Product Development & Quality Assurance Officer (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: Product Development & Quality Assurance Officer

Location: Abuja (Remote)
Employment Type: Internship

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of all quantitative and qualitative market studies on new product development or upgrades, starting with a desk analysis of the market – marketing research and landscape
• Presents research/strategy information and conclusions in an impactful, engaging, easily understood manner
• Work with the team to prepare effective product / service implementation plans, reviews and monitoring activities
• Identify and provide recommendations to resolve any potential conflicting business requirements, definition gaps, dependencies across product/service implementation
• Analyze, document, and test product development, logic, process flows and specifications
• Maintain accurate, version controlled, documentation over the product development lifecycle, which is readily available to key stakeholders.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Research, Statistics, Business, IT, Management, Administration, Economics, or Information Science
• Two years’ experience in an applied research or data management environment; experience in IT, economics, business/systems analysis, quality assurance, or relevant position
• Ability to use data analytics software (e.g. Python, R), data manipulation tools, database management and data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Monitoring and evaluation experience especially in the education space would be useful.
• Familiarity and experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies, would be useful.
• 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
• Able to perform statistical analysis
• Skilled knowledge in generating process documentation
• 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
• 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.
• Ability to keep sensitive business information confidential.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online