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1. Job Purpose

Enovation Solutions has built up a successful business in Ireland and abroad providing expert consultancy and solutions implementation to the Education, Training and Research communities. We primarily work with open source solutions - including Moodle, Mahara, Alfresco, Joomla, JasperReports, DSpace, ePrints and Fedora – and provide the full range of services in these products.

Recently Enovation have a become Moodle Partner in France and have a number of staff based in France and other locations in Europe. As part of this expansion Enovation wish to employ a French based consultant to help grow our business in France.

2. Main Responsibilities

• Assist the Business Development Director in defining service and product offerings and overall strategy for the Solutions business in France initially and other territories as required.
• Evangelise Enovation’s offerings to clients through attendance and presentations at seminars, workshops and conferences in France and other locations as required.
• Follow up sales leads generated through research, marketing activity and referrals and be successful in meeting agreed sales targets.
• Prepare sales proposals, costings and projections.
• Evaluate new or proposed products from a business and technical perspective.
• Analyse clients’ requirements and document these to a level which allows a technical specification to be compiled by the development team.
• Be involved in the implementation of new systems and/or products to clients as required, and provide customer support within the scope of the role.
• Provide training to clients in the use of relevant technologies when required.
• Keep up to date with technology trends within the Education Sector and provide input to Enovation’s education strategy for France and other territories.
• Organise sales and marketing events, in liaison with Enovation's marketing personnel.

3. Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• Language Skills - Fluent French and English language skills, with excellent written and spoken ability in both languages, in terms of vocabulary (general and business), grammar, spelling and composition.
• Sales and Marketing – Minimum 2 to 3 years experience of business development/sales or account management required. Knowledge of the French education market, would be an advantage.
• IT Knowledge – Must demonstrate the ability and experience to develop an in-depth understanding of the technical environments related to Enovation’s products and service offerings. Should preferably have a background in Open Source technologies; must have a strong understanding of Web 2.0 technology; should have experience of eLearning technology, preferably moodle; familiarity with systems used to support academic research would be a distinct advantage for the role.
• Presenting – Be experienced and skilled in developing and confidently delivering effective presentations to clients, prospective clients, industry conferences and seminars.
• Critical Thinking, Analysis and Problem Solving – Demonstrate the ability to analyse information with varying degrees of complexity and provide appropriate feedback/opinion/solutions.
• Tenacity and Resilience – Demonstrate the capacity to be tenacious and resilient in pursuit of business opportunities and sales.

The role will be based in France. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a dynamic and exciting I.T. environment, where you can play a key part in developing and growing this business. You will be well rewarded for your success.