Business Development Assistant at Ipsos Synovate

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This role is an administrative role to working extensively with our teams across Africa as a resource to identify opportunities through tender searching, liaison with assistants in other teams, preparing and keeping up-to-date boiler plate materials, seeking consulting partners and keeping data bases up to date, and other administrative roles.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Development Field or other related field of study.
• A general understanding of qualitative, quantitative research and / or M&E methodologies.
• At least 3 years’ experience in business development preferably in an organization bidding for donor-funded work.
• Experience working in a fast-growing research organization is an added advantage.
• Experience in business development for social development organizations, such as in proposal development or supporting proposals teams.
• Absolutely and unfailingly organized regarding work and deadlines.
• Tenacious in ability to follow up and get teams to meet deadlines with contributions.
• Very forthright and confident in communicating to teams across Africa.
• Experience in preparing proposals and pitching for business.
• Supporting the ability to build, maintain, and grow client relationships and extensive experience interacting with senior executives and account managers in both professional and social settings.
• Experience working with teams in different countries.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Willing to work hard with long hours due to dealing with clients and teams across time zones.
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and on-line searching capabilities.