Business Development Assistant (Administration) MEAR66419

Business Development Assistant (Administration) MEAR66419

Welwyn Garden City

£23,000 to £27,000 per annum

Here at Mears Group our vision is to make a positive difference to the communities we serve.

We do this by improving homes, improving communities and improving lives and our approach is based on the development of outstanding partnerships with employees, clients, tenants, customers, their families and the wider community.

With staff of all ages and walks of life, a job with Mears has a rewarding impact on the lives of others and your own life. With offices across the UK, a job at Mears could be just around the corner.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Development Assistant to join our Business Development and Bid Team based in Welwyn Garden City.

Within this role, you will support our Bid Team to develop and expand our social housing business through preparation and submission of excellent SQ and Bid proposals to local authorities and housing association markets.

You will provide preparation, production, post production and document management service for the Bid and SQ Teams. Managing and coordinating the distribution of bid and SQ documents, clarifications and tender responses, you will also be responsible for the administration of the central bid library, contracts store and CRM system.  It is also expected that the Business Development Assistant will assist in the preparation of written responses to SQ and some bid documents.

In order to be successful in this role, it is essential that you are educated to GCSE Level (or equivalent) in English and Maths and have experience of working to, and delivering against, deadlines in a busy office environment. You will have experience of managing your own workload effectivity and in the use of general office equipment.  You will have a working knowledge of computerised systems, including MS Office and data entry.  You should also have good written and verbal communication skills.

Once you join the family, you'll have online access to a range of voluntary and flexible benefits, including...

• Training and development
• Long service and additional holiday leave - Colleagues who stay for a period of time at Mears are rewarded for their service.
• Seeing first-hand the impact you have on the lives of the people you support

Mears Group PLC and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunities Employers

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.