Business Development Assistant

South West England

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Morgan Sindall Construction
Ref
72534
Vacancy title
Business Development Assistant
Function(s)
Business Development, Construction, Sales & Marketing
Contract type
Full time permanent
Region
South West England
Location(s)
Devon, Cornwall, Somerset
Description

Business Development Assistant

Location: Plymouth

Talented people are the key to our success

 

About us:

Would you like to work for a progressive and ambitious company which is also one of the most successful within the UK construction and infrastructure industry? 

Morgan Sindall provides national construction and infrastructure services to private and public sector customers across a comprehensive range of markets. We aim to create great results for our customers, partners and ourselves.

 

Opportunity:

We have a fantastic opportunity within our Construction business for an ambitious and talented Business Development Assistant.

The successful candidate will be joining the existing team of passionate and dedicated coordinator.

We are looking for business development professionals who have a wealth of knowledge in the main contracting market.

Experience of working on Educational, Healthcare, Leisure or Defence schemes between £5 and £20 million is an advantage.

We are looking for people who share our passion for the project at hand whilst also being able to work within a fun and hardworking team environment.

 

Responsibilities / Experience:

As a Business Development Assistant, you will

  • Carry out research and analysis into target companies and sectors and produce presentation materials
  • Identifying requirements for corporate events and working with the regional management team to deliver appropriate solutions
  • Improving, designing, developing and producing general marketing materials
  • Assist with the preparation, compilation, maintenance and completion of pre-contract and tender documentation
  • Maintain marketing databases
  • Social Value, Community Engagement and Employment Skills duties
  • Assisting with desk top research and the development of marketing communication plans and CSR activity.
  • Data input to CRM system
  • Update and review promotional materials including project profiles
  • Reviewing of online tender information systems
  • Assisting with external PR releases for our projects
  • Attendance at local construction committee groups
  • To keep the pipeline up to date and monitor the planning search website

 

Already experienced as a Business Development Assistant, you will be educated to degree level and have the ability to design and layout letters, bid submission and presentations to a high standard.  You will have experience of producing customer facing documents to a very high standard and you will have good computer skills with a good working knowledge of MS Office, In-Design, Quark Xpress, MS publisher or other DTP, Adobe Acrobat, ECDL and Photoshop.

About the South West Team:

The Plymouth Team has completed some exceptional projects in recent years in a variety of sectors including Healthcare, Education, Defence, Leisure, Industrial and Commercial. We are looking to build on this solid foundation and reputation and to continue to grow and strengthen the business over the coming years to make Morgan Sindall the contractor of choice in the South West.

Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation.  We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation.

 


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