An Environmental NGO in Nigeria is currently seeking to recruit competent, committed, self-motivated and matured candidate for the above position. Duties and Responsibilities: • Manages the business development and communications teams; • Oversees fundraising campaigns to generate leads for the business development team; • Earns media placement to position the Foundation as an expert in its discipline; • Meet potential corporate and High Networth Individual (HNI) sponsors by growing, maintaining, and leveraging his/her network; • Identify potential sponsors, and the decision makers within the sponsorship organization. • Research and build relationships with new sponsors; • Set up meetings between corporate decision makers and our experts; • Plan approaches and pitches; • Work with team to develop proposals that speak to the sponsor’s needs, concerns, and objectives; and • Use a variety of styles to persuade or negotiate appropriately. Expertise & Skills: • Persistence, passion and knowledge of nature conservation as well as communication and people skills. • Candidates must be individuals with sufficient business contacts, proven track records, passionate about achieving results and strategic/innovative in seeking for opportunities to grow the organisation. • Understanding of the global nature conservation sector. • Excellent research, analysis and report writing skills. • At…

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) held its annual dinner tagged “Green Ball” with the theme “Green Recovery Nigeria – Restoring the Mangroves and Reclaiming the Desert” on Saturday, 17th November, 2018 at the Grandball Room, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. This year’s event was used to create awareness and seek support for its Green Recovery Nigeria Initiative, while focusing on restoration of the mangroves and reclaiming the desert. Nigeria has one-third of the entire mangroves in Africa. This is the largest in the continent and the third largest in the entire world. The Niger Delta Mangroves are estimated to provide 60% of the spawning grounds of fishes in West Africa. Mangroves absorb carbon and they determine the livelihood of the coastal dwellers. Nigerian Mangroves make up 40% of the remaining original forests in Nigeria and cover 10,500 square kilometres. Mangrove degradation is being caused by oil pollution, firewood cutting, over-exploitation and sand filling among other factors. NCF and other environmental NGOs have embarked on Mangrove Restoration projects to restore Nigeria’s mangrove to at least 70% of their original states. There is an urgent need for rehabilitation for the mangrove ecosystem to be stepped up if they are to…