Chief of Staff

Position Summary

• The Chief of Staff works alongside the Managing Director to close the gap between strategy and execution, tracking priorities across the business, preparing the MD for high-stakes decisions, and driving initiatives that do not sit inside any one department.
• Whoever holds it gets visibility into how every major function operates and where they intersect, a seat in the rooms where direction gets set, and the chance to own initiatives with real weight behind them. In return, the business gets someone who understands it broadly and can help relieve the MD of certain tasks and decisions.

Key Responsibilties
Strategic Support to the MD:

• Track the MD's priorities across the business and flag what needs attention before it becomes urgent.
• Prepare briefing materials, board packs, and pre-reads that let the MD walk into a room fully informed.
• Sit in on key strategic and operational meetings; own the follow-through on decisions made there.
• Represent the MD physically in meetings, if/when required.

Cross-Functional Execution:

• Work with Legal on contract and governance matters that need MD-level sign-off or attention.
• Partner with Finance on reporting cycles and the metrics the MD tracks closely.
• Coordinate with QHSE so compliance and incident issues reach the MD's desk with the right context.
• Support Marketing/BD on partnership conversations and external positioning.
• Facilitate enterprise-wide initiatives and support the company's growth and expansion priorities.
• Facilitate credit rating process and capital markets programme, including stakeholder correspondence and investor materials.

Special Projects:

• Take on initiatives the MD assigns directly, often ones with no obvious departmental owner and see them through to a result.
• Bring structured analysis to open questions facing the business, and a clear recommendation, not just a summary.
• Represent the MD's priorities accurately in written materials, whether that is a memo, a deck, or a difficult email.

Office Operations:

• Keep the MD's calendar, travel, and correspondence running smoothly enough that it is rarely something either of you has to think about.
• Handle confidential information with consistent discretion, this comes with the territory, not as an occasional exception.

Academic and Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (minimum Second Class Upper / 2:1 or equivalent) in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Law, or a related discipline, from a top-tier university.
• An MBA or postgraduate qualification in Business, Finance, or Real Estate from a top-ranked business school is an advantage.
• A professional certification such as CFA, ACA, or ACCA is an advantage, particularly for candidates from a finance, audit, or capital markets background.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint to a standard suitable for board and investor-facing materials, with working familiarity in financial modelling.
• Working knowledge of Nigerian corporate governance and capital markets fundamentals (e.g., NCCG 2018, FMDQ/SEC processes) is an advantage.

Who We Are Looking for:

• 5 years of progressive experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, or an executive/chief-of-staff office, ideally with exposure to real estate, infrastructure, or a diversified group structure.
• Demonstrated financial and commercial fluency, able to read a financial model, interrogate a term sheet, or stress-test a board paper without hand-holding.
• A track record of end-to-end ownership: initiatives you conceived, structured, and delivered against a stated outcome, not simply coordinated.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, tested by real stakes, board packs, investor correspondence, regulatory submissions, not internal memos alone, and credible up to the board and across department heads.
• High judgment under ambiguity and time pressure, comfortable making a well-reasoned call with a fraction of the information a specialist would want.
• Absolute discretion with commercially and board-sensitive information, evidenced through prior conduct, not merely asserted at interview.
• A genuine trajectory toward general management or executive leadership; this is a launchpad role and only works for someone who sees it as a deliberate step, not a destination.

What The Role Offers

• A working relationship with the MD: regular, substantive involvement in how priorities are set and decisions get made, not occasional access.
• Breadth across the business: direct exposure to Legal, Finance, Construction, Project management, QHSE, Marketing, Business Development, Corporate planning, and stakeholder management.
• Ownership: You will run initiatives end to end, with the outcomes attached to your name.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.

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