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Green Environment and Climate Change Initiative (GRENCHI)

Project Coordinator

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Location

Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

Closing Date

August 28, 2026

Job Tags / Metadata

AwkaAnambraContractProject ManagementClimateEnvironment

Position Description & Requirements

GRENCHI is recruiting a Project Coordinator to oversee the design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of its environmental and community-development projects, including agroforestry, restoration, environmental education and community climate-action programmes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead project planning, scheduling, implementation and close-out.
  • Coordinate field staff, volunteers, community facilitators and project partners.
  • Develop and use monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks to track results and document lessons.
  • Monitor project budgets and ensure compliant use of resources.
  • Prepare donor narrative and technical reports.
  • Manage relationships with communities, government agencies, schools and partner organisations.
  • Identify project risks and ensure compliance with organisational and donor requirements.
  • Support the training and mentoring of junior staff, interns and volunteers.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • BSc or MSc in Forestry, Environmental Science, Agriculture, Development Studies, Project Management or a related field.
  • Project-management certification is an advantage.
  • Five to seven years of progressive project-management, community-development or environmental-programming experience.
  • Demonstrated experience managing donor-funded projects, budgets, workplans, reporting and field teams.
  • Strong knowledge of logframes, Theory of Change and MEL approaches.

This is an in-person contract role based in Awka. Apply through GRENCHI's official careers page.