Business Development Officer at EnvironQuest Nigeria Limited

EnvironQuest Nigeria Limited - We offer strategic advisory, compliance support, and project implementation services across a range of sustainability and environmental management areas. These include environmental impact assessments, audits, waste management, and regulatory liaison, helping clients meet both local and international environmental standards.

Driven by innovation, guided by integrity, and committed to excellence, we operate with a unified vision: to be a trusted partner in powering progress, enabling sustainable growth, and delivering value across Nigeria’s key industrial sectors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Officer

Location: Marina, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are seeking a smart, confident, and commercially minded Business Development Officer to support the growth of our environmental consulting, ESG advisory, laboratory, and compliance services.
• This role is ideal for a young professional who can identify opportunities, build relationships, follow up intelligently, prepare strong business documents, and help convert prospects into clients.
• We are looking for someone who is proactive, articulate, organized, and genuinely interested in learning how technical consulting businesses grow.

About the Role

• The Business Development Officer will support client engagement, market research, proposal preparation, opportunity tracking, and relationship management.
• The successful candidate will work closely with the management and technical teams to identify new business opportunities, respond to client needs, and position EnvironQuest for growth across industry, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, real estate, and development sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and track new business opportunities in environmental consulting, ESG, laboratory testing, compliance, and sustainability services.
• Conduct market research on potential clients, projects, tenders, and industry trends.
• Support preparation of proposals, expressions of interest, capability statements, presentations, and tender documents.
• Follow up with prospects, clients, partners, and project leads in a professional and timely manner.
• Maintain a business development pipeline and update opportunity trackers.
• Support client meetings, presentations, and relationship-building activities.
• Work with technical teams to understand service offerings and translate them into clear client value propositions.
• Assist in developing marketing materials, company profiles, service briefs, and social media/business visibility content.
• Monitor procurement portals, public notices, client websites, and industry platforms for relevant opportunities.
• Support internal coordination from lead generation to proposal submission and client follow-up.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or HND in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Environmental Management, Mass Communication, or a related discipline.
• 0–3 years’ experience in business development, marketing, client relations, consulting, or project support.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good confidence, professionalism, and ability to engage clients respectfully.
• Excellent organization, follow-up discipline, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and basic digital tools.
• Ability to learn technical service offerings and communicate them clearly.
• Interest in environmental consulting, ESG, sustainability, energy, infrastructure, or industrial services will be an advantage.
• Experience with proposals, tenders, LinkedIn, Canva, CRM tools, or market research will be an added advantage.

What We Are Looking For

• We want someone who is sharp, teachable, persistent, and commercially alert. The right candidate must be able to think beyond routine office work, spot opportunities, ask intelligent questions, follow through on leads, and represent the company professionally.
• This is a strong opportunity for a young professional who wants to build a career in business development within a technical consulting environment.

What You Will Gain

• Practical exposure to business development in environmental, ESG, and sustainability consulting.
• Training in proposal writing, client engagement, opportunity tracking, and tender support.
• Direct involvement in growing a professional services company.
• Exposure to technical consulting services, regulatory compliance, laboratory services, and ESG advisory.
• A strong foundation for a career in consulting, commercial strategy, client management, and corporate growth.

Application Closing Date
10th July, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a brief Cover Letter to: HEA.Careers@outlook.com using “Business Development Officer” as the subject of the email.