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Business Development Support

Job details
Posting date: 08 August 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 07 September 2025
Location: City of London, London, E16 4TL
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week
Company: Telent
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 1631_1754659634

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Summary

Business Development Support


At Telent, you will have the opportunity to be a part of something bigger. To keep things moving, to connect people. It's important work we do. Learning together, inspiring colleagues, and making the entire organisation better. Join us and help keep the nations critical networks connected and protected 24/7.


Reporting into the Business Planning Director, the Business Development Support will play a key administrative role within our Asset Management division, supporting Business Development, Bid Management and Marketing teams on a number of exciting bids, projects and initiatives.


This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to be in our Canning Town (London) office 1 day per week.


What you'll do:



  • Ensuring tender opportunity portals are monitored and reviewed to ensure opportunities are not missed.

  • Reviewing and distributing tender notifications and new opportunities in an efficient and timely manner, ensuring they are recorded on Salesforce

  • Completion and submissions of basic tender information, including Expressions of Interest (EOI) and Pre-qualification Questionnaires (PQQs).

  • Maintaining corporate profiles on tender portals.

  • Ensure opportunities are recorded, tracked and regularly updated on Salesforce.

  • Assisting Bid Managers and the Business Planning Director with cost and budget control through effective use of our Oracle system.

  • Compiling Business Development, Bid and Marketing statistics and feedback for management reports.

  • Supporting Bid Managers in the compilation and update of frequently required content/material/information for tenders.

  • Supporting the collation, organisation, and update of bid collateral material on our bid management systems.


Who you are:


You're an organised and proactive individual with a keen interest in business development support. With strong admin skills and attention to detail, you're confident managing documentation, coordinating activities, and supporting bids and proposals.


Key Requirements:



  • Strong organisational skills and demonstrable experience of achieving challenging deadlines.

  • Ability to communicate at all levels including with internal and external colleagues and customers

  • Experience working in a similar environment such as Bid Management or Business Development

  • Understanding of operational, commercial and financial aspects of contracts

  • Experience of Salesforce or similar CRM solution, as well as SharePoint


What we offer:


A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.


We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.


The additional benefits with this role:



  • 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually

  • Company pension scheme

  • A range of family friendly policies

  • Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal

  • Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.


Learn more about Telent:


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We're passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves and empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support.


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