Job Description

Business Development Coordinator, Employability and Community Services

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM BST on Monday 21 July 2025. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found.

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

The Employability and Community Services team primarily delivers services for central and local government in the UK. We are looking for a Business Development Coordinator to support our plans for growth. The role includes both detailed coordination of bids and daily checking of procurement portals. We are looking for a team-member with very high attention to deal, proven ability to manage several workstreams at the same time, with a logical and thorough approach to planning. Prior experience of working as part of a fast-paced bid team, or a similar project environment with frequent challenging deadlines, is a requirement. Experience in employability or other public sector bids would be an advantage.

Location & Position Details:

The position is based in Palladium's London office, within our United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa (UKEA) region. Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in office, 2 days from home.


Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Reporting Lines:

The Business Development Coordinator reports to the Director, UK Business Services.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

As Business Development Coordinator, you will ensure that our bid teams have a plan, keep minutes of meetings and know how they are progressing towards key deadlines. You will support the team with research, uploading / downloading of client documents, managing processes for clarification questions.


You will follow all Palladium's internal reporting, governance and policy requirements. Reporting to the UK Director, you will provide support and coordination for the Employability and Community Services business development activity.


Your responsibilities will include:


Project Management

Support the development of the formal bid plan; track and chase actions; take minutes of meetings You may be allocated your own actions to support the bid work, for example, conducting online research into a topic or a competitor Set up templates for bids / projects and coordinate their completion as required In conjunction with the Bid Manager or Bid Director, manage uploads, downloads, clarification questions and ensure that the full bid team has access to relevant information on a timely basis If required for the bid, manage travel bookings in compliance with company procedures

Portal Monitoring

Monitor a range of procurement portals for updates and communicate new information or opportunities to the team, as directed Prepare summary information for review at the weekly pipeline call, take actions and ensure that the corporate pipeline tools are up-to-date

Procurement and Contract Management

Serve as a point of contact with consultants, service providers and address contractual matters as required Follow and ensure compliance with all company anti-corruption, procurement and due diligence processes Process consultant / service provider work orders and invoices Liaison with Corporate and Delivery Teams Liaise with corporate and delivery teams to coordinate the sharing of information, provision of support to the bid and / or the reporting of business development activity and expenditure Any other duties requested by the UK Business Services Director

Essential Criteria:

Experienced in delivering project coordination from opportunity identification to bid submission, and on to mobilisation for successful bids, or experienced in project coordination in a similarly challenging project environment Experience in coordinating team members to delivery complex tasks and multiple workstreams to external deadlines Experience in achieving compliance with detailed procedures Skilled in verbal and written liaison with a wide network of stakeholders A level of independence and professionalism to take the lead as needed

Desirable Criteria:

Bid or Project management in the field of employability, health and wellbeing, justice or other public service sectors A recognised project management qualification Excellent English language skills so able to proof-read to a high standard and able to read and summarise lengthy documents

Key Competencies:

Taking responsibility, driving tasks through to completion Logical and analytical approach to identifying and overcoming obstacles Proactive and solution focused Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent organisation, prioritisation and project management skills, with a very high attention to detail The determination and drive to make a positive difference.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

- Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.


Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process (due to disability, neurodiversity, or for any other circumstance), please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding

- We define Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.