planning and Performance Management:

• Experience supporting strategic planning, organizational performance monitoring, and operational reporting.
• Ability to develop performance indicators, dashboards, and management reporting systems.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and support evidence-based decision-making.

Core Competencies and Skills:
Strategic Leadership:

• Ability to think strategically and translate organizational priorities into effective operational systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.

Planning and Organization:

• Exceptional planning, coordination, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and consistently deliver high-quality outputs within tight deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail while maintaining a focus on strategic objectives.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong report-writing, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate complex operational and compliance requirements clearly and effectively.
• Strong relationship-management skills and the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Ability to identify operational risks and develop practical solutions.
• Capacity to analyze policies, procedures, and organizational systems to improve performance and compliance.

Digital and Information Management:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Experience using grants management systems, project management platforms, or enterprise information systems is an advantage.
• Ability to leverage digital tools to improve operational efficiency, reporting, and collaboration.

Personal Attributes:
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• High levels of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
• Commitment to transparency, ethical stewardship, and responsible resource management.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Excellent judgment and discretion when handling sensitive organizational information.
• Adaptability and resilience in a dynamic and fast-growing organization.
• Strong commitment to youth leadership, locally led development, climate justice, and equitable access to climate finance.
• Ability to foster an inclusive, collaborative, and respectful organizational culture.
• Passion for strengthening African youth leadership and transforming climate finance to better serve young people and grassroots organizations.

Remuneration
AYCF offers a competitive monthly remuneration within the range of USD 2,700– 3,000 gross, depending on experience, location, and internal equity. Final compensation will be determined in line with AYCF/GAYO policies.

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