Jobs at Hempawa Consult

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Hours:  8:00am - 6:00pm

Job Description

• Hempawa Consult requires a Project Support Officer to provide vital assistance to project managers. This position is for a highly-organized, dynamic professional who will work on projects relating to the core businesses of Hempawa Consult.
• As a Project Support Officer, you will be expected to perform routine administrative duties that will be inextricably tied to the success of the project you are working on. Driving everything forward from planning to implementation, your actions will directly influence the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the project. Every project is different and therefore your duties will change accordingly.
• However, for the most part, you will be responsible for monitoring project schedules and carrying out specific project functions and liaising with key stakeholders.

Responsible to:

• The Branch Manager, Project Manager

Skills, Knowledge and Experience required

• An OND Holder in Social Sciences or any related field with a minimum of 2 years work experience
• Project Management Certification will be an added advantage
• Strong client management skills and ability to keep promises
• Capable of hands on problem-solving, with ability to generate ideas and solutions
• Ability to use own initiative and pay close attention to detail
• Ability to cope with competing demands and to prioritize tasks
• Strong communication skills in all forms including written, oral, email, telephone, and presentation
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• A positive attitude to dealing with people
• Capable of working independently, and having responsibility as an individual
• A sound understanding of our core businesses of Project Management, Procurement Management and Human Capital Management would be a distinct advantage

Salary
To be negotiated

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Responsible to: The Senior Consultant
External relationships: MSME clients
Hours: 09:00am - 5:30pm

Job Description

• Business Development Officer Hempawa Consult requires a Business Development Officer for the generation and development of both inbound and outbound new business opportunities
• The successful candidate will be a consummate and credible sales professional marketing our products and services to major brands and MSMEs. The role is suited to people who are ‘sales hungry’ and who can exploit their exceptional sales skills with effective and successful results.
• Responsible to: The Senior Consultant
• External relationships: MSME clients

Main Duties

• You will develop new business relationships, generate and negotiate new income for Hempawa Consult
• Presenting Hempawa Consult to potential clients through direct communication in face to face meetings, telephone calls and emails
• You will be expected to spend 50% of your time out of the office in meetings.
• Responsible for your own lead generation and appointment setting
• Possess drive, motivation and acute attention to detail in ensuring all service opportunities to Hempawa Consult are captured and explored
• You will have individual responsibility for new business, and are expected to selfmanage; however, you will be part of a growing team of people with the same job title. Support is available by Principal Consultant for complex strategies
• As a representative of Hempawa Consult at industry events and tradeshows, your professional manner and polished appearance will aid your intention of gaining new business leads and contacts
• Create and be accountable for all client proposals, contracts and any further documentation, following Hempawa Consult procedure
• A thorough understanding of clients marketing objectives including their Return On Investment (ROI) objectives
• Responding to tenders and requests for information in a timely manner
• Keeping abreast of issues affecting consulting firms with same core business focus and collecting competitor intelligence.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required

• A Degree holder preferably in Social Sciences or any related field with a minimum of 2 years work experience
• Proven success in your sales ability and demonstrable full knowledge of the service process
• Confident negotiator and ability to ‘close the deal’
• Strong client management skills and ability to keep promises
• Capable of hands on problem-solving, with ability to generate ideas and solutions
• A positive and determined approach to researching and analyzing new business opportunities
• Ability to use own initiative and pay close attention to detail
• Ability to cope with competing demands and to prioritize tasks
• Strong communication skills in all forms including written, oral, email, telephone, and presentation
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• A positive attitude to dealing with people
• Capable of working independently, and having responsibility as an individual
• A sound understanding of our core businesses of Project Management, Procurement Management, Human Capital Management, Leadership & Management Training would be a distinct advantage.

Requirements:

• An Ideal Hempawa Consult Employee Parts of what makes Hmepawa Consult as successful as it is are the highly motivated people who work here and their enthusiasm. We recruit individuals whose honesty, integrity, initiative and creative approach to problem solving shines through
• An inspiration to your colleagues, you are a tenacious, driven and highly motivated business development professional with a proven record with experience of selling to MSMEs.
• Hungry for success and with a committed motivation to getting things done, you always place the client at the center of everything you do.

Functional Competencies Required:

• Confidence to present a tailored presentation to potential client team by effectively using a range of presentation skills i.e. body language, voice tone etc.
• Ability to identify new business opportunities using relevant research tools / sector specific targeting
• A detailed knowledge of Project Management, Procurement Management, and Human Capital Management.
• Ability to manage and maintain accurate and accessible tailored documentation i.e. Presentations / proposals to meet clients’ need

Estimated time Allocation:

• 50% new business pitches and meetings and generating new outbound business leads
• 50% Developing sales strategy.

Salary

• To be negotiated.