Business Analyst – Partnerships & Growth (Social Impact Focus)

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly proactive and purpose-driven

Business Analyst – Partnerships & Growth

who can combine business thinking with real-world impact. This role requires someone who not only understands business growth but also has deep empathy and awareness of individuals from

low-income and underserved backgrounds

. You will play a critical role in building partnerships, generating opportunities, and contributing to a system that helps individuals

find meaningful career paths and improve their livelihoods

.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Analysis & Strategy

• Analyze business opportunities aligned with growth and social impact goals
• Identify scalable models that support both revenue and social upliftment
• Translate field insights into actionable business strategies
• Prepare reports, case studies, and impact-driven insights for leadership

1. Field Engagement & Partnerships

• Regularly visit companies, NGOs, training institutes, and ecosystem partners
• Build strong partnerships that enable talent sourcing and opportunity creation
• Drive conversations with external stakeholders to unlock collaboration opportunities
• Represent the organisation in community, NGO, and industry engagements

1. Lead Generation & Conversion

Generate leads through

• Personal and professional network
• NGO ecosystem and grassroots connections
• Company partnerships
• Convert leads into meaningful business and placement opportunities
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline aligned with both business and impact goals

1. NGO Ecosystem & Lifecycle Understanding

• Develop a clear understanding of the
• NGO lifecycle

• Community outreach and mobilization
• Training and skill development
• Placement and career support
• Post-placement tracking and impact measurement
• Collaborate with NGOs and social organisations to create sustainable pipelines of candidates
• Identify gaps in the lifecycle and propose improvements for better outcomes

1. Ground Reality & Candidate Understanding

• Build deep empathy and understanding of individuals from
• low-capital / underserved backgrounds

Spend time in the field to understand

• Challenges in education, access, and employment
• Behavioural and socio-economic constraints
• Ensure solutions and partnerships are
• practical, inclusive, and scalable
• Act as a voice of the candidate within the organisation

1. Career Path Enablement

• Work closely with internal teams to align candidates with the right career opportunities
• Help design pathways that enable
• long-term career growth
• , not just short-term placement
• Ensure alignment between candidate capability, aspiration, and industry demand

1. Stakeholder Management

• Act as a bridge between companies, NGOs, candidates, and internal teams
• Ensure smooth communication and execution across all stakeholders
• Build long-term, trust-based relationships

1. Market Intelligence & Impact Insights

• Track hiring trends, skill demand, and industry requirements
• Provide insights on how to better prepare candidates for real-world jobs
• Measure and report both
• business metrics and social impact outcomes

Key Requirements

4–5 years of experience in

Business Analysis / Business Development / Partnerships

• Strong experience in
• fieldwork, stakeholder engagement, and external partnerships
• Exposure to or strong interest in
• NGO / social impact / skilling ecosystem
• Proven ability to
• generate and convert leads
• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to understand both
• business metrics and human realities

Comfortable with

daily office presence + frequent field visits

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with
• NGOs, skilling programs, or education/employment initiatives
• Strong network in grassroots or social sector ecosystems
• High empathy with strong execution capability
• Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

What We’re Looking For

• Someone who can
• connect boardroom strategy with ground reality
• Someone who can
• build trust across companies and communities
• Someone who understands that
• impact and business can go together
• Someone who doesn’t just generate leads —
• creates opportunities for people

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to build a career while
• impacting thousands of lives
• Direct involvement in shaping career journeys for underserved talent
• High ownership, high visibility, and strong growth trajectory
• Work at the intersection of
• business, technology, and social impact