My Client, an independent charity who look to work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and the respect they deserve. Are looking for Dynamic self-starters to join their team as a Business Development and Support Officer.

Purpose of the role

The role is to contribute towards business development. Responsibilities will include liaison with potential customers/partners, preparation and submission of bids and applications in response to competitive tenders and for grants and trusts, and development of implementation plans to support bid submissions

Knowledge and Experience

• Evidence of developing and driving new business opportunities
• Proven experience of developing and writing bids
• Delivering under pressure multiple tasks to tight deadlines

• Knowledge of standard contracting/bidding process
• Knowledge of grant and trust application processes
• Coordinating tasks
• Solving problems/issues successfully
• Working in a bidding team

Skills and abilities

• Manage multiple competing priorities within own workload effectively
• Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organisation.
• Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization
• Organise: Develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities.
• Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.
• Ability to maintain high quality written and verbal communication internally and externally
• Ability to coordinate information from multiple sources and present in a simple format depending on the requirements of the target audience
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to complete tasks that require liaising with others including senior colleagues
• Pay strong attention to detail maintaining high standards for delivery, quality and accuracy
• Highly competent in MS Office software (Canva, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint)

Qualifications

• You are likely to have at a Degree or equivalent professional qualification, or be able to demonstrate strong intellectual capacity, including excellent literacy and numeracy
• You may have a PRINCE2 project management qualification or equivalent qualification or experience