Noble Hall Leadership Academy for Girls, a school dedicated to educating the total person - intellectual, spiritually, socially, physically and emotionally. Our ultimate aim is to create a new cadre of confident female leaders who are committed to making a positive difference
We are recruiting to fill the below position:
Position: Business Development Officer/Marketer
Responsibilities & Duties
- Designing the best negotiating strategies by considering the risks and rewards, and keeping in mind the counter-parties preferences & goals
- Develop and build a competitive business development package
- Dissemination of the management’s vision and goals among the operational and supporting teams
- Filtering out high potential deals by analysing business strategies, opportunity requirements / pre-requisites / financials, and internal priorities
- Reaching out directly or through partners to target prospective business deals
- Assist in building the brand of the institution in the industry, vendor and customer community
- Carry out market research through industry contacts, publications, trade events, news to identify ideas for growth
- Constantly upgrading business development techniques, and help in enhancing the company knowledge base by participating in training and educational initiatives
- Creating the annual business development budget in compliance with the academy’s policy and ethical / corporate governance framework and present it to the board for approval
- Serve as the Marketer to ensure that the marketing and branding initiatives are efficient and effective
- You will be responsible for maintaining strong relationships with the internal staff, external stakeholders (partners, officials, regulators, etc).
As the Marketer, you will:
- Prepare PowerPoint presentations for SMT at recruitment events and conferences
- Provide ideas and input into the development of new e-marketing materials
- Be responsible for the School’s publicity stands and other events support material ordering new stock as required and ensuring the supply of stock to events
- Select and order promotional merchandise for exhibitions and for use as corporate gifts
- Assist in creating fresh and up-to-date web content, to pass to the Web Development Officer and Web Designer as necessary
- Ensure the rise and the visibility of the Academy by carrying out an effective marketing and communications plan in order to: attract new students and retain the old students, publicise the strengths of the academy, promote the profile of the School as a whole to external audiences
- Manage the stock of all marketing collateral i.e. brochures; creating systems to identify when stock needs to be replenished
- Update the School’s Facebook and Twitter accounts
- Write and produce marketing material (brochures, posters, flyers etc) for the School’s programmes, liaising with the relevant staff.
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience as a BDO/Marketer
- Must possess a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Marketing (A Masters degree and/professional certification will be an added advantage)
- Must be able to work with minimal or no supervision
- Must be agile and smart.
Skills:
- Information management skills including a high level of accuracy and attention to details
- Marketing / sales orientation,
- Networking skills
- Presentation skills
- Researching & Prospecting skills
- Ability to meet sales targets
- Appreciation of customer needs,
- Excellent communication skills, including high standards of written communication, grammar and spelling
- Excellent organisational and project management skills
- High energy levels,
- Industry knowledge
- Sound understanding of business principles.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's and cover letters with position applied for as subject title to: administrator01@noblehall.com
Note: If you are not qualified for this position please do not apply.
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