We excellent opportunity for an associate business development director to join Capita’s RE&I environmental team in London.

We are looking for an individual with excellent relationship building skills who can work with target clients and framework partners to develop with our bid team successful tender opportunities.

Your background will need to be within a construction / affordable housing field and experience in Project Management, Employer’s Agent and Quantity Surveying services.

This position is a growth role in London office to develop the affordable Housing sector in the delivery of Project Management, Employer’s Agent and Quantity Surveying services to new and existing clients.

Job title:

Associate Business Development Director, London Affordable Housing

Job Description:

Associate Business Development Director- Affordable Housing

Locations: London
 

What you’ll be doing:

• Setting the strategy for optimizing the return from existing Frameworks and meeting obligations to the client (as bid) for Project Management, Employer’s Agent and Quantity Surveying services.
• Establishing and maintaining an effective approach to framework management including active promotion and marketing as well as relationship building within the buying community.
• Leadership, oversight and management of the response to new enquiries and opportunities from initial receipt, through setting the strategy for the response and governance to submission of a compelling proposition.
• Collaborating with partners, internal and external, to maximize the potential for new work to be secured.
• Mentoring, coaching and supporting resources (technical and administrative) to develop their skills and strengthen the overall capability of the business.
• Supporting the capture and recording of the team’s key business metrics including opportunities pipeline (Salesforce) and financial forecasting.

What we’re looking for:

• Degree educated in Housing/Construction or a related discipline.
• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.
• Strong experience in a business development growth role with ideally construction / affordable housing
• Excellent communication and client Facing skills
• Relevant and appropriate technical knowledge.
• Demonstrable networking capabilities and established relationships with key individuals in target client organisation(s).
• Evidence of previous successful management of frameworks and bids leading to securing new opportunities.

About Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure

At Capita Real estate and infrastructure, we create places where people can prosper.

Today, critical infrastructure and public building projects need to be sustainable and environmentally appropriate. They must deliver value for the people that will use them - local communities and businesses - for decades to come. The wide range of demands requires a more holistic approach to design. That’s where we come in.

Our clients rely on our commitment to understanding their challenges and finding smarter solutions, and a broad range of experts offering a distinctively diverse set of skills. Our leadership team, who are practitioners themselves, understand what it takes to deliver.

Our culture is built on over 100 years of delivering excellence and creating solutions for critical infrastructure challenges. This enables us to provide a different perspective and approach; one based on what our clients need and can afford.

From engineering and architectural innovation to environmental sustainability and technologically enabled project delivery, we are renowned for our breadth of expertise and holistic, collaborative approach.

We’re a unique team specializing in infrastructure and buildings; the physical networks which keep the country moving and the places where people and communities can prosper.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice.
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

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What we hope you’ll do next:

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Equal Opportunities:

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you’ll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.