Senior Businness Development Officer at Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB)

JOB LEVEL 5: JOB REF HR SBDO -5-2020
 
Reports to: Assistant Business Development Manager
 
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Contribute to the Bureau ‘s corporate strategy development and its subsequent monitoring and evaluation for decision making.
• Conduct the Annual Strategy Review including preparation of the mid-term review and periodical and special updates and reports for decision making.
• Develop planning and strategy documents
• Design, coordinate and implement monitoring and evaluation systems
• Develop baseline data for decision making.
• Ensure the quality monitoring and evaluation of related data to be collected throughout the strategic plan implementation. 
• Manage stakeholder strategic partnerships and engagements for revenue generation.
• Achieve set sales revenue targets to improve the bottom line.
• Liaise with the finance team, warehousing and logistics departments as appropriate.
• Identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, products and services.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS (EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS)  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Social sciences or its equivalent. 
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management or a relevant field. 
• Higher National Diploma or Diploma in Business Management, Social sciences or its equivalent. 
• Minimum eight (8) years of relevant work experience with at least four (4) years at a senior management/leadership position.
• Member of a relevant professional organisation in good standing. 
• Problem solving, analytical, leadership, decision making, integrity, good communication, organisation and planning skills. 
• A good team player, maintains high work standards, reliable, easily adapts to new environments, pays attention to detail and self-motivated.