Reference: CBC25002
Salary details: £34,313 to £37,305 per year
Job term: Fixed term for 2 years
Appointment type: Full time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Stonegravels Depot - Careline Offices
Department: Customer Services / Careline
CBC25002 - Job description and person specification.
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Business development officer to join our busy Careline team, where you will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities, building and maintaining relationships with new clients and for driving growth within the service.
The post holder will also play a key role in developing and implementing strategies to expand our customer base.
Chesterfield Careline is our independently accredited 24/7 pendant alarm monitoring and falls response service that helps members of the community to live independently in their own home. The service also includes an emergency and falls response service.
Purpose of the role
As a Business Development Officer you will be responsible for assisting with the development and delivery of the Careline marketing strategy, identifying new business opportunities with both domestic and commercial clients, building and maintaining customer relationships, sector networking, maintain a full understanding of customer data, volumetrics and demographics and of reporting customer data, providing regular reports on sales activities, market conditions, income performance and competitor analysis to the leadership team
Who are we looking for
You will need to have a strong customer focused, marketing and business development background, strong data analysis and organisational skills together with a passion for driving efficiency and maintaining high standards. You will also need to demonstrate
- keen to provide an exceptional service
- good communication skills (listening, spoken and written)
- excellent data management skills.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sylvia Holmes, systems and technical officer at sylvia.holmes@chesterfield.gov.uk to arrange a call.
If this sounds like your next role, please complete submit your CV, along with a covering letter and tell us why you would be a great fit for the role.
The successful candidate will be subject to a disclosure carried out by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
As an employee of Chesterfield Borough Council, you will have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, local government pension scheme and access to a range of staff discount and flexible benefits schemes
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
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Closing date: 12 February 2025
Provisional interview date: 20 February 2025