Business Development Assistant - Co-op Funeralcare
£32,000 - £36,000 plus benefits (Work Level 6A)
Remote with occasional travel required on a monthly basis
We’re looking for a business development assistant to join our Funeralcare business and help us develop our commercial opportunities. We’re already the market leader, but we want to continue to lead the way for client care and innovation in the industry. This means developing new service agreements with external partners, generating fresh income streams, and extending what we offer to meet the emerging needs of our members and communities.
In this role, you’ll write high quality responses to tenders and proposals, collating key information, and engaging with our partners to understand their needs. We’ll look to you to own the process from start to finish, escalating where necessary, and you’ll have the full support of your manager. If you can bring us the attention to detail and relationship building skills that we’re after, we can offer you the opportunity to develop your career and make a real impact on our business.
What you’ll do
- lead the service tenders and proposals process from inbound lead to completion
• accurately collate information and write tender submissions, ensuring deadlines are met
• collaborate with partners across a range of internal teams as well as external parties including the public sector, providing support where required
• provide general partnership management support to existing and pipeline partners
• track, report and present data to senior leaders
• external research and insight, capturing the relevant information to support potential new business development opportunities
This role would suit people who have
- excellent verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to build meaningful relationships with internal and external partners and write compelling bid content
• a solid commercial awareness, with the ability to assess the commercial viability of new leads and adapt the process where necessary
• great presentation and power point skills
• previous experience managing bids and tenders from initial lead through to completion
• strong analytical skills, with the ability to problem solve
• a keen eye for detail and accuracy
- excellent organisation and time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
Why Co-op?
Here you’ll do work that matters. We’re a commercial organisation with a purpose beyond profit, you’ll have an opportunity to help us build a stronger Co-op and stronger communities. You’ll also get a package that includes:
• competitive salary
- coaching, training and support to help you develop
• pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• annual incentive scheme
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 in line with service) plus bank holidays
• discounts on Co-op products and services
Building an inclusive work environment
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve.
If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.
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