New Business Enablement Specialist

This role is fixed term for 12 months. Flexible within the UK. Home-based, blended or fully office based (from our offices in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh or London). Closing date 4 February 2026.

We’re looking for a New Business Enablement Specialist to provide hands-on capacity and capability across business development, bidding, and opportunity development. This is a pivotal role focused on improving how we win work; by designing practical tools, templates, and processes, and by directly supporting live bids and strategic opportunities during periods of high demand.

You’ll play a key role in strengthening proposal quality, streamlining bid processes, and ensuring teams have the guidance and resources they need to succeed.

The team you’ll join is our Business and Market Development Centre of Excellence, a collaborative, fast-paced team that supports high-quality proposal delivery, competitive positioning, and strategic proposition development across the organisation. We work closely with internal stakeholders to win and deliver impactful programmes that accelerate the transition to net zero.

What you will do:

• Design, implement, and continuously improve business development tools, templates, and guidance across the bid lifecycle.
• Maintain and enhance a central repository of proposal and opportunity resources, ensuring accessibility and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Provide hands-on support to account managers and bid teams, contributing directly to competitive positioning, propositions, and proposals.
• Translate bid requirements and market intelligence into actionable checklists, stage gates, and guidance documents.
• Backfill and deliver core activities in competitive positioning, opportunity development, and consortium formation.
• Capture and analyse market intelligence and bid feedback to inform ongoing process and content improvement.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, training, and adoption of new tools and processes across the Centre.
• Monitor and report on progress, impact, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

What you will bring:

• Proven experience in business development, proposal management, or bidding.
• Strong track record of developing and implementing tools, templates, and guidance.
• Experience preparing and delivering competitive proposals and pitch presentations.
• Understanding of commercial development and consortium working in a tendering environment.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including producing clear, practical guidance.
• Ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
• Analytical skills to interpret market intelligence and feedback.

Who we are:

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Work Where You Thrive:

At Energy Saving Trust, flexibility isn’t just a policy, it’s how we work. Most of our roles can be done remotely, and many of our people choose to work from home full-time. Prefer an office environment? We have welcoming spaces in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and Hadleigh for those who want to connect in person.

We’ll support you with:

• Generous holiday (25 days + bank holidays + extra Christmas leave).
• True flexibility in how and where you work.
• Strong pension & life assurance.
• Enhanced family leave.
• Green travel perks (EV scheme, cycle to work).
• Professional development support.
• Yearly wellbeing allowance.

To Apply:

Please submit an anonymised CV and cover letter, removing your name, address, email address, and any other identifying details on our website (via the apply button). Intended interview dates, either week commencing or exact date (please note, this is subject to change) - 09 February, 2026.

Reasonable adjustments: We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for everyone. If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.

Diversity and inclusion:

Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best. We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the criteria for a role.

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.