Signa Opportunity is recruiting unemployed young people for quality workplace experience through the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative.
About the YES Initiative
The initiative was launched by the President in 2018 and is a partnership with government and labour to collectively devise a national plan to build economic pathways for South Africa’s youth by creating workplace opportunities for South African youth over a period of 12 months.

Stipend
? R3760 per month
Positions
• Business Development Assistant (Commercial).
Duties

• Manage the communication of the organization with clients via means like emails, telephones, and websites.
• Respond to inquiries made by clients about company products and services in a timely and friendly manner.
• Act as link between the organization and the clients to ensure clients take more interest in products and services rendered by the business organization.
• Undertake and monitor researches to provide highly needed support for the business development team
• Identify and communicate with new business leads for the organization.
• Conduct research and also make delivery on any intelligence that will have strong impact on proposition development for any new investment project of the organization.
• Develop good knowledge regarding priority sectors, like market routes and trends; this enables the organization improve on its effectiveness in service delivery.
• Provide required support for the organization’s business development team, especially in activities relating to account management.
• Perform various tasks, like recording minutes during meetings.
• Develop operational contacts, which will provide needed support for the tasks undertaken by the organization’s business development team.
• Contribute to the management of the organization’s systems to ensure things are done accurately
• Assist the sales agents of the organization to complete clients visit reports and system development
• Manage reports and management information to ensure the company meets up with requirements made known by clients.
• Support the business development manager in sales support when required by him/her.
• Assist the manager to make inquiries on small projects and to handle them from start to finish.
• Cooperate in positive manner to the growth of the organization by providing required assistance to relevant staff and organization’s partners.

Requirements
• Matric.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field of study.
• Ability to adequately perform professional and financial services relating to the needs of the organization.
• Excellent skills in logistics management and information and computer technology
• Creative ability.
• Ability to carry out research relating to the organization and collate the information derived from such research towards improving the organization’s business status.
• Strong communication skills in both written and verbal forms
• Aged between 18 and 29.
• Must be Unemployed.
• Must not have taken part on the YES Programme before.
• Candidates must reside in Sandton and surrounding areas.
• Closing Date: 2 July 2021