Hybrid Business Development & Marketing Officer

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension contributions

Hybrid working

Career development opportunities

Staff benefits

Job summary

Leeds City Council is seeking a Business Development Support Officer to drive marketing campaigns, build partnerships and deliver projects that connect schools, communities and partners with services that improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. You'll play a key role in promoting our traded offer, increasing engagement and supporting income generation to sustain services.

As part of a proactive, can-do team, you will collaborate across multiple teams and sites with hybrid

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing, communications, sales and business development.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills.
• Proactive approach to identifying opportunities, solving problems and delivering results.
• Passion for improving health and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Understanding of the education sector, including current school challenges and financial pressures.

Responsibilities

• Support and advise in development and delivery of the Services' business plan; improve traded services and generate income.
• Support effective management of service budgets, finance systems and spend plans to cover costs.
• Maintain records and process information in line with GDPR.
• Support review and launch of annual Service Level Agreements and promote SLA offers.
• Support marketing of the annual training programme and publicity strategy.
• Monitor and evaluate the annual training programme and income from attendees.
• Improve contact lists and communications systems for schools in and outside Leeds.
• Identify and develop opportunities to promote best practice in schools and resolve queries.
• Develop cross-authority partnerships and new business ideas for income generation.
• Coordinate website improvements and promotions to generate income streams.
• QA and copyproof for online resources; update news content for websites managed by the services.
• Develop sales, publicity and marketing strategies locally, regionally and nationally.
• Work towards outcome measures for children and young people within a results-based framework.

Skills

Marketing

Communications

Sales

Business development

Partnerships

Project management

Proactive

Education sector knowledge

Job description

Leeds City Council is seeking a Business Development Support Officer to drive marketing campaigns, build partnerships and deliver projects that connect schools, communities and partners with services that improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. You'll play a key role in promoting our traded offer, increasing engagement and supporting income generation to sustain services.

As part of a proactive, can-do team, you will collaborate across multiple teams and sites with hybrid