Business Development Manager at Transnational Academic Group (TAG)

Job Summary

• Responsible for the organization, co-ordination of office operations, procedures and resources to facilitate organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of strategic business models for new partnerships and business opportunities for Transnational Academic Group (TAG).

Duties and Responsibilities
Business Development:

• Build relationships with employers in Nigeria and abroad;
• Represent Transnational Academic Group (TAG) to prospective employers and seek appropriate new internship placement opportunities both nationally and internationally through networking activities with employers;
• Coordinate the delivery of careers, internships, alumni and employer relations strategy;
• Design and deliver a wide range of employability and careers provisions for Transnational Academic Group (TAG);
• Market partnership opportunities to the commercial and industrial sectors;
• Develop and nurture on-going relationship with corporate organizations to ensure long term partnerships and ROI;
• Coordinate the delivery of a wide range of extra-curricular employer events, including networking events, career development workshops and recruitment fairs;
• Adopt and implement TAG’s careers and employability guidelines and resources to students;
• Promote students recruitment and school visit activities;
• Promote internship opportunities to the students;
• Develop relationships with university societies;
• Support and work with university societies to produce a varied range of career-related activities and events;
• Oversee mentoring and careers coaching to university students
• Inculcate TAG employability ethos amongst the student body,

Required Academic Qualifications and Competencies

• A Masters’ degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Marketing Communications, Public Relations or in a related discipline;
• Professional certification in any of the above disciplines will be an advantage;
• Proven ability to develop relationship and partnership opportunities with corporates, academic, students and other external partners;
• Significant knowledge and working experience in Marketing, Marketing Communications and Public Relations;
• Ability to provide effective supervision and leadership to team members;
• Knowledge of business and management principles;
• Knowledge of accounting, data and administrative management practices and procedures;
• Proven ability to take initiative to develop new contacts and manage large client portfolio;
• Good understanding of Higher Education Institution(HEI) needs and respond to them;
• Significant knowledge in product development and emerging market trends;
• Knowledge in proposal writing and strategy development;
• Strong report writing, and presentation skills required;
• Excellent organisation, communication and negotiation skills required;
• Project Management skills;
• Good people-management skills;
• Good working knowledge of MS Office Suite;