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Associate, Nairobi

  • Application Deadline: Feb. 28, 2025
  • Nairobi
  • On-site
  • Application Deadline: Feb. 28, 2025
  • Nairobi
  • On-site

Do you want to join our fantastic team and be part of growing the Swedish footprint and presence in Kenya and Eastern Africa? Then we might have the perfect opportunity for you! We are currently looking for an Associate to join our team in Nairobi.

The office in Nairobi drives large promotion projects within Transport, Energy & Healthcare as well as private assignment for small and large companies. The projects include market analysis, stakeholder analysis and engagement, market entry and growth strategies, and similar. The variety of assignments and the high level of responsibility make the work truly dynamic and challenging.

From our location in Kenya, we also cover the East African Region.

The role includes both strategic, tactic and operational responsibilities such as:

  • Collecting, analysing, and presenting information and insights, which you will get from interactions with external stakeholders on the market.
  • Supporting senior colleagues in sales dialogues, by insight-driven development of new business opportunities as well as prospecting.
  • Preparing and organizing promotion events, round table discussions and B2B and B2G meetings for Swedish companies.
  • Support in our collaboration with the Swedish Embassies in the countries we operate in, to provide support and business promotion platforms for Swedish companies.
  • Provide support in various business operations activities.

We expect that you enjoy driving own initiatives as well as teamwork as the role comes with a high degree of freedom and responsibility.

Work with great people

Vlad Månsson
Trade Commissioner, USA
"This is a great place for rapid career development because of the opportunities to learn from colleagues all over the world"
Samiksha Jalan
Project Manager, London
"I love working at Business Sweden because every hour and every day always brings different opportunities"
Bong-Soon Park
Senior Project Manager, South Korea
"My greatest motivation is seeing the positive impact our job has on our clients"

Skills & Requirements

Skills & Requirements

Core competencies and collaborative skills

  • Strong skills in business and strategy analysis, including market research, strategic planning
  • Demonstrate commitment, honesty, and accountability in tasks.
  • Provide support and take ownership to ensure high quality delivery on time.
  • Collaborate effectively to achieve good results with a positive can-do attitude.
  • Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication.
  • A problem solver who easily adapts to new ways of working.
  • Voice your own ideas and share opinions. Show appreciation for different perspectives.

Formal requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master of science in Business Administration, Engineering or equivalent
  • Recent university degree or 1-2 years of relevant working experience e.g. consulting, business development, internationalisation, government affairs or trade and development.
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Local market experience from studies or work
  • High level of proficiency in English and Kiswahili
  • Experience from living/working in other parts of the world is a merit.
  • Legally authorised to work in Kenya

Application

Please submit your CV in English as soon as possible as we will be screening applications on a rolling basis.


Great Place to Work

  • Global exchanges and career opportunities

  • Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda

  • Extensive responsibility

  • Diversified teams with world class colleagues

  • Training academy for continuous development

  • Entrepreneurial environment

About the company

Diversity powering global growth

At Business Sweden we value and encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We strive for a workplace where all colleagues can explore their full potential and contribute with their unique experiences. By embracing a wide range perspective, we can better drive sustainable growth and customer-centric excellence.

About Business Sweden

Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden. With a unique mandate from the Swedish government and the business sector, we offer strategic advice and practical support in more than 40 markets worldwide.

Our mission is to help lay the foundation for sustainable, inclusive, and digital growth – in Sweden and around the world. We do this by providing startups, small- and medium sized companies and multinationals with tailored services, coupled with access to key stakeholders in the public and private spheres.

We help our clients build relationships, accelerate time-to-market, and comply with local standards and regulations. Visit business-sweden.com for more information.


OUR VALUESOur high performance culture rests on that all our employees live our core values. We will never have guidelines for every situation we will meet, but if all of us are guided by a strong sense of our values, we will always navigate in the right direction.

RESPONSIBILITYThis is the foundation of our culture. Taking responsibility is a way to show commitment to our work. We take ownership of the relationships with our clients and stay true to our word.

COLLABORATIONAlone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Collaboration knows no geographical borders. At Business Sweden, we act as one global team to create the best possible value for our clients.

IMPACTBy monitoring the world around us and identifying possibilities , we make a difference by helping companies to seize new, sustainable business opportunities. We create impact both for our clients and for Sweden.

Madeleine Fries Martinelle | Contact Person

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