Business Development

Under direction of the Director of Development (DOD), plan, organize, direct and perform complex and responsible office activities; the Development Executive is responsible for maintaining effective public, media, and community relations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain open lines of communications with all community organizations and provide prompt responses to requests to include determining how to convey clear, concise, and timely information.
• Provide communications support services and consultation to the company and its clients.
• Coordinate various events to include where to have event, whom to invite, and how to publicize as well as attend the events nationally and/or internationally to ensure the high quality of implementation and promote the company.
• Identify new opportunities that strengthen the D³ Consultants ‘brand’, enhance its image and reputation nationally and internationally, and can contribute to its revenue growth.
• Using information systems and preparing reports, dashboards and statistics for internal and external use.
• Liaise with partner institutions, other institutions, external agencies and government departments to investigate and study business opportunities.
• Organize and facilitate a variety of educational or business activities.
• Conduct marketing and/ or educational research.
• Develop and update Hard and soft copies of management filing system.
• Monitor and achieve deadlines for internal and external communication.
• Attend team meetings and provide admin support as required.
• Responsible for planning, tracking and reporting on program deliverables
• Identify new opportunities, develop new programs, seek out new partnerships and maintain community relationships.
• Coordinate and prioritize office duties and functions.
• Independently, or from general instructions, composes clear and concise correspondence.
• Attend meeting and transcribe minutes.
• Type and input from notes, rough draft or verbal instructions a variety of written materials including correspondence, bulletins, memoranda, calendars, requisitions, records, reports and evaluations; maintain associated records.
• Develop a variety of forms and processes including evaluations, personnel requisitions, purchase and work orders.
• Compile and maintain assignment records.
• Site visits to our clients aiming to train or audit employees.
• Attend team meetings and provide admin support as required.
• Screen and routes correspondence, handling routine issues independently, referring to an appropriate staff member or prioritizing for DOD's attention.
• Assist in Marketing, PR, Print, Social Media deliverables.
• Revise, produce content and edit News releases, News publications, Social Media and News Letters for D3 Consultants and Clients.
• Assist all other departments in various job tasks when assigned.
• Represent the company at various events nationally and/or internationally; interact with clients.
• Represent the DOD at professional and public events as needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge of:

• Modern office practices, procedures and equipment.
• Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
• Telephone techniques and etiquette.
• Operation of standard office machines including a computer.
• Letter and report writing skills.
• Word processing, spreadsheet and database software
• Communications, marketing, public relations, and media relations concepts, techniques, and strategies
• Practices of information gathering from information sources with often extreme time demands
• Current educational issues and trends nationally and/or internationally.

Ability to:

• Ability to communicate and collaborate with other professionals in the development of educational programs
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Maintain positive attitude while working on short, multiple deadlines
• Produce clearly written, succinct reports on short deadlines
• Collaborate with other personnel and representatives from community organizations
• Meet schedules and time lines.
• Plan and organize work.

Working Conditions

Environment:

• Office environment
• Off-campus visits
• Constant interruptions.
• Traveling.

Working Relationships

• Ability to maintain confidential and positive working relationships with administrators, clients, and sister institutions and community organizations and the general public.
• Coordinate and facilitate communications and serve as liaison between administrators, clients, and sister institutions and community organizations and the general public.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent