Business Development Associate

Full time @Career Jungle in Business Development

Job Detail

  • Job ID 3735
  • Experience  3 Years
  • Qualifications  Diploma

Job Description

Why you’d want to work here..

  • Purpose-led work with real impact on youth employability and skills development
  • Supportive, collaborative team culture with honest, accountable leadership
  • Flexible leave approach with time off over the annual shutdown period
  • R1 000 medical-aid contribution, Group Life cover and stock options
  • A startup-minded, optimistic environment that encourages speaking up and self-management

About our client..
Our client is an education partner on a mission to empower artisans across Africa through holistic, future-fit vocational training. They operate a connected ecosystem that supports artisans from skills development to business growth. Their Braamfontein campus focuses on plumbing apprenticeships and they’re growing fast—this is a brilliant chance to help scale a high-impact organisation and see your work translate into real-world outcomes.

What the job involves..

  • Prospecting and cold calling to open doors and build a healthy pipeline
  • Managing and tracking outreach in the CRM, maintaining accurate, up-to-date records
  • Providing day-to-day sales support across the team and jumping in where needed
  • Representing the brand with confidence and care—on calls, over email and in meetings
  • Contributing to a growing organisation and helping shape scalable sales habits and processes

What you need to be considered..

  • 3-5 years experience working with people—background in sales or customer service is required
  • Confident on the phone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Basic IT literacy; CRM experience is a plus
  • A detail-oriented, relationship-builder who enjoys a fast-moving, purposeful environment

Bonus points if you..

  • Have hands-on experience prospecting into B2B organisations
  • Thrive in early-stage teams and enjoy creating order from ambiguity
  • Can share examples of measurable pipeline impact (e.g., meetings booked, SQLs created)

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