Business Development Officer at Wema Centre in Mombasa –
Kenya
The Wema Centre is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) that runs various projects providing comprehensive care for street children and educational opportunities for orphans and vulnerable children in the Coast and Central regions in Kenya.
The Wema Centre is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) that runs various projects providing comprehensive care for street children and educational opportunities for orphans and vulnerable children in the Coast and Central regions in Kenya.
Our vision is a society where all street children and other
vulnerable young people are transformed into fulfilled and responsible adults.
Business Development Officer
Closing date for applications: 10th August 2012
We seek a motivated, creative, articulate, smart-working individual to work as our Business Development Officer in Mombasa.
Business Development Officer
Closing date for applications: 10th August 2012
We seek a motivated, creative, articulate, smart-working individual to work as our Business Development Officer in Mombasa.
The Business Development Officer shall be in charge of
supervising and expanding the Wema Centre’s Income Generating Activities (IGA)
with the aim of reducing our reliance on charitable funding, ensuring the
sustainability of the organisation and increasing the amount of unrestricted
funds that can be used to support our beneficiaries.
The Role
1. To manage the day to day operations of the IGA department which currently consist of a tailoring unit, a dairy and fish farm, hostel accommodation and an education department providing cookery, tailoring and IT training for the local community.
1. To manage the day to day operations of the IGA department which currently consist of a tailoring unit, a dairy and fish farm, hostel accommodation and an education department providing cookery, tailoring and IT training for the local community.
1.1 To support and supervise the lead staff member for
each department
1.2 To ensure that each department has a complete and up
to date set of operational procedures and that these procedures are adhered to
1.3 To be responsible for record keeping, stock management
and quality control
1.4 Alongside departmental staff, to keep track of the
cash flow and profit/loss of each department
1.5 Alongside the accounts department, to ensure that
customer accounts are up to date and cash is available for inventory management
1.6 To manage administrative tasks such as order processing,
delivery and invoicing
1.7 To manage relationships with suppliers and donors in order
to source goods and materials at the lowest possible price
1.8 To supervise the work of any volunteers allocated to the IGA
department
2. To increase the profitability of each section of the IGA department by creating and implementing marketing and sales plans.
2. To increase the profitability of each section of the IGA department by creating and implementing marketing and sales plans.
2.1 To seek out and communicate with potential new
customers in order to develop new business relationships and generate and
negotiate new income streams
2.2 To manage the presentation of Wema products to new clients
and ensure that all potential sales opportunities are captured and explored
2.3. To ensure LPO’s and requests for information from new and
existing customers are processed and followed up in an efficient and timely
manner
2.4 To maintain and develop the IGA website and web presence on
external portals
3. To oversee the creation, approval and development of ideas for diversifying and expanding IGA operations and to make sure that each section of the IGA department has an up to date business development plan
3. To oversee the creation, approval and development of ideas for diversifying and expanding IGA operations and to make sure that each section of the IGA department has an up to date business development plan
3.1 To meet regularly with staff and other stakeholders in order
to generate new ideas for income generation
3.2 To actively seek out and research new business opportunities
and create comprehensive business plans and profit/loss forecasts to test them
before they are implemented
3.3 To make and maintain networks with corporate, charitable and
nongovernmental organisations in order to share knowledge, opportunities and
skills
The Person
The business development officer is an enthusiastic and self motivated individual with a high degree of creativity and initiative.
The Person
The business development officer is an enthusiastic and self motivated individual with a high degree of creativity and initiative.
A good understanding of business and marketing is necessary
along with experience of customer service and project management.
The successful candidate will:
The successful candidate will:
- be
a person of high moral integrity, commitment and honesty with a genuine
desire to help transform the lives of rescued street children
- Have
a good standard of education
- Have
a sound knowledge of business, sales and marketing and be able to provide
evidence of an aptitude for business planning and development
- Be
strongly self motivated, able to achieve results with a high degree of
autonomy and initiative and with proven experience of overseeing and
managing projects
- Have
good supervisory skills with at least 1 (one) year’s experience in a
management position
- Be
computer literate and proficient at website maintenance, all MS Office
Packages and preferably have some Accounting knowledge
- Be
a confident and articulate negotiator with an ability to build
relationships with customers and ‘close the deal’
- Be
capable of hands on problem solving with an ability to generate ideas and
solutions
- possess
a valid Driving License
- be
available immediately
Interested persons should send their applications giving full
details of their age, qualifications, experience, present and expected
remuneration, full contact address including daytime telephone numbers,
detailed C.V, copies of certificates and testimonials and contact details of
three referees to The Director, Wema Centre via Email on jobs@wemacentre.org
before Friday 10th August 2012.
All applications should be titled Business Development Officer
Post.
Please do not attach
Testimonials at this time.
