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Business Development Support Officer (Peterborough or Aberdeen) |
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| Reference |
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(Please mention Stopdodo/Environment Jobs in your application) |
| Sectors |
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Business, Support & Other
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| Location |
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England (East Anglia) - UK
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| Salary |
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£24,735 |
| Type |
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Fixed Term and Permanent Roles |
| Status |
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Full Time |
| Level |
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First Level |
| Deadline |
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15/01/2023 |
| Company Name |
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
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| Description |
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This post will have a base in Peterborough or Aberdeen. JNCC has adopted a hybrid working approach, allowing colleagues to benefit from time in the office, with the flexibility also to work from home. Employees are expected to work from our office base or at external meetings or events for 1 – 2 days a month as a minimum, this will vary by team and the exact balance will depend on the nature of your role. We can provide more details at the interview and offer stages
About the job
Job summary
Why JNCC?
We’re small enough (c.270 staff) that your voice is heard by everyone including the CEO, but big enough that we have all the skills, resources and people you’ll need to get the job done. All our staff are passionate about conservation and making a difference to the world we live in. We have a very flexible, inclusive and welcoming organisational culture. Our Executive Management provides employees with the freedom and tools you will need, and our friendly team will assist you in your role.
JNCC is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities as well as an exciting job in a unique environment.
Short Summary: Post background
Business Development are a subdivision of the Finance and Planning Team. Their objectives are to initiate, support, review, challenge and corral all additional income activities to ensure adequate and continued funding to JNCC. The team provides a core role supporting bid activity simultaneous to contract review, provision of formal quotations, initiating and facilitating negotiations, peer review, alongside supporting creative thinking and training initiatives.
We search for funding opportunities on behalf of the organisation and act as the main point of contact for students looking for a placement with us.
The team requires a full-time O grade member for research, collation and curation of customer information to enable JNCC to maintain more advanced relationships with our funders. JNCC has a need for more income streams from our government customers and thus require resource to manage our tender processes. The new staff member will support the team through performing data extraction and analysis; prepare, collate and report on business performance metrics as part of our routine monthly reporting cycle and learn business development practices.
Job description
Post Duties
Work together with the Business Development Adviser and other Finance and Planning colleagues and the organisation, the post holder’s responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
• Support staff across JNCC with bid activity
• Administer placements at JNCC (with support from Business Development Adviser and with a view to taking the lead in near future)
• Explore/search for funding opportunities on behalf of JNCC and share intel with staff across JNCC
• Assist with bid training
• Assist with ensuring all new Income has followed the Bid process and is accurately recorded on the Opportunities and Forecast Pipeline
• Set up bid champions meetings, maybe take notes and record actions if comfortable after observing/participating in a couple of meetings
• Effectively disseminating key information to internal and external stakeholders
• Support ad-hoc finance and planning duties
• Being responsible for and being proactive in your own personal development, seeking knowledge to help you fulfil your role
Person specification
Please demonstrate in your statement of suitability your reasons for applying. You will then be asked later in this application to provide a short statement against how you meet each of the technical and experience requirements
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Association of Proposal Management Professionals – Foundation Certification
- Excellent Customer Service
- Funding experience
- Experience of working as part in a team
- Good communication and organising skills
- Experience of engaging stakeholders
- Excel and data management skills
- Understanding and applying rules for bidding and financial control processes
Benefits
Equality and diversity
JNCC is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and respected and see this as a good place to work. JNCC has a responsibility to ensure that we have an inclusive culture where discrimination, harassment, bullying and prejudice will not be tolerated. Our selection process is determined on fair and open competition and regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership.
Continuous professional development (CPD)
Employees are encouraged to keep developing skills and professional knowledge.
JNCC has made available, and encourages employees to use, on average, five working days per annum for CPD activities with access to related funding
Leave entitlement
JNCC annual leave allowance is 25 days per annum. After five years’ service, leave entitlement increases to 30 days per annum.
In addition to annual leave, JNCC offers 12 public and privilege days per annum, three of which are explicitly reserved for office closure between Christmas and New Year.
Work/life balance
JNCC supports flexible working hours and practices to help employees strike a good balance between work life and personal life.
Our policies are family-friendly and include flexi-time, flexible working patterns, compressed hours and dispersed working. JNCC also offers paid maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave, over and above the minimum statutory entitlements. Some work/life balance benefits are available following a minimum length of service.
Any move from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Civil Service Pension
Employees will have the opportunity to join Civil Service pension arrangements, which include a valuable range of benefits. JNCC makes a significant contribution to the cost of employee pensions.
Employee Assistance Programme
JNCC provides employees with a free and confidential support service which gives unlimited access to information, advice and emotional support to help employees prepare for and manage all of life's ups and downs, events and challenges.
Trade Union
JNCC has entered into a partnership agreement with its recognised Trade Unions: Prospect and PCS, which employees are able to join and be involved with.
Salary sacrifice schemes
Employee Discount Scheme
Civil Service Sports Club
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a statement of suitability. In your statement, refer to the responsibilities and experience section of this advert to show how you’re suitable for the role. Make your statement no longer than 1000 words.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Contact point for applicants
Further information
Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact recruitment@jncc.gov.uk in the first instance.
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