As a Business Development Specialist at Reed, I focus on identifying and pursuing new business opportunities while building and maintaining strong client relationships. My role involves conducting market research, networking, and implementing strategies to drive business growth and expand our presence within the industry. I work closely with internal teams to align our business development efforts with overall company objectives, ensuring consistent revenue generation and long-term success.

As a Business Development Manager, my role involves driving B2B sales and candidate acquisition for a variety of businesses within the healthcare sector. I convert leads into sales, providing tailored solutions to Health and Social Services and playing a pivotal role in helping businesses save time and money. My key responsibilities include identifying new business opportunities, such as new markets, clients, partnerships, and products. I create strategies to successfully tap into these opportunities and build relationships with new clients, understanding their needs and developing proposals to address them. I also maintain and develop relationships with our current clients, pitch our sales and products to both new and existing clients, and attend conferences and events to foster connections with industry partners and stay updated on emerging trends. In addition, I maintain a strong understanding of our company's services and our competitive positioning in the industry. I collaborate closely with our Marketing and sales teams to ensure that client requirements are met effectively. This role demands commercial awareness, organizational skills, tech-savviness, and proficiency in communication and relationship-building to be successful.

Within this role I deliver an effective service by providing effective operational controls. I am able to work under pressure, solving problems in a constantly evolving environment. I am flexible and willing to roll up your sleeves and work beyond my comfort zone as required to get the job done. I am working with key stakeholders across the teams and departments to ensure successful outcomes. Key tasks but not limited to:• Ensure any unplanned leave is mitigated by distributing workload or rearranging appointments • Conduct daily diary checks ensuring all diary capacity is utilised • Productivity management across all Teams • AP1 escalations • Liaising with case managers on a daily basis to move forward vulnerable or advanced customer support claimants• Provide office performance updates • Support team leaders with communications, claim closures and updates ensuring key messages are delivered across the company Essentials I have needed within this role:• The ability to build strong and effective relationships, and working collaboratively with others, regardless of grade.• Strong communication/influencing skills, ability to think ‘out of the box’ and express opinions and views in a clear, concise and persuasive manner. • Problem solving• Good working knowledge• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint • Communicating & Influencing• Delivering at Pace• Making Effective Decisions• Seeing the Big Picture• Working Together

Education Matters Group – supporting the World of EducationThe Education Matters Group is a recruitment agency offering a service led, consultative, recruitment model to Primary and Secondary schools in London and the South East. Our support will be focused towards Primary, Secondary and SEN. We are committed to providing a consultative approach to recruitment using effective communication to build strong working and lasting relationships.

Career Teachers is an established Education Recruitment agency held in high esteem. Based in London, a dedicated team of specialists recruit teachers and support staff to work in schools throughout London and the surrounding areas. Our highly experienced team of specialists are dedicated to providing an efficient and personalised service to both clients and candidates and are able to cater to an extensive range of education requirements. Over recent years Career Teachers has established itself as a market leader through high standards of recruitment practice and professionalism. As a holder of the REC Quality Mark Career Teachers consistently meet the highest standards of recruitment and are fully committed to safeguarding procedures in education.

At Teaching Personnel I manage the whole recruitment process from inception to completion, generating clients and candidates whilst building networks in the education sector. This model of recruiting has allowed me to become a experienced consultant and a expert in this sector as I am close to the market on a daily basis.Throughout the recruitment process I take full responsibility of relationships with the client and the candidate managing expectations as well as handling all administration throughout the recruitment process this includes the organisation of interviews, drawing up job descriptions and job advertisements, salary negotiation and reference checking.

At Teaching Personnel I manage the whole recruitment process from inception to completion, generating clients and candidates whilst building networks in the education sector. This model of recruiting has allowed me to become a experienced consultant and a expert in this sector as I am close to the market on a daily basis.Throughout the recruitment process I take full responsibility of relationships with the client and the candidate managing expectations as well as handling all administration throughout the recruitment process this includes the organisation of interviews, drawing up job descriptions and job advertisements, salary negotiation and reference checking.

Working with new investors from a pre-qualified database and gain an understanding of their current investments and investment goals and present our recommendation to them.Follow up with excellent after-care to clients, and talk to them about any new opportunities we have to offer. Design investment plans and Exit strategies for current and new clients.