Business Development Advisor at KPMG

Job description

Key responsibilities

• Coordinating proposal development
• Supporting the development and streamlining of business development functions and processes.
• Managing the pipeline at all stages; keeping track of information that affect the opportunities;
• Supporting the identification and capture process for upcoming opportunities

Specifically, the candidate will be involved in:

• Market Intelligence
  • Analysing market intelligence and broader market conditions in line with IDAS strategy
  • Providing up-to-date relevant socio-economic, environmental, political, regulatory, aid and development finance information
• Learning & Development
  • Coordinating the learning and development activities across IDAS Africa
  • Defining the unit’s training plan and monitoring its implementation
  • Creating tailor made training and development solutions to address the unique needs of the unit.
• Knowledge Management
  • Provide knowledge management for IDAS
  • Ensure proper maintenance of IDAS document relevant for business development
  • Support the development of a query-abled web based business development software
  • Work with the marketing team to keep the website & IDAS brochures updated

Working relationships

This is a mid-level position and will report to the unit Manager. Internally, the Senior Business Development Associate will be expected to interact with staff at all levels

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, social sciences or similar from a reputable university
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience in proposal development and/or project management, preferably in the field of international development;
• High level of detail-orientation and demonstrated ability to consistently and successfully follow through on commitments and produce high- quality deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent research and business-intelligence gathering and organizational skills

Skills and attributes

The ideal candidate must be able to provide support to various management and leadership levels, and work well independently with the following skills and attributes:

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload to meet deadlines and resolve conflicting demands;
• Knowledgeable on current development trends and donor priorities
• Entrepreneurial mind-set and ability to identify opportunities and develop high quality proposals
• Problem solving abilities and analytical skills
• Socially confident, creating a strong presence with unit heads, the Partnership and the KPMG team
• Passion and commitment to Africa’s development.

We offer

• A fantastic opportunity to work on exciting development programmes across Africa (www.kpmg.com/das)
• Competitive remuneration in line with qualifications and experience
• Continuous learning and development
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams
• Unrivaled space to grow and be innovative