Business Development Officer Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Job

Title: Business

Development Officer

Job

Code: BDO/KH/160315
 

Number

of Positions Open: 1

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Closing

Date: Open Until

Filled

Summary: Our client is a

Catholic Charitable Organization established with the objective of

rehabilitating street children and empowering their parents or guardians in

order to ensure that the children grow to be dignified members of the society. 

The

home relies for its sustenance on the goodwill of donors and its own business

initiatives that are aimed at generating income for the home.  

These

business activities are also aligned to contribute to the rehabilitation of

children by offering practical training to the children. 

Such

business includes farming, carpentry workshops, restaurant, dispensary, primary

school among other possibilities.

Job Summary: To strengthen

the home’s capacity to achieve its primary objective of rehabilitating the

needy children, the home relies on the deployment of a Business Development

Officer as a professional who must have the skills, passion and will to manage

effectively and efficiently, the home’s existing business activities and

possessing the entrepreneurial spirit to create new viable ventures. 

The

desired end of this arm of the home is for it to be a self-sustaining,

profitable and a substantial contributor to the financial needs of the

home. 

The

vision is through the homes income generating projects, to be a completely

self-reliant home with ability to fulfill all its objectives from within

itself.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop
  
  and manage the income generating activities of the home


• Ensure
  
  that the income generating activities of the home are viable, with each
  
  income generating project being self-sustaining and contributing to the
  
  financial needs of the home


• Plan
  
  for new IGPs (Income Generating Activities) implementation that would
  
  contribute to the financial and rehabilitation needs of the home


• Manage
  
  team of persons towards delivering results of the various IGPs of the home


• Prepare
  
  comprehensive reports on regular basis to the director of the home


• Develop
  
  comprehensive marketing plans for all the products of the IGPs


• Maintain
  
  excellent customer relations with all the home clients


• Expand
  
  partnerships for the development of the home’


• Align
  
  as much as is possible for the IGAs to contribute to the rehabilitation of
  
  the needy children through practical training


• Prepare
  
  and maintain proper financial and other records pertaining to the home’s
  
  IGA activities


• Any
  
  other activities that may be allocated by the Director.

Desired Skills and Experience:

•  Degree in
  
  Business administration


• Diploma
  
  in Management


• At
  
  least 3 years proven Management experience in a profit based venture.


• An
  
  excellent team manager


• Self-driven
  
  person who requires little or no supervision

How to Apply:

Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and

/ or references are encouraged to apply with detailed CV’s, inclusive of names

and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address by

clicking on:Business Development Officer

Kindly include your current and expected remuneration in your resume.

Be advised, this job is open to Kenyan nationals only