BD Associate – Partnerships & Advocacy

• Identify, develop, and manage strategic relationships with employers, aggregators, industry associations, government institutions, ecosystem actors, and workforce development stakeholders
• Build and maintain a diversified partnership pipeline supporting placement, programme, and growth objectives
• Develop partnership engagement plans and maintain communication with strategic stakeholders
• Identify opportunities for collaboration, co-delivery, referrals, sponsorship, and ecosystem partnerships
• Support partnership agreements and engagement frameworks
• Maintain accurate partnership records in Salesforce and other designated systems
• Engage employers to understand hiring needs, workforce challenges, and sector-specific demand trends
• Facilitate employer participation in graduate engagement activities, networking events, mock interviews, employer panels, workshops, and programme initiatives
• Develop employer advocacy initiatives promoting graduate success stories and positive employer experiences
• Gather employer feedback and insights to improve programmes and graduate employability outcomes
• Build relationships across employment, technology, education, entrepreneurship, and workforce development ecosystems
• Represent Generation Ghana at industry events, conferences, networking sessions, ecosystem engagements, and stakeholder forums
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement activities and initiatives with coalition partners, programme partners, and strategic ecosystem stakeholders
• Support employer engagement campaigns, employer-focused events, industry roundtables, networking forums, employer showcases, and ecosystem activities
• Contribute to employer-facing presentations, partnership decks, case studies, success stories, impact reports, and marketing collateral
• Monitor labour market trends, industry developments, hiring patterns, and workforce needs
• Conduct stakeholder and sector mapping to identify partnership and employment opportunities
• Gather and analyse market intelligence informing employer engagement, programme expansion, and curriculum reviews
• Share employer and industry insights with programme delivery, placement, and leadership teams
• Support engagement across Permanent and Freelance programmes, partner onboarding, programme launches, and cross-functional projects
• Track and report partnership performance, employer engagement, stakeholder outcomes, and ecosystem initiatives
• Prepare periodic reports, presentations, and insights for Employer Engagement planning and decision-making
• Undertake other duties assigned by the Employer Engagement Manager

• 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
• Demonstrated experience in B2B sales or business development within a consulting, professional services, training, workforce development, technology, or advisory environment
• Proven track record of developing, managing, and growing external stakeholder relationships that contribute to business growth, partnership outcomes, or organizational impact
• Experience engaging with employers, aggregators, industry associations, government agencies, donor-funded programmes, ecosystem actors, or strategic partners
• Experience working in high-pressure, agile, and fast-paced environments, balancing multiple priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working remotely in an Associate, Coordinator, Account Management, Business Development, Customer Success, Partnerships, or equivalent role
• Experience planning and coordinating events, networking sessions, stakeholder forums, employer engagement activities, or ecosystem-building initiatives
• Experience in workforce development, education, youth employment, technology, entrepreneurship, training, consulting, recruitment, or social impact sectors is highly desirable
• Experience managing stakeholder pipelines, CRM systems, reporting tools, or relationship management platforms
• A university degree is not required; equivalent professional experience, demonstrated performance, and relevant achievements will be given equal consideration
• Strong understanding of B2B business development, stakeholder engagement, account management, and relationship-building principles
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to understand employer needs, workforce challenges, and market dynamics
• Ability to leverage data to influence decision-making and build credibility across stakeholder groups
• Exceptional relationship-building, networking, negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• 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
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools and platforms for productivity, research, stakeholder engagement, business development, communication, analysis, content generation, or workflow management
• Comfortable learning and adopting emerging technologies and digital collaboration tools
• Experience using Salesforce or other CRM platforms is highly desirable
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, organizational, project coordination, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and stakeholder needs
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities effectively
• Highly self-motivated, adaptable, resilient, collaborative, accountable, and comfortable working independently
• Comfortable working across countries, cultures, teams, and stakeholder groups
• Passion for employment, skills development, workforce readiness, and creating opportunities for young people

• Fixed-term contract for 6 months
• Remote work arrangement
• Opportunity to contribute to a global nonprofit organization focused on employment and economic mobility
• Exposure to strategic partnerships, employer engagement, advocacy, ecosystem development, and workforce development
• Collaboration across countries, cultures, teams, and stakeholder groups
• Professional experience with Generation Ghana's Permanent and Freelance programmes