项目经理（加纳）
Program Manager (Ghana)
公司背景：Solon Capital Partners（“Solon”）致力于创建、合作和投资，以实现财务回报和变革性影响。基于14年的成功经验，Solon采用独特的商业模式，通过业务创造、合作与耐心，最大化影响力和财务回报，同时降低风险。Solon目前在三个影响力垂直领域和非洲及其他九个国家拥有创新企业组合。
Terra Nova Solutions（“TNS”）是Solon的旗下公司，作为Solon的共享服务提供商。TNS是一家专业服务公司，赋能非洲前沿和挑战性市场的客户。TNS在撒哈拉以南非洲的多个行业和地区提供财务、合规、咨询和顾问服务。
机会：Solon正在西非建立一个足球运动员发展和营销系统，打破结构性障碍，释放该大陆崛起的人才潜力。2024年4月在加纳启动后，我们正在实施该项目的第一阶段：为6岁以上的男孩和女孩提供免费基层训练计划，并覆盖西非每个目标市场中的小学。我们现在正在组建加纳团队。
我们正在寻找一位经验丰富且积极主动的项目经理，以支持Solon在加纳实施这一阶段的球员发展计划。该职位将与一个紧密协作的团队一起工作，评估并开发实施该计划的机会。你将加入一个友好、协作且充满好奇心的团队。
职责：理想的候选人将采取亲力亲为的方式，成功管理多个工作流，以评估加纳作为新市场建立足球运动员发展计划的可行性。这包括与社区、政府和其他合作伙伴密切合作，解决问题并推进项目进展。同时，也需要对快速变化、范围广泛的各种请求和挑战保持热情响应。
职责示例包括：
- 机会评估。识别并评估与加纳学校供应商的合作机会，以建立我们足球运动员发展计划的第一阶段——一项覆盖现有小学的6岁以上男孩和女孩的基层训练计划。
- 项目实施：与Solon团队协调，
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Company Background:Solon Capital Partners (“Solon”) creates, partners and invests to deliver financial returns and transformative impact. Building on a 14-year track record, Solon employs a differentiated model based on business creation, partnership and patience to maximize impact scale and financial returns while mitigating risk. Solon has a portfolio of innovative businesses now operating across three impact verticals and nine countries in Africa and beyond.
Terra Nova Solutions ("TNS") is a Solon portfolio company that acts as the shared services provider for Solon. TNS is a professional services firm empowering clients in Africa’s frontier and challenging markets. TNS provides a range of finance, compliance, consulting, and advisory services across multiple sectors and geographies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Opportunity: Solon is seeking to build a football player development and marketing system across West Africa – breaking down the structural barriers to empower the continent’s ascendant talent. Launched in Ghana in April 2024, we are implementing the first phase of this project: a free grassroots training program for boys and girls from the age of 6, layered across primary schools in each target market in West Africa. We are now building our Ghana team.
We are looking for an experienced and proactive Program Manager to support Solon's intention to implement this initial phase of our player development program in Ghana. The role will involve working with a close-knit team to evaluate and develop opportunities for implementing the program. You will be joining a team that is collegial, collaborative, and curious.
Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate will take a hands-on approach to successfully manage various workstreams to assess Ghana as a new market for establishing a football player development program. It will mean working closely with communities, government, and other partners to solve problems and advance the project initiatives. It will also mean being ready to respond with enthusiasm to a fast-paced and wide-ranging set of requests and challenges.
Examples of responsibilities include:
- Opportunity Assessment. Identify and evaluate potential partnership opportunities with school providers in Ghana in order to establish the first phase of our football player development program – a grassroots training program for boys and girls from age 6, layered across existing primary schools.
- Program Implementation: in coordination with Solon team, implement and grow grassroots training program with identified school providers in Ghana; providing effective oversight to ensure program meets Solon standards and objectives.
- Stakeholder Engagement. Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, including service providers, government officials, donor partners, consultants, and community members. Engage with potential local partners, industry experts, and other stakeholders to gather insights and promote Solon's business interests.
- Reporting and Assessment. Prepare detailed reports and presentations for senior management to aid in decision-making processes.
- Project Management. Manage timelines, resources, and deliverables for designated project. Ensure all project activities adhere to Solon standards and objectives, delivering results within established timelines and budgets.
Qualifications: Basic qualifications for the engagement include:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, International Relations, or related field.
- Proven experience in business development, or a similar role, preferably within Ghana or similar markets.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing detailed project reports and presenting to diverse audiences.
- Superb attention to detail and diligence.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multicultural team environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and problem-solving abilities.
- In-depth knowledge of Ghana's culture, customs, and business practices.
- Fluent English (spoken and written).
- Integrity, sound judgement, and business acumen.
- Professional presence and demeanour.
- Ability to legally reside and work in Ghana.
- Passion for or interest in football
Experience and knowledge in any of the football, education, or carbon markets/project development initiatives is desirable.
Nature of Engagement: An initial 6-month contract engagement with the potential to extend the term or transition to a full-time role with the company.
Work Hours: Meetings and deadlines based on standard business hours in the GMT time zone will need to be accommodated.
Location: The engagement requires the candidate to reside in West Africa, preferably in Ghana. The engagement will be remote in nature. Travel throughout West Africa may be required, along with occasional global travel.
Salary: Solon strives to be an organization of choice and offers competitive compensation packages, including performance-based incentives.
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