Partnership & Ecosystem Development Lead

About Our Client

Our Client is a creator-focused organization working to strengthen Nigeria’s storytelling ecosystem through training, access, and narrative infrastructure. The organization operates at the intersection of narrative development, creative capacity building, and ecosystem coordination, with a focus on ensuring that creative talent is visible and viable.

Now entering a new phase of institutional growth, evolving from individual interventions into a platform and ecosystem builder capable of delivering sustained national impact. Its strategy is anchored on four interconnected priorities: Narrative Leadership & National Storytelling; Creative Capacity & Skills Development; Creator Ecosystem & Opportunity Enablement; and Institutional Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships.

Role Overview

The Head of Partnerships & Ecosystem Development will lead Our Client's partnership strategy and ecosystem engagement, building relationships that strengthen the organization, expand its programs, and unlock meaningful opportunities for creators.

The role will develop and manage relationships across the private sector, public institutions, development organizations, foundations, creative organizations, and other strategic partners, translating these relationships into funding, resources, program collaborations, creator opportunities, and long-term institutional partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

● Develop and execute LFG’s partnership and ecosystem development strategy in alignment with the organization's strategic priorities.

● Identify, cultivate, and manage strategic relationships across the private, public, development, and creative sectors.

● Build and manage a strong pipeline of prospective partners, from initial engagement

through proposal, negotiation, activation, and stewardship.

● Develop high-quality partnership proposals, concept notes, presentations, and other

engagement materials.

● Secure partnerships that unlock funding, sponsorship, infrastructure, technical

support, and other resources for LFG and its programs.

● Build relationships with employers, agencies, platforms, and commissioning

organizations to create jobs, contracts, placements, and other economic

opportunities for creators.

● Work closely with the Programmes team to ensure partnerships translate into

measurable program and creator outcomes.

● Identify and develop regional and international collaborations that strengthen LFG’s

reach, credibility, and access to opportunities.

● Maintain an effective partnership pipeline and provide regular reporting on

engagements, opportunities, commitments, and outcomes.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will be demonstrated by:

● Growth in active and strategic institutional partnerships.

● Funding, sponsorship, and other resources mobilized through partnerships.

● Increased creator access to jobs, commissions, placements, infrastructure, and

platforms.

● Strong conversion of prospective relationships into active collaborations.

● Effective partner stewardship, retention, and repeat collaboration.

● A well-managed partnership pipeline with clear visibility of opportunities, progress,

and outcomes.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in communications, business, international relations,

development studies, marketing, public relations, or a related field.

● 4–7 years of relevant professional experience in partnerships, business development,

communications, stakeholder engagement, external relations, fundraising, or

ecosystem development.

● Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management capabilities.

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including proposal and

presentation development.

● Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities and translate relationships into

concrete partnerships or outcomes.

● Strong negotiation, organization, follow-through, and project coordination skills.

● Ability to work independently and manage multiple stakeholder relationships

simultaneously.

● Knowledge of Nigeria’s creative, corporate, development, and/or public-sector

ecosystem is an advantage.