Research and Economics Intern at Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings Internship

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 seeking a skilled, reliable, efficient employee to join our growing organization in the capacity below:

Job Title: Research and Economics Intern

Location: Abuja (FCT) ,
Employment Type: Internship

Job Description
Research:

• 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
• 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.

Economics:

• 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.

Product Development and Quality Assurance:

• 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
• 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.

Data Collection and Analytics:

• Document, organize and store all data & research as well as data and research procedures
• Develop and conduct user surveys and questionnaires; collect; analyses and report valuable data
• Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks for products and service delivery, continuous improvement and quality assurance
• Collect, process, provide and maintain accurate data on the products and services
• Test processes, policies, and protocols

Qualification

• B.Sc, HND in relevant field.

Application Closing Date
30th September, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.