BD Associate – Partnerships & Advocacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ghana.

📋 Description

• Identify, cultivate, and oversee strategic relationships with employers, aggregators, industry associations, governmental bodies, ecosystem participants, and workforce development stakeholders.

• Create and sustain a diverse partnership pipeline that aligns with placement, program, and growth objectives.

• Develop plans for partnership engagement while ensuring ongoing communication with key stakeholders.

• Spot opportunities for collaboration, co-delivery, referrals, sponsorships, and ecosystem partnerships.

• Assist in formulating partnership agreements and engagement frameworks.

• Maintain accurate partnership records using Salesforce and other designated platforms.

• Engage with employers to assess hiring needs, workforce challenges, and sector-specific demand trends.

• Facilitate employer involvement in graduate engagement activities, networking events, mock interviews, employer panels, workshops, and program initiatives.

• Create initiatives that advocate for employers by promoting graduate success stories and positive employer experiences.

• Collect employer feedback and insights to enhance programs and improve graduate employability outcomes.

• Build relationships across sectors including employment, technology, education, entrepreneurship, and workforce development ecosystems.

• Represent Generation Ghana at industry events, conferences, networking sessions, ecosystem engagements, and stakeholder forums.

• Coordinate engagement activities and initiatives with coalition partners, program partners, and strategic ecosystem stakeholders.

• Support campaigns focused on employer engagement, organize employer-centric events, industry roundtables, networking forums, employer showcases, and ecosystem initiatives.

• Contribute to presentations directed at employers, partnership decks, case studies, success stories, impact reports, and marketing materials.

• Monitor labor market trends, industry advancements, hiring patterns, and workforce needs.

• Conduct stakeholder and sector mapping to uncover partnership and employment opportunities.

• Gather and analyze market intelligence to inform employer engagement, program expansion, and curriculum assessments.

• Share insights from employers and industry with program delivery, placement, and leadership teams.

• Support engagement in both Permanent and Freelance programs, partner onboarding, program launches, and cross-functional projects.

• Track and report on partnership performance, employer engagement, stakeholder outcomes, and ecosystem initiatives.

• Prepare periodic reports, presentations, and insights to aid in Employer Engagement planning and decision-making.

• Perform additional tasks as assigned by the Employer Engagement Manager.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years' professional experience in business development, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, account management, B2B sales, client relationship management, advocacy, ecosystem development, consulting, or a related field.

• Proven experience in B2B sales or business development within a consulting, professional services, training, workforce development, technology, or advisory context.

• A strong track record of developing, managing, and nurturing external stakeholder relationships that drive business growth, partnership success, or organizational impact.

• Experience interacting with employers, aggregators, industry associations, government agencies, donor-funded programs, ecosystem participants, or strategic partners.

• Ability to thrive in high-pressure, agile, and fast-paced environments while managing multiple priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines concurrently.

• At least 1 year of experience working remotely in roles such as Associate, Coordinator, Account Management, Business Development, Customer Success, Partnerships, or equivalent positions.

• Experience in planning and coordinating events, networking sessions, stakeholder forums, employer engagement activities, or ecosystem-building initiatives.

• Background in workforce development, education, youth employment, technology, entrepreneurship, training, consulting, recruitment, or social impact sectors is highly desirable.

• Familiarity with managing stakeholder pipelines, CRM systems, reporting tools, or relationship management platforms.

• A university degree is not a requirement; equivalent professional experience, demonstrated performance, and relevant accomplishments will be equally considered.

• Strong grasp of B2B business development, stakeholder engagement, account management, and relationship-building principles.

• Solid commercial awareness and ability to comprehend employer needs, workforce challenges, and market dynamics.

• Capable of leveraging data to influence decision-making and establish credibility across stakeholder groups.

• Exceptional skills in relationship-building, networking, negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management.

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

• Strong presentation, facilitation, storytelling, and advocacy skills.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Teams, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Forms.

• Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace, including Docs, Sheets, Drive, Meet, Slides, and collaborative work tools.

• Proven experience using AI tools and platforms for productivity, research, stakeholder engagement, business development, communication, analysis, content generation, or workflow management.

• Openness to learning and adopting emerging technologies and digital collaboration tools.

• Experience with Salesforce or other CRM platforms is highly desirable.

• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, organizational, project coordination, and problem-solving abilities.

• Capability to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and stakeholder needs.

• Proficient in managing multiple workstreams and competing priorities efficiently.

• Highly self-motivated, adaptable, resilient, collaborative, accountable, and comfortable working independently.

• Comfortable working across various countries, cultures, teams, and stakeholder groups.

• A passion for employment, skills development, workforce readiness, and creating opportunities for young individuals.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fixed-term contract for a duration of 6 months.

• Remote work arrangement available.

• Opportunity to contribute to a global nonprofit organization dedicated to employment and economic mobility.

• Exposure to strategic partnerships, employer engagement, advocacy, ecosystem development, and workforce development.

• Collaboration opportunities across diverse countries, cultures, teams, and stakeholder groups.

• Professional experience with Generation Ghana's Permanent and Freelance programs.