Business Development Specialist in Edinburgh

Spire Edinburgh Hospitals are recruiting for a Business Development Specialist to provide a range of support functions across the business development landscape including Marketing, Sales and Engagement. The role will support the growth strategy and business development plans, on a permanent basis.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Support the Hub Business Development Director to deliver business development initiatives, education, patient events and communications on time and in line with Hub growth plans.
• The post holder will be expected to act as a brand guardian holding an intimate knowledge of our brand, group marketing strategy and point of sale literature including patient information literature.
• Support the design of point of sale and patient information literature making this available to operational colleagues to replenish stock as needed through printers such as Office Depot.
• Support the generation of content for Spire social media channels.
• Maintain content for the Hub hospitals’ website pages, acting as local content manager for the hospitals, this would include briefing new treatment and campaign content to the central digital team as well as basic SEO maintenance.
• Provide support in the organisation and operational management of on and off-site events including some evening/weekend work as necessary.
• Acting on PR opportunities, preparing press releases, obtaining patient case studies and liaising with Consultants and the Head of Media Relations to promote hospitals and services within the Hub.
• Support the Hub Sales & Business Development Director in identifying and delivering emerging opportunities in line with the Hub growth strategy, including engaging with Consultants to promote and develop their practice.
• Deliver Consultant communication including the Two Minute Times update and ad hoc updates.
• Work with Hub Sales & Business Development Director as directed in promoting and developing new services conforming to Spire guidelines.

Who we're looking for:

• Commercial awareness.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Proactive, enthusiastic self-starter with the ability to work unsupervised and as part of the Hub team.
• Previous work experience in a customer-facing environment.
• Knowledge of the healthcare market.

Benefits:

• We offer colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays.
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options.
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers.
• Free Bupa wellness screening.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance.

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward. Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care. For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.