Economic Development Specialist

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Africa-one Consulting and Research Pty (Ltd) Full time

Functions:

Proactively engages with companies to create a business environment conducive to growth and expansion in KZN. Conduct outreach visits and maintain ongoing relationships with area businesses. Assists with completion of economic development expansion and retention deals

Business Development

  • Executes initiatives and activities to facilitate local business attraction, expansion,
and retention, including incentive awareness, conducting business evaluations/surveys, and providing general economic development assistance.

  • Performs economic development and support work to broaden the City's retail,
commercial, and industrial base.

  • Works closely with the KZN Provincial Government to support and promote the Province to various business clients.
  • Prepares reports on economic development and redevelopment activities for advisory boards, and City Council;
  • Staffs or serves as City liaison to citizen committees, nonprofit organizations, special interest groups, and neighbourhood groups concerning economic development issues and problems; makes presentations to these groups as assigned.
  • Plans and staffs economic and development events and programs.
  • Responds to requests for information from business prospects, and assists
potential new business in site selection; coordinates key activities to facilitate the
location process.

  • Influences and builds relationships with prospects, consultants, company decision
makers, and media information sources; solicits development proposals from
private development companies; establishes and strengthens relationships with
local businesses.

Marketing

  • Designs a variety of promotional/marketing materials for the purposes of business attraction and retention; prepares marketing materials and sends to target
industries and businesses.

  • Makes marketing presentations, conducts tours; meets with new and existing
business representatives; responds to businesses interested in relocating or
expanding in the City.

  • Assists with web site development and updates. Responsible for the creation and distribution of electronic marketing campaigns designed to support
business development, and business retention.

  • Integrates effective marketing and outreach programs and activities with business
development; communicates with local businesses to identify business needs and
issues facing local enterprises, including barriers to growth; identifies and
implements services

  • Plans, schedules and coordinates special events.
  • Writes articles, fliers and other publications; updates, designs, and edits a variety
of printed material including brochures, community profiles and other promotional / marketing materials.

Minimum and Preferred Entrance Qualifications Education and Experience

  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, economic development, marketing, urban planning or a related field.
  • At least three (5) years of progressively responsible experience in economic development, marketing, business attraction, community development, planning
or a related field.

  • Any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities
  • Registered with professional bodies for example EDASA

Competencies for Successful Performance of Job Duties

Knowledge of:

  • Principles, procedures and strategies of economic development in a government environment, demographic economic trends, and forecasting
  • Marketing and research methods, principles and procedures
  • Public relations and copy writing
  • Project management

Skill in:

  • Writing, speaking and listening
  • Public speaking
  • Relationship building, interpersonal skills
  • Problem solving and decision making
  • Research, data and trend analysis related to economic development
  • Social media and digital advertising; knowledge of methods, trends and
industry standards

  • Event management experience working with high level government
officials

Ability to:

  • Provide group facilitation
  • Communicate effectively with a wide array of constituent groups
  • Design marketing materials
  • Produce completed staff work using Adobe Creative Suite, Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and Outlook at an intermediate skill level

  • Meet schedules and deadlines of the work

Job Type:
Contract

Contract length: 15 months

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