Business Growth & Partnership Associate

Hempawa Consult (2 Openings) is hiring a Business Growth & Partnership Associate in Abuja.

Hempawa Consult Limited - Our client, an innovative, growth-focused startup, is recruiting confident, resourceful, and ambitious individuals to join its business growth team in the capacity below:

About The Opportunity:

• Are you good at connecting with people, spotting opportunities, starting conversations, and building relationships?
• Your mission is to help the company discover new business opportunities, connect with decision-makers, build relationships with potential clients, and open doors to partnerships that drive growth.
• This is more than a conventional sales job. It is an opportunity to build your professional network, develop valuable business skills, and play a direct role in the growth of an ambitious startup.

What You Will Do:

• Discover Opportunities: Identify businesses, schools, organisations, and institutions that could benefit from the company's products and services.
• Build Connections: Reach out to business owners, executives, and decision-makers to introduce the company and explore opportunities.
• Generate Business Leads: Find prospective clients, initiate conversations, and arrange meetings with interested organisations.
• Develop Partnerships: Build relationships that can lead to business agreements, institutional partnerships, and long-term commercial opportunities.
• Follow Up: Maintain contact with prospective clients and help move promising conversations towards successful business engagements.
• Represent the Brand: Attend meetings and networking events and communicate the company's value professionally.
• Drive Growth: Work with the team to turn opportunities into active clients, partnerships, and measurable business results.

You Should:

• A Bachelor's Degree or HND in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Entrepreneurship, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience: 1–3 years in business development, marketing, customer relations, client acquisition, or a related role is an advantage. Exceptional entry-level candidates with strong communication skills and a demonstrated ability to connect with people are also encouraged to apply.
• Enjoy meeting people and building professional relationships.
• Be confident approaching business owners and starting conversations.
• Communicate clearly and persuasively.
• Be comfortable with calls, emails, networking, and client meetings.
• Know how to research businesses and identify potential clients.
• Be organised, persistent, and committed to achieving results.
• Be motivated by targets, career growth, and performance rewards.

How Success Will Be Measured:

• Success will be measured by qualified business leads generated, meetings secured, relationships developed, opportunities advanced, and new business acquired.

Who Should Apply?

• We want people who are ambitious, persuasive, proactive, and excited by the possibility of building something meaningful.

Why Join?:

• Build a valuable network of business owners and decision-makers.
• Gain practical experience in business development, partnerships, and commercial strategy.
• Work in a dynamic startup environment where your contributions matter.
• Develop skills that can open doors to future leadership opportunities.
• Access performance-based incentives where applicable under the company's remuneration structure.

Location: Abuja (FCT) and Lagos

Other locations: Lagos, Nigeria

How to apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: (see Apply by email) using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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