Business Support Officer Remote
Job description
Business Support Officer
Salary paying up to £25k + potential 10% bonus
Remote/Home-based
Benefits
- Up to £25k (dependent upon experience) + potential 10% bonus
- Monday to Friday, flexible working
- Remote/Home-based – some travel to client sites or Head Office in Gateshead will be required
- 25 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays and you can also buy up to 5 days, paid back over 12 months (Pro-rata), when you reach 2 years’ service this will rise to 26 days, then 1 day with each year of service up to 5 years
- Holiday buying scheme
- Healthcare cash plan
- Birthday leave
- Electrical vehicle salary sacrifice scheme with 1+ year of service
In the Business Development and Bid Management team we are a close-knit set of talented individuals working on some exciting social outcome-based projects, such as a £350m regeneration project in the heart of Ealing and several projects for London Boroughs to look at new temporary accommodation solutions. We’re looking for a self-motivated, self-starting, and confident individual who enjoys the independence and flexibility that working from home brings, to take on the role of Business Support Officer. The Business Support Officer will support the Senior Business Development and Bid Manager, the Consulting Director and sector leads in the successful business development activities of the V4S business unit.
Position:
The Business Support Officer will support the team in the identification and qualification of opportunities, creation and submission of high-quality bid responses and proposals for multi-disciplinary professional consultancy services aligned to our service pillars as well as other operational and business development activities.
Some key accountabilities include:
- Supporting the SBDM in the identification, initial qualification and set-up of bid and business development opportunities for the Director and sector leads, aligned to our overarching growth strategy.
- Managing and maintaining the bid inboxes/web queries for proposals and opportunities
- Updating the in-house Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
- Engagement with key stakeholders (internal and external with potential bidding partners) to obtain relevant information
- Supporting the onboarding and month end processes for associates, supply chain partners and new clients
Requirements:
About you…
We are looking for Business Support Officers to be able to demonstrate the following skills, expertise, and behaviours:
- Previous experience in a Business Development Executive role
- Ability to work independently, challenge the status quo through asking “why?”
- The ability to prioritise and multi-task whilst meeting tight deadlines
- Ability to gather information from a wide variety of sources, as needed, to inform and support the pre-pipeline/growth strategy
- Excellent organisational, written, communication skills and attention to detail
Other information:
About V4 Services
We are a trusted partner to the public sector, sharing our knowledge and expertise, driving change through transformational thinking to deliver quality outcomes. We work with our clients to truly understand their requirements and the challenges that they face. We are part of a group with our sister company Bloom Procurement Services.
If this is hitting the right buttons for you, act now and apply!
