Business Development Assistant (6 Month FTC)
Department: Business Development & Marketing
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: Jersey
Description
We are looking for an Interim Business Development Assistant to provide additional skilled BD capacity during a period of temporary absence. The role will work across Banking & Finance, Local Legal Services and other agreed European BD priorities.
Working with the Head of Business Development, Legal – Europe, and other colleagues, you will support the delivery of commercially focused BD activity. This is a junior professional BD role offering broad experience across client panels, directories, campaigns and BD follow-up.
Key Responsibilities
- Business development
- Maintain opportunity and action trackers, supporting timely partner follow-up and accurate capture of relevant intelligence in BD and CRM systems
- Undertake research on clients, intermediaries, sectors and market developments to support BD priorities
- Pitches, panels, legal directories and credentials
- Support bank panel submissions, RfPs and pitches, including coordinating inputs, preparing first drafts and maintaining deadlines and action trackers
- Maintain relevant credentials, precedent and experience information and support follow-up on pitch and panel outcomes
- Support legal directory submissions, including coordination of matter and referee information and preparation of first-draft documents
- Service-line, campaign and event activity
- Support targeting and attendee analysis for priority conferences and events, preparing partner briefings and tracking pre-event engagement and post-event follow-up
- Support budget monitoring, activity reporting and assessment of outcomes and return on investment, working with specialist teams including Events & Corporate Hospitality and Marketing Communications as appropriate
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Professional-services business development, marketing, client-development or comparable commercial experience is preferred
- Strong written, analytical and research skills, with the ability to produce clear and accurate first drafts
- Confident using Microsoft Office and comfortable working with CRM and BD information
- Well organised, with the ability to manage several workstreams and deadlines at the same time
- Commercially curious and interested in professional-services business development
- Comfortable working directly with senior BD colleagues, partners and lawyers
- Strong attention to detail, coupled with the judgement to understand the commercial purpose behind the work rather than simply process a task
- A collaborative and flexible approach, with the confidence to follow up actions and keep activity moving
Business Development Assistant (6 Month FTC) employer: Ogier
Ogier is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Jersey that fosters collaboration and professional growth within the Finance function. Employees benefit from a strong emphasis on client service, a supportive team culture, and opportunities for process improvement, ensuring a rewarding experience while contributing to the success of Ogier Global entities.
