Job Description

Eddistone Consulting Ltd is seeking to recruit a motivated business development assistant to join the company, initially as a part time employee. Eddistone has a growing portfolio of private sector customers, mainly in high-hazard, high risk and high-reliability sectors and we are looking for an assistant to grow the company's commercial resilience and to help promote Eddistone. This role is vital to supporting Eddistone's growth.

We provide a competitive salary, training and flexible working as part of a small friendly team.

What you will be doing

Working for the Managing Director you will focus on two elements, which will help support business growth, these are;

1) Support the MD by assisting to coordinate and create clear and accurate commercial proposals

2) Help to plan and deliver marketing activity to drive sales to existing and new customers. You will contribute to the overarching plan and then coordinate and help to execute it

The role is a probationary period for 6 months. This is a part-time role (see 'What we can offer you')

Your working tasks will include;

Understanding the core business and our customer drivers Learn and maintaining detailed knowledge about the customer and product portfolio Maintain our customer database Creating and share content to attract new customers Track and help to create accurate commercial proposals Create and share engaging content to further develop existing relationships Assess sales performance and make contributions for improvement Maintain awareness of market trends and competitors
The following will be beneficial in this role

Effective communication skills A recognisable level of business acumen, including commercial finance Marketing experience using different channels, such as social media, advertising or email A high degree of organisational and interpersonal skills with experience of working to deadlines Experience of Microsoft office suite, especially Outlook, Excel and Word Some knowledge of Wordpress, SEO, key words, Linked in Experience of managing a dynamic network of existing and potential customers
It will be helpful to have

A relevant qualification or experience Membership of a relevant professional organisation (e.g., MCIM)
What we can offer you:

The opportunity to work in a small, friendly and local organisation, Eddistone has a hugely interesting and diverse customer base and product portfolio Starting at 2 days a week, we expect all of your time will be office based for the first period, while you learn the business. At a suitable point, there is opportunity to introduce hybrid working, although at least half of your time will be office based. Salary is offered for the initial probationary period between 25.5k-30.5k (Pro rata) based on suitability. Following a satisfactory probation
o Salary will be reviewed, in line with company pay policy.

o Monthly mobile phone contribution

o Access to a company pension scheme

This is developing role and there are bigger opportunities for the right candidate
This advert posted on Indeed and advertised internally also.

Closing date for applications is the 6h June, following shortlisting, interviews will be scheduled for the 20th June, with an agreed start date in July 2025.

www.Eddistone.com

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From 25,500.00 per year

Additional pay:

Bonus scheme
Benefits:

Company pension Free parking Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

Are you able to reliably travel independently to our office location for your work?
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 06/06/2025
Reference ID: Eddistone 2025
Expected start date: 15/07/2025