Business Development Officer: (P10) (Fixed Term Contract) at Sol Plaatje University

Minimum Requirements

• 3 Year Relevant Tertiary Qualification (NQF level 6).
• 2 years of entrepreneurship development experience.
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Outlook).
• A valid driver’s license.
• Strong in client connection and client service.
• Experience in enterprise development.
• Strong responsibility.
• Self-motivated.
• Able to work under high pressure.
• Proven track record of developing new businesses.
• proven experience in project management with experience in innovation and/or technology fields being an added advantage.

Recommendation 

• In-depth knowledge of understanding the SMME and incubation industry.
• Project, financial, conflict, strategic, stakeholder, and personnel management.
• Report writing.

Duties and Responsibility

Support SMME Clients

• Plan, implement and manage the enterprise development projects, programmes, products and services aimed at SMMEs.
• Assist SMME clients through advice, consultations, and other interventions, in order to grow turnover
• Work with SMME’s to identify and evaluate profitable business opportunities.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to SMMEs.

Train Start-up and Existing Entrepreneurs

• Coordinate training and capacity development for SMME’s.

Establish SMME’s

• Assist entrepreneurs with the establishment of SMME’s.
• Provide advice and assistance on registration of SMME’s.
• Stimulate activity within dormant SMME’s or SMME’s that are not actively operational.

Encourage and Stimulate Innovation

• Encourage an environment of Innovative thinking and commercialisation of innovative ideas.

Recruitment & Stakeholder Relationships

• Provide guidance on the required profile of clients to be recruited.
• Assist the official responsible for marketing with the recruitment of new clients.
• Maintain an excellent stakeholder relationship with existing and potential stakeholders
• Promote relations with relevant stakeholders
• Liaise with different sector stakeholders and broader business community.

Administration

• Provide management, stakeholders, and SMME’s with information.