Senior Business Development Officer

Description:

Indigenous Business Australia, partners and invests with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
who want to own their future. We go further than provide money; we invest in people, places and ideas
that are ready. We help make them real. We’re deeply invested in the financial success and economic
independence of Indigenous Australians. It’s why we exist.

We provide a range of services for Indigenous Australians to create wealth and accumulate assets,
take up investment opportunities, create business enterprises that provide additional employment
opportunities, and to purchase homes. We achieve these outcomes by applying a commercial focus,
and by building mutually respectful and productive partnerships with Indigenous Australians,
government, non-government and private sector organisations.

The Business Development team will support aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and established
businesses to develop their capabilities and take full advantage of their opportunities. The team will
also assist Indigenous entrepreneurs and businesses to develop financial proposals, risk management
plans and finance applications.

Role:
The Senior Business Development Officer reports to the Team Leader. They will have responsibility
for the development of commercial credit submissions to the Credit Assessment team, as well as
identifying and engaging Business Support opportunities. The Senior Business Development Officer
will work with a significant degree of independence and under limited supervision and direction.

Duties:
At the IBA 5 level, duties include, but are not limited to:
 

• Develop and maintain professional understanding of the sector customer base to build and

manage networks of stakeholders, working partnerships and external resources to identify and
build a pipeline of potential customers who are aspiring, start-up or existing business
operators.

• Responding to customer enquiries or internal referrals.

• Meeting with and working closely with customers to assess their business readiness and

establish a development pathway into business.