Business Development Lead - Growth & Partnerships (Company Car)

PEER; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Parking

RDO day off

Year-end leave

Onsite gym

Professional development

EAP

Wellbeing initiatives

Inclusive culture

Industry leadership

Job summary

PEER is seeking a motivated Business Development Lead to strengthen our Employment Services team in South Australia. You will open doors, build trusted relationships, and turn conversations into opportunities across construction, renewables, and related sectors.

You’ll engage current and prospective clients, grow PEER’s network, and create meaningful employment and training opportunities for apprentices and trainees.

Qualifications

• Experience in account management, business development, client engagement, sales or stakeholder relationship management.
• Ability to build, grow and maintain long-term business relationships.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, influencing and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage strong relationships with current, inactive and prospective clients across building and construction and other priority industries.
• Re-engage inactive clients and convert opportunities into sustainable, active partnerships.
• Connect with former PEER apprentices and Trade School graduates to build advocacy, referrals and new commercial relationships.
• Identify, develop and convert new business opportunities across major projects, construction, clean energy and related sectors.
• Understand client workforce requirements and connect them with PEER’s apprenticeship, traineeship, training and workforce solutions.
• Create sustainable opportunities for apprentices and trainees to gain meaningful on-the-job experience.
• Deliver responsive, solutions-focused service that strengthens client satisfaction, engagement and retention.
• Maintain accurate client records, account activity and reporting across PEER systems.Represent PEER at industry events, networking functions and industry engagement activities.

Skills

Account management

Business development

Client engagement

Sales

Stakeholder relationship management

Job description

PEER is seeking a motivated Business Development Lead to strengthen our Employment Services team in South Australia. You will open doors, build trusted relationships, and turn conversations into opportunities across construction, renewables, and related sectors.

You’ll engage current and prospective clients, grow PEER’s network, and create meaningful employment and training opportunities for apprentices and trainees.