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BUSINESS DEVELOPER

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: CCE#2025/06
POSITION: Business Developer (1 position)
OPENING DATE: October 15, 2025
CLOSING DATE: October 28, 2025
WORK HOURS: Full-time, 40hours/week
DURATION: One-year renewable


The International University of Grand-Bassam is seeking a dynamic person to fill the position of
Business Developer in the Center for Continuing Education (CCE) Unit.

IUGB Profile

The International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB) is a private, publicly assisted institution, which offers an American curriculum in English. It opened in 2005, and, by the signing of Decree 2007-499 on May 16, 2007, was formally accredited as a University within the Côte d’Ivoire higher education system. Envisioned as a Regional Center of Excellence in Higher Education in Africa, IUGB’s mission is to provide internationally recognized higher education through technology-enhanced English medium instruction in fields critical for regional development, international success and life-long learning.

BASIC FUNCTIONS OF POSITION

The Business Developer is responsible for driving the commercial growth of the Center for Continuing Education (CCE) by identifying opportunities, developing partnerships, and promoting training and consulting products. The role involves designing technical and financial proposals, responding to calls for tenders, and positioning the Center as a competitive provider of lifelong learning solutions.: https://www.iugb.edu.ci/) and Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/InternationalUniversityofGrandBassam

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.

Duties:

  • Identify and develop new business opportunities with corporate clients, public institutions, and development partners.
  • Promote the Center’s portfolio of continuing education programs, consulting services, and publications.
  • Prepare, present, and negotiate technical and financial proposals tailored to client needs.
  • Lead the preparation of bids, tenders, and partnership agreements in line with university procedures.
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships to ensure repeat business and long-term collaboration.
  • Collaborate with academic staff to design customized training and capacity-building programs.
  • Monitor market trends and competitor activities to inform strategy and product positioning.
  • Develop sales forecasts, track performance, and report on business development activities.
  • Represent the Center at conferences, fairs, and networking events to enhance visibility
  • Carry out any other duty as requested by the Secretary General.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.

  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  • Strong analytical and proposal-writing abilities (technical and financial).
  • Strong knowledge of tendering processes and proposal development.
  • Demonstrated ability to build networks and close deals with institutional and corporate clients.
  • Goal-oriented, proactive, and results-driven.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with academic and administrative teams.
  • Proficiency in MS Office and familiarity with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tools is an advantage.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, or a related field
  • At least 5 years’ proven experience with a training agency, in business development, sales, or consulting.

Important Notice: Applicants MUST submit the following material:

  • Letter of interest explaining qualifications for the position and commitment to the International University of Grand Bassam’s mission
  • A current resume
  • Names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers of (3) professional references
  • When submitting your application via email, please always start the subject line with the Vacancy Announcement’s number followed by the position title. E.g. : CCE#2025/06, Business Developer.
Department/Office:: CCE
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Abidjan
Knowledge and skills: Aptitude to work under pressure Strong analytical and proposal-writing abilities (technical and financial).
Education: Master
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Fatima Doumbia Koné is a Mathematics lecturer at the international University of
Grand-Bassam (IUGB). Among the courses she taught we have the following: Introduction to
Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Calculus(I,II,III), Transforms in Applied Math,
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Operations Research and Abstract Algebra.
She has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics (IUGB), a Master degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics (AUST) and she is currently enrolled for a PhD in Mathematics at the African
University of Science and Tecnology (AUST), Abuja. She has also been an intern at the
Institutional Banking Group department within GTBANK CI (Garanty Trust Bank Côte
D’Ivoire).
She is a former IUGB student and she was the president of the science club in 2015.
Academically, her goal is to be a great researcher and innovator on the topics of asymptotic
theories in Fuzzy Probability Theory and their various applications to image processing. She
has good programming skills (JAVA, LaTeX, C++) and she is bilingual (French and English).
Over the years, she has been developing a method of teaching which not only put students at
the center of the learning process but also which deconstruct most of the stereotypes about the
inaccessibility of mathematical knowledge to everybody.
Regarding her research activities, she has been working since 2018 on the topic of integration
on Banach spaces and a preprint of an interesting work is available at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04480. She is continuing with her research on integration but now
her PhD studies focus on Random Sets Integration in Probability Theory. Professionally, she
is a very active lecturer at IUGB and she is currently the faculty advisor of the SHE CLUB,
which aims at promoting women empowerment by providing learning, leadership and
networking opportunities.

I am currently Associate Professor of computer and data science in the school of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB).
From 2000 to 2018, I successively worked as a research scientist at Independent Computing Research in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Assistant Professor at the department of computer science and
engineering at Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Research Associate at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) where I also received a Ph.D. degree in computer science in March 2000. Upon receiving a master's degree in mathematical and computing science
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990 in Japan, I worked as a research scientist at National/Panasonic, one of the most prestigious companies in Tokyo.
I am involved in research on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Semantic Web and its applications in a wide range of fields. Besides, I designed the current Data Science program in effect
since September 2021 in STEM. In addition, I am also one the founders and current President of the
Ivorian Association of Artificial Intelligence and member of ORBICOM, the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication headquartered in University of Quebec in Montreal (UQUAM), Canada.

Kwame Simpe Ofori is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the school of Business and Social Sciences. He holds a doctorate degree in Finance, a master’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in Telecommunications Technology. He is also currently a PhD student at the School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has taught courses in the areas of finance, computer science, computer and electrical engineering, and telecommunication engineering. Before joining IUGB he lectured in several universities in Ghana. He also worked with Ghana Telecommunications Company as a support engineer. His research interests are in the areas of consumer behaviour, technology adoption and trust in online systems and in recent times financial econometrics. His papers have appeared in several CABS-ranked journals such as Information Technology and People, Journal of Cleaner Productions, Quality Management Journal, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Journal of African Business, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Society and Business Review.