Business Development Coordinator BLR WORLD

BLR WORLD; Dubai; On-site; AED 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

BLR WORLD in Dubai is seeking a capable Business Development Coordinator to drive end-to-end development operations, from opportunity identification through to proposal delivery and reporting.

You will work closely with Country Managers and the Director of BD & Communications to ensure processes, systems, and deliverables are executed accurately, efficiently, and on time, in a fast-paced creative industry setting.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a Business Development support Admin or Coordinator role.
• Experience with the cultural and creative sector.
• Experience dealing with procurement portals is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end business development operations and ensure smooth execution across monitoring, coordination, reporting and support activities.
• Monitor UAE, Qatar, KSA & ROW government and semi-government procurement portals to identify relevant RFPs/RFQs.
• Triage inbound enquiries and ensure timely lead assignment and routing.
• Maintain CRM accuracy and pipeline hygiene including same-day updates of meeting notes and next steps.
• Prepare agendas and supporting materials for internal alignment meetings including prioritisation of Must-Win and Stuck opportunities.
• Maintain and update the central content library (CVs, images, case studies) ensuring all materials are correctly formatted and up to date.
• Develop proposal timelines, team allocation plans and manage coordination of active bids.
• Review RFPs and summarise key requirements while managing full proposal documentation (forms, NDAs, trade licenses, appendices).
• Support and/or lead proposal writing, producing clear, client-focused narratives.
• Ensure final proposals are professionally formatted, consistent and submission-ready prior to final review.
• Manage vendor registrations, proposal templates and bid library systems ensuring content is current, structured and accessible.
• Conduct market and client research to support BD activities and maintain standard content (e.g. company profile, QA sustainability statements) for reuse.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time ownership

Exceptional writing skills

Proactive mindset

Organizational skills

Collaboration & communication

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About BLR WORLD

BLR WORLD is an award-winning energetic passionate and creative Human Capital Solutions company dedicated to supporting and empowering the cultural and creative industries. Our cutting-edge solutions including human resources consultancy recruitment training and operational management remain unrivaled.

About the role

The Business Development Coordinator plays a critical operational role in enabling BLR WORLDs growth. The role ensures the seamless execution of all business development activities from opportunity identification through to proposal delivery and reporting.

Working closely with Country Managers and the Director of BD & Communications the Coordinator acts as the operational backbone of the functionensuring that processes systems and deliverables are executed accurately efficiently and on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end business development operations ensuring smooth execution across monitoring coordination reporting and support activities to enable the Directors strategic focus.
• Monitor procurement and tender portals (UAE Qatar KSA & ROW government and semi-government platforms) to identify relevant RFPs/RFQs.
• Triage inbound enquiries (email and web forms) ensuring timely lead assignment and routing.
• Maintain CRM accuracy and pipeline hygiene including same-day updates of meeting notes and next steps.
• Prepare agendas and supporting materials for internal alignment meetings including prioritisation of Must-Win and Stuck opportunities.
• Maintain and update the central content library (CVs images case studies) ensuring all materials are correctly formatted and up to date.
• Develop proposal timelines team allocation plans and manage coordination of active bids.
• Review RFPs and summarise key requirements while managing full proposal documentation (forms NDAs trade licenses appendices).
• Support and/or lead proposal writing producing clear compelling and client-focused narratives.
• Ensure final proposals are professionally formatted consistent and submission-ready prior to final review.
• Manage vendor registrations proposal templates and bid library systems ensuring all documentation content and tools are current structured and accessible.
• Conduct market and client research to support business development activities and maintain standard content (e.g. company profile QA sustainability statements) for reuse.

Experience:

• 5 years of experience in a Business Development support Admin or Coordinator role.
• Experience with the cultural and creative sector.
• Experience dealing with procurement portals is a plus.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Communications Marketing Humanities or a related field.

Skills:

• Attention to detail
• Time ownership
• Exceptional writing skills
• Proactive mindset
  
• Organizational skills
• Collaboration & communication
• Commercial awareness

Location & Commitments

• Full-time.
• Work 5 days a week.
• 9 hours a day including a 1-hour lunch break
• Office based role located in Dubai.