Program Coordinator

About the role

WeLight Nigeria is looking for a Program Coordinator based in Abuja to coordinate programs and projects across its Nigerian operations and its international organisation. The role covers planning, reporting, stakeholder coordination and team support.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans, workplans, schedules, action trackers and dashboards for multiple concurrent projects, and track milestones, deliverables, dependencies and deadlines.
• Follow up with team members so that agreed actions are completed, and identify and escalate emerging delays, risks and bottlenecks.
• Maintain clear and accurate program documentation.
• Coordinate regular program updates and management reporting, consolidating inputs from teams into progress reports and presentations, and keeping records of key actions, decisions and outstanding issues.
• Facilitate coordination between teams in Nigeria and the international organisation, and between WeLight and grant-making entities such as the REA DARES Program.
• Support communication and collaboration across English- and French-speaking teams, ensuring timely information flow among stakeholders.
• Handle onboarding of new staff and help improve internal coordination processes as the organisation grows.

Required profile

• A minimum of 5 years of experience.
• A minimum of a degree in a related field.