Administrative / Business Development Executive Job at Doyenlead Consulting

Doyenlead Resources is an educational management and human resources consultancy firm that offers administrative, human resource and business support services to schools. It was founded out of a desire to help innovative schools increase school growth, build quality operational systems and improve staff performance. Our services are personalized to meet the needs of stakeholders in the education sector within and outside Nigeria. These include school owners, administrators, teachers, and government agencies that are interested in increasing productivity and scaling through processes and capacity building of their staff.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Administrative / Business Development Executive

Job Location: Eneka, Port Harcourt - Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• This position is stimulating, challenging, and offers potential for growth.
• The Admin/Business Development Executive's main goal is to identify opportunities for school growth and create marketing strategies for a newly established innovative nursery and primary school.
• Candidates should be self-motivated, require little supervision, and be able to hold themselves accountable.
• The general responsibilities of the position, which are all completed within the framework of the School policies and procedures, are:
  • Develop a progressive and profitable school enrollment portfolio and provide a high level of customer service by actively undertaking business development activities.
  • Obtain relevant information from prospective customers during inquiries.
  • Devote time and energy to cultivate and maintain good relationships with parents, guardians, associations, influencers, and others to promote the Schools programs and services.
  • Rely heavily on own personal networks and referral sources for leads.
  • Keep abreast of local business opportunities and industry trends by maintaining a profile in the business community through participation in educational events, local community groups, etc.
  • Develop and implement referrals for other school services and products.
  • Achieve enrollment targets as set by management annually.

Qualifications / Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in any of the following disciplines - Education, Economics, Business Management or Administration, Finance, Accounting, Marketing or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant post-NYSC experience working in a school or any related business development role.

Attributes, Skills and Competencies:

• A confident individual with strong and good communication (both oral and written) skills.
• Ability to relate with a wide variety of people (internal and external stakeholders).
• Highly motivated self-starter capable of initiating and cultivating new customer relationships.
• Ability to establish and promote School products and services to the community with an emphasis on gaining new intakes.
• Ability to cross-sell needed schools products and services to further expand customer relations.
• Proven administrative and organisational skills, including proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to learn new programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application experience of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategies and implementation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and usage of social media platforms as well as content management systems (CMS).
• Have a flexible approach to work and the duties to be carried out.
• Excellent business awareness and commercial acumen.
• Strong analytical and project management skills.

Salary

• N50,000 - N60,000 monthly.

Note: Candidate must reside within the Eneka and Rukpoku areas of Port Harcourt.