Business Development Officer  

The main role of the Business Development Officer is to develop and implement strategies, policies and processes to improve operations and service delivery to meet existing and future corporate objectives. Other responsibilities are as follows:

• Lead in the development of strategies, policies and processes across all functions that will help to achieve the company’s mission and core objectives.
• Recruit and motivate business-orientated teams accountable for the achievement of corporate and individual targets, ensuring that comprehensive performance appraisal and development opportunities are provided in accordance with the company’s human resources strategy and employment policies.
• Provide advice and guidance to managers and staff on all aspects of business transformation.
• Maintain regular contact with customers to keep them aware of business developments and to seek feedback from them so that the company can effectively implement a programme of continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement policies to recruit and retain the required levels and quality of staff to ensure that planned changes are effectively implemented and corporate objectives met.
• Develop and control multidisciplinary teams to ensure that action plans are implemented and changes achieved that will support the organization’s core objectives.
• Develop and monitor budgets for all major organization development projects.
• Negotiate contracts with external consultants and other organizations to provide services in support of organization change and development where these cannot be met from in-house resources.
• Develop close working relationships with other key functions in the organization to keep them aware of, and seek their views on, proposed organizational changes to ensure that there is a coordinated approach to these.
• Develop and introduce marketing strategies to improve current business, identify new market opportunities and ensure the effective development and promotion of the company and its products.

• Professional qualifications in a relevant discipline.
• Considerable experience of managing organization change.
• At least 1-3 years of management experience.
• Strong analytical and planning skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.