Business Development & Integration Manager
About this role
With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
- Develops cost-efficient and effective marketing products and strategies that are appropriate for the desired market;
- Regularly upgrades/ enhances these marketing products and strategies
- Pilot test these marketing products before rollout to the whole institution;
- Reviews results of pilot test; and Refines these products
- Develops “attractive” name and packaging for every loan and deposit product, and other services, if any;
- Packages a marketing prospectus for the institution meant for investors, donors, credit providers, technical groups (such as CGAP, Micro save, etc.);
- Updates the marketing prospectus;
- Supervises creation and implementation of plans and methods to create awareness of all products and services offered by the MFI (e.g. newsletter, radio advertising, posters, school competitions, press releases, etc.);
- Supervises conduct of customer satisfaction s, competition and market surveys to determine areas for improvement in products and services.Recommends corrective actions and develops plans for COO and Board approval.
- Recommends to the senior management any proposed major changes on branch offices or infrastructures, such as relocation, renovation, etc.;
- Prepares an annual marketing plan
- Prepares the annual budget for marketing efforts;
- Reviews the budget quarterly;
- Maintains close contact with information network, including WV Regional and National Offices, and the like;
- Prepares and edits press releases on behalf of VFR and with approval from the CEO coordinates with different Media houses for final release.
- Develop promotional leaflets, fliers, calendars, etc
- Develops proposal to improve the overall image of VFR.
- In the immediate term, reviews the corporate color, logo, and other identity; and based on expertise, determines ways to improve them;
- Come up with a sales strategy for VFR
- Proactively pursue new business and sales opportunities
- Being fully aware of new products and competition status in the market
- Achieve growth and hit sales targets
- Ensure that the MFI reaches its target clients (poor, women with dependent children, Area Program), making necessary adjustments to do so (changes in geographical location, introduction of new products, linkages with WV Savings Groups, product processes related to delivery methods, education, etc.) while balancing the need for institutional sustainability;
- Ensure that clients and their children are protected and treated with respect in the provision of financial services through implementation of the client protection policies. This includes not over-indebting clients, appropriate debt collection practices, and active mechanisms for client complaint;
- Ensure that branch managers and staff are trained in and apply strong social performance practices (per points above);
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants OnlyCompany at a glance
World Vision is the largest child-focused private charity in the world. We are a leader in child sponsorship, community development, humanitarian response, and advocacy. Our 33,000+ staff members working in nearly 100 countries have united with our incredible supporters to impact the lives of over 200 million vulnerable children by tackling the root causes of poverty. Through World Vision, every 60 seconds … a family gets water … a hungry child is fed … a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.
Motivated by our faith and guided by our deep experience and expertise, we are a Christian child sponsorship, humanitarian, development, and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families, and their communities around the world and creating lasting impact that will live on in generations to come. We serve all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
Vision Statement
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
Our Mission Statement
World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.
We pursue this mission through an integrated, holistic commitment to:
- Transformational Development that is community-based and sustainable, focused especially on the needs of children.
- Emergency Relief that assists people afflicted by conflict or disaster.
- Promotion of Justice that seeks to change unjust structures affecting the poor among whom we work.
- Partnerships with churches to contribute to spiritual and social transformation.
- Public Awareness that leads to informed understanding, giving, involvement and prayer.
- Witness to Jesus Christ by life, deed, word and sign that encourages people to respond to the Gospel.
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