Market and Economic Researcher (Remote) at Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings

Tongston is a pan-African group of companies connecting entrepreneurship and education through finance, media, consulting and training. Tongston, with special focus on secondary education, partners with educators, parents, students, profit and non-profit enterprises, social influencers, investors and government, whilst leveraging on media, learning and finance, to transform secondary schools into entrepreneurship institutes, secondary teachers to entrepreneurial educators and secondary students to entrepreneurial learners.

Tongston is structured as a holding company, Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings, together the “Tongston Group” with 4 subsidiary entities: Tongston Entrepreneurship College (Tongston College): A business secondary school, Tongston Entrepreneurial Teachers Hub (Tongston Institute): An educator training centre, Tongston Entrepreneurship Ventures (Tongston Ventures): A venture capital & private equity firm and Tongston Entrepreneurship Media (Tongston Media): A multimedia production company.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Market and Economic Researcher

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Internship

Responsibilities

• Perform qualitative and quantitative research and consultation on competitors, products, stakeholders, markets, industries, clients etc.
• Researching, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data related to markets, operations, finance/accounting, economics, customers, and other information
• Analyze habits and data available from the market, stakeholders, competitors and clients; Research market and industry trends and patterns
• Identify and understand problems through forecasting, gap analysis, quantitative reporting, research, and statistical analysis
• Create Marketing Colleterial utilizing proprietary company templates
• Research potential prospects
• Keep up-to-date knowledge of the industry (education and entrepreneurship) and related markets
• Engage stakeholders for key research information
• Develop clear reports and recommendations for organizational use
• Provide support to the business development, stakeholder management and strategy; as well as the branding, comms, PR and marketing teams, to coordinate the marketing activities, design and evaluate the marketing campaign
• Conduct research on economic issues and disseminate research findings through technical reports or scientific articles in journals
• Subscribe to and gather information from key news and other research platforms as required; Monitor market trends and political, economic and regulatory developments
• Compile, analyze, and report data to explain economic phenomena and forecast market trends, applying mathematical models and statistical techniques
• Develop economic guidelines and standards and prepare points of view used in forecasting trends and formulating economic and other policy
• Study the socioeconomic impacts of new public policies, such as proposed legislation, taxes, services, and regulations.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Administration, Economics, or Information Science
• Two years’ experience in an applied research and statistics working environment; experience with econometrics and market research
• Able to manipulate large, complex data sets using a variety of software applications (SPSS, SAS, Excel, Microsoft Office Suite), including the use of relational databases.

Skills:

• Excellent report writing and data interpretation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical writing skills
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Experience collecting, interpreting and organizing data
• Ability to prepare extensive reports and present findings to companies with clear and concise action advice
• Familiarity with research methodology and techniques
• Demonstrated research and analytical capacity as well as technical writing
• Working knowledge of the target industry and market: education and entrepreneurship
• Advanced communication and report-writing skills for effective communication
• Attention to details and a commitment to accuracy
• Excellent analytical skills are required and experience in research, drafting and editing documents is an advantage
• Ability to keep sensitive business information confidential.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:     
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