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Business Development Officer

Employer

2080836 Alberta Ltd

Date Posted

August 22, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $48.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Sep 21, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

2080836 Alberta Ltd

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tasks

  • Develop policies
  • Supervise professional and support staff and students
  • Administer programs to promote industrial and commercial business investment in rural and urban areas
  • Perform administrative tasks
  • Plan development projects
  • Develop venture capital sources
  • Recruit and hire staff
  • Respond to enquiries from members of the business community concerning development opportunities
  • Provide advice on procedures and requirements for government approval of development proposals
  • Conduct surveys and analyze data on the buying habits and preferences of wholesale and retail consumers
  • Develop social and economic profiles of an area to encourage industrial and commercial investment
  • Conduct comparative research on marketing strategies for industrial and commercial products
  • Prepare reports, research papers, educational texts or articles
  • Provide consulting services to government and other organizations
  • Conduct analytical marketing studies
  • Conduct social or economic surveys on local, regional, or international areas to assess development of potential and future trends
  • Review and evaluate commercial or industrial development proposals
  • Design market research questionnaires
  • Develop portfolio of marketing materials
  • Evaluate customer service and store environments
  • Design, conduct and analyze quantitative and qualitative research projects
  • Develop feasibility studies
  • Conduct online marketing, E-commerce and Website promotions
  • Maintain database of potential franchisees, real estate locations and on-line buy/sell Internet sites
  • Prepare funding applications
  • Provide consultation on planning and starting of new businesses.
  • Develop marketing strategies
  • Ensure appropriate business/commercial licenses are in place
  • Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
  • Develop and implement business plans

Supervision

5-10 people

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Office
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Attention to detail
  • Large workload
  • Overtime required

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Business Development Officer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Business Development Officers and Marketing Researchers and Consultants
DIRECTIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to plan development projects with representatives of a wide variety of industrial and commercial enterprises, business associations and government agencies, and to develop strategies to attract venture capital; and in administering programs to promote industrial and commercial business investment and tourism

INNOVATIVE

Interest in developing policies and programs to promote industrial and commercial business investment in urban and rural areas, and in developing social and economic profiles of urban and rural areas to encourage industrial and commercial investment and development

SOCIAL

Interest in consulting to advise on procedures and requirements for government approval

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It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

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