Business Development Officer at Intersect Consortium

Job Summary

• The candidate should be a graduate with passion for business development and a track record of achieving corporate goals.

Responsibilities

• Prospect for new clients by networking, cold calling, advertising or other means of generating interest from potential clients and ultimately convert them into clients;
• Dedicate a significant portion of work schedule going to various hospitals, ministries and institutions, dropping leaflets/proposals, and meeting with relevant personnel;
• Assist in developing and maintaining psychiatrist, psychologist and other allied mental healthcare professional relations, both inside and outside the hospital and amongst sector actors;
• Communicate, liaise regularly and build constructive referral relationships with all key stakeholders internally and externally: Consultants, Medical Practitioners, the corporate business development team, other healthcare professionals, and private health insurers as required;
• Identify innovative tactics, corresponding business plans and sustainable; operations to drive revenue and volume growth while meeting the market's needs;
• Develop and implement community workshops and seminars, with a bid to grow business;
• Conduct marketing research and analyse activities to ensure that the hospital is competitive in the marketplace, on a local and national rating.

Client Retention:

• Assist in managing existing clients and ensure they stay satisfied and positive;
• Provide support that will continually improve the existing relationship;
• Make recommendations to Management on services that meet, predict and mirrors current clients’ future needs;
• Ensure the continuous refinement of the service rendered by the Facility;
• Works extensively with the hospital’s leadership team, medical staff and across various clinical departments to ensure growth opportunities are identified, patient engagement is maximized, and obstacles to success are addressed and resolved
• Increase Synapse Bed Occupancy;
• Develop short and long-range management and organization plans to define responsibilities and business activities consistent with hospital goals and objectives;
• Ensure monthly that objectives listed in the marketing plan are accomplished; progress levels against objectives are measured and adjustments made;
• Take a lead role in proposal writing, regularly prepare, review and submit commercial bids and proposals;
• Market Synapse’s Services - Trainings (Stress Management, Counseling), Workshops, Rehabilitation, and Sale of Psychological service related products (Urine Drug Testing, Stress Management Trainings, Workshops et cetera) to Universities, tertiary institutions, hospitals, ministries, government and private institutions;
• Prepare and make bi monthly presentations to prospective clients and network to increase Synapse’ visibility.

Requirements and Experience

• Minimum of a University Degree and a passion for marketing
• 2 - 5years work experience
• Business Acumen
• Strong verbal and written communication skill
• Proactive problem-solving approach
• Stress tolerance
• High level of professionalism
• Ability to uphold strict confidentiality.

Required Skills/Competencies:

• Ability to convince a potential client, corporate and or private, to use our services.
• Social media engagement strategies
• Event management
• Corporate communication
• Ability to develop and convert business opportunities
• Ability to generate relevant partnership proposals with support from the clinical team.