Our Zambia Study Abroad department is looking to add a Business Relations Adviser to their team.
Job overview:
The Business Relations Adviser is responsible for generating high-quality leads through strategic relationship building and partnership development.
In this role, you will lead relationship-driven lead generation and build a scalable, sustainable student pipeline across schools, partner agents, corporate networks, and strategic community partnerships.
You’re perfect for this position if you:
- Have a strong relationship-building ability.
- Are a confident public speaker and presenter.
- Possess commercial awareness and a growth mindset.
- Are proactive and self-driven.
- Have strong networking and influencing skills.
- Are organised and disciplined in follow-through.
- Have an understanding of student recruitment environments.
Your role and responsibilities
Among other tasks, your main responsibilities will include:
School and institutional relationship development (Primary focus)
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with high schools, private schools, colleges and feeder institutions.
- Developing structured engagement plans per school including presentations, parent evenings, career days, study abroad workshops.
- Positioning Sable International as the trusted study abroad partner.
- Maintaining a consistent presence in key schools throughout the academic year.
Partnership and channel development
- Identifying and developing new lead sources, including partner agents, education consultants, corporate partnerships, and community organisations.
- Building mutually beneficial partnerships that drive consistent referrals.
- Negotiating and managing partnership agreements where required.
Lead generation ownership
- Delivering agreed monthly and quarterly lead generation targets.
- Generating leads through school engagements, events and expos, partner referral, direct outreach.
- Ensuring all leads are accurately captured in CRM, properly tagged by source, handed over cleanly to SSAO team.
Event and activation delivery
- Planning and executing school visits, info sessions, study abroad events, partner activations.
- Supporting major campaigns such as study abroad expos and regional marketing initiatives.
- Ensuring strong conversion from events into leads.
Collaboration with marketing
- Working closely with the Marketing Officer to align campaigns with school activity, drive attendance to events, amplify partnerships through digital channels.
- Providing on-the-ground insights to improve campaign targeting.
Market intelligence and growth opportunities
- Identifying trends and opportunities in the local market.
- Providing feedback on competitor activity, student demand trends, new partnership opportunities.
- Contributing to regional growth strategy.
CRM discipline and reporting
- Maintaining accurate records of school engagements, partner relationships, leads generated.
- Tracking leads by source and conversion performance by channel.
- Providing regular reporting on activity and outcomes.
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We aim to grow on as many levels as possible. Sable International is an ambitious company with ambitious clients. We help our clients grow their own wealth and businesses while extending our influence in as many areas and expertise as possible. Our people are growing their talents and experience, creating an extraordinary group of successful alumni. We invest in our employees through mentorship, professional development, and opportunities for career progression.
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We are also in business to enjoy ourselves. All our consultants are passionate about their areas of expertise and love meeting our clients. We have an energised and lively working culture. This is one of the things that sets us apart from other professional services firms. Our employees stay with us because of our positive and engaging work environment, where teamwork and collaboration are at the heart of what we do.
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Kendal's story
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Kendal started as an intern in 2015. After completing her internship, she went on to earn experience at Groupon South Africa. In 2016 she returned as an HR Officer. She was promoted to HR Manager in 2018 and is now the Group HR Director, leading on HR policy, strategy, and employee support in all divisions and countries within Sable International.
Tallulah's story
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Tallulah started as a junior social media strategist in 2014. In 2020 she started assisting the content team, using her journalism background. In 2022 she was promoted to content and traffic lead, before taking on the role of Marketing Manager in February 2023. She now manages a team of 11 creative individuals across content, SEO, PPC, design, social media and front end development.
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At Sable International we believe work should be a place where you feel supported, inspired and excited to grow – both personally and professionally. Whether you're part of our team or one of our clients, we’re here to build meaningful connections and make a real difference, together.
Here’s why our team loves working here:
- We value you – your background, your ideas and your voice matters.
- There’s always room to grow – with mentorship, learning opportunities and the freedom to explore your path.
- We get that life happens – our managers are flexible and supportive, helping you find balance when you need it most.
- Great work doesn’t go unnoticed – we celebrate wins, big and small.
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- And we know how to have fun – with team socials, events and a culture that brings people together.
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