Partnership Senior Officer at Business Professionals Network (BPN) – Rwanda | Kigali : Deadline: 31-08-2023

PARTNERSHIP SENIOR OFFICER – Vacant position

Are you a dynamic and results-driven professional looking to make a significant impact in the world of entrepreneurship in Rwanda? Do you thrive on fostering meaningful connections and collaborations to drive business growth? If so, we invite you to apply for the position of Partnership Senior Officer at BPN Rwanda.

BPN stands for Business Professionals Network. It is a Swiss non-profit organization that strives to support the development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), in order to create jobs and fight poverty. BPN provides Coaching, Capacity building as well as networking opportunities to SMEs so they can grow their businesses sustainably.

1. Job overview:

The Partnerships Senior Officer will play a pivotal role at BPN, taking charge of managing and nurturing relationships with essential partners to drive business growth and achieve both BPN’s strategic goals and SMEs’ objectives. This dynamic position offers a unique opportunity to spearhead the initiation of new partnerships, engaging with potential and existing collaborators while leading the process of closing significant deals.

As a vital member of the Partnerships and Marketing team, the Partnerships Senior Officer will provide core support to the Director of Partnerships and Marketing. This support includes handling preliminary paperwork, conducting comprehensive research on potential partners, and presenting well-informed suggestions for the next steps in the partnership journey, right up until the deal is successfully closed.

2. Key responsibilities:
   1. Partnership strategy and implementation (50%):

• Identify and assess potential partnership opportunities with relevant organizations, institutions, and individuals that align with BPN’s vision and target market.
• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with existing partners, ensuring they are satisfied with the services provided and identifying opportunities for further collaboration.
• Collaborate with partners to develop joint initiatives, projects, or programs that benefit both BPN and its partners, as well as the entrepreneurs we serve.
• Work with partners to generate leads and referrals for potential entrepreneurs who could benefit from BPN’s services.
• Collaborate with other teams, such as marketing, programs, etc. to align partnership strategies with overall BPN Rwanda’s goals.
• Manage and leverage available platforms to share partnership opportunities with BPN entrepreneurs (current and alumni).
  
  
  
  2. Events and networking (30%):
• Strategically leverage participation in industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities to expand the partnership network and create new business opportunities.
• Organize networking events.

• 3. BPN Entrepreneur alumni (10%):
• Manage the relationship with the BOA-community, and identify and act on opportunities that benefit both BPN and BOA. As well as scouting potential candidates for BOA.
• Create a BOA-relationship strategy that will give more direction on what responsibilities will be with BOA and what with BPN
• Organize Business Owners Association (BOA) meetings
• Take minutes of the meetings and share it with stakeholders.
• Coordinate and follow-up on membership fees payment of BOA members.
  4. Data analysis, reporting and others (10%):
• Prepare regular reports and analysis on partnership performance, outlining key metrics, successes, and areas for improvement.
• Constantly seek ways to enhance partnership strategies, processes, and outcomes to achieve better results and greater impact.
• Assist in efficiently managing the marketing budget, allocating resources effectively across various marketing channels and initiatives
• Stay informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging opportunities in the business development and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

3. Skills, Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communication or any other related field.

Experience

• At least 5 years related experience in marketing, , partnerships communications or any other related fields.
  
  
  

Attitude and values

At BPN we expect every employee to proactively practice, nurture and strengthen the following key aspects of his or her working attitude:

• Have a learning attitude and be the driver of your own development process
• Be an active listener
• Be an entrepreneur centric
• Strive to perform and deliver beyond strict job content with a high ownership

Key competencies:

• High project management skills and results oriented
• Creative mind and innovative with a high entrepreneur focus
• Outstanding networking aptitude with high interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (fluency in Kinyarwanda is an added advantage).
• High proposal writing skills
• Strong understanding of the entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Ability to plan and organize events, monitoring time-schedules.
• Hight ethical conduct.

Application process:

• Application link: https://lnkd.in/g6t2Szf
• Deadline: 31^st August 2023

Please note that due to high demand; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.