Title: Commercial Support Assistant
Reports to: Commercial Manager
Location: Sevenoaks

JOB CONTEXT

Established in 1992, Active Assistance is a specialist, complex care provider. We support a range of adult and paediatric clients with spinal cord injury and other physical, long-term conditions in their own homes. Operating throughout the country we are recognised as one of the UK’s leading specialist clinical service providers. Despite the ever more exacting regulatory requirements, Active Assistance has grown steadily over the past ten years.

The position is crucial to the overall commercial department. It is a varied, busy and interesting role that would suit a competent individual with excellent excel and administration skills coupled with an excellent telephone manner. The ideal person would have some experience putting together contracts and bids.

JOB PURPOSE

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (Accountabilities and duties):

1. Assist with enquiries, the follow-up of new client enquiries and chase related correspondence relating mainly to the CYP business. This will be under the direction of the CM.
2. Assisting with the day-to-day reporting and administrative functions of the department and it’s key business processes. This will require an advanced level of excel with the ability to produce concise management reports and sales data.
3. Ability to create pivot tables and amalgamate spreadsheet data is highly desirable.
4. Identifying new contract opportunities by tracking notification boards and assisting with contracts/ bids from the expression of interest to Pre-qualifying stage
5. Managing and updating the bid/ contracts library
6. Preparing basic quotations under the direction of the CM
7. Preparing bid, contract and DPS submissions under the direction of CM/ BMs
8. Compiling a range of reports to assist with the monitoring of the commercial business
9. Arrange exhibitions/ marketing events and maintain stock check of company marketing materials
10. Assisting with any accounts queries relating to both new and existing clients
11. Management of property and car hire portfolio
12. Other bespoke business projects

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS EXPERIENCE AND KEY ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED

• Good general education
• Good written English and verbal reasoning skills
• Good experience, exposure and understanding of a fast paced business environment is essential
• Knowledge of the contract/ bid process would be highly desirable
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to communicate up to senior management level
• Proficient administration skills
• Confident with figures and the ability to produce a range of advanced level spreadsheets and reports is essential to this role
• An aptitude and ability for sales
• Experience in a Service and/or Customer focused role would be beneficial
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Team player is essential
• Close attention to detail
• Experienced computer user – MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel proficiency is essential

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted
Strictly no agencies