Business Development Assistant

Любіш дзікую прыроду і ўмееш прыцягваць сродкі? Магчыма, гэтая вакансія для цябе. Наша камерцыйная галіна — Водна-балотны цэнтр АПБ (ВБЦ) —  шукае бізнес-асістэнта.

Прыбытак ад дзейнасці ВБЦ ідзе на падтрымку і развіццё дзейнасці АПБ па захаванні біяразнастайнасці ў Беларусі.

Дасылай сваё рэзюме і матывацыйны ліст з кантактамі дзвюх асоб, якія могуць даць табе рэкамендацыю, да 24 лістапада ўключна на электронную пошту vintchevski@ptushki.org.

СПАМПАВАЦЬ АПІСАННЕ ВАКАНСІІ

Title: Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Assis­tant

Loca­tion: APB Wet­land Cen­tre, Min­sk

Pur­pose of Posi­tion: to work under the APB Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor

1. To assist Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor in devel­op­ing and exe­cut­ing income gen­er­at­ing com­mer­cial ven­tures inter alia bird­watch­ing and nature tour pack­ages and eco-cul­tur­al tour pack­ages.

Jus­ti­fi­ca­tion: APB Wet­land Cen­tre is eli­gi­ble to devel­op and oper­ate income gen­er­at­ing com­mer­cial activ­i­ties on behalf of APB-Birdlife Belarus, the largest con­ser­va­tion organ­i­sa­tion in Belarus. The well estab­lished eco-tourism (nature) oper­a­tions need addi­tion­al sup­port and pos­si­ble expan­sion into eco-cul­tur­al tours aimed at spe­cial­ist mar­kets and diver­si­fi­ca­tion into low sea­son tour pack­ages as well as into oth­er com­mer­cial activ­i­ties. Much effort is required to work out diverse income gen­er­at­ing ideas and exe­cute those that proved viable.

Com­pe­ten­cies and Qual­i­fi­ca­tions:

• Uni­ver­si­ty degree or sim­i­lar, degree in Tourism, Eco­nom­ics, Mar­ket­ing, Finances, Geog­ra­phy would be an asset;
• Flu­en­cy in Eng­lish, Russian/Belarusian;
• Hands-on expe­ri­ence in the usage of com­put­ers and office soft­ware pack­ages (MS Word, Excel, etc.);
• Strong ana­lyt­i­cal skills, atten­tion to detail, strong organ­i­sa­tion­al skills;
• Spe­cif­ic expe­ri­ence in tourism sec­tor, event man­age­ment and/or sim­i­lar organ­i­sa­tion­al expe­ri­ence would be an asset;
• Spe­cif­ic expe­ri­ence in project man­age­ment sup­port and/or admin­is­tra­tive sup­port func­tions would be an asset;
• Pri­or work­ing expe­ri­ence with inter­na­tion­al orga­ni­za­tions and/or non- gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions is an asset;
• Inter­est in nature, nature tourism and nature con­ser­va­tion would be an asset.

Respon­si­bil­i­ties:

• To assist Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor in arrange­ments for eco-tours to Belarus for for­eign tourist groups specif­i­cal­ly bird­watch­ers and nature tourists.
• To assist Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor in oth­er eco-cul­tur­al tour pack­ages – design­ing, cre­at­ing pro­mo­tion­al mate­ri­als, mar­ket­ing and in-coun­try man­age­ment of vis­it­ing groups.
• To assist Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor in oth­er income gen­er­at­ing activ­i­ties run by APB/APB Wet­land Cen­tre (bird­watch­ing schools, con­ser­va­tion con­sult­ing ser­vices, etc.).
• To assist Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor in devel­op­ing and test­ing new com­mer­cial prod­ucts and busi­ness lines (pub­lish­ing, event man­age­ment, etc.).
• To assist Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor in oth­er tasks.

Full-time

Salary: start­ing with 800 BYR, depends on expe­ri­ence

Peri­od: Decem­ber 2019 till Decem­ber 2020 with pos­si­ble exten­sion.