Business Development Administrator

Business Development Administrator

We are looking for a Business Development Administrator on a fixed‑term basis for an initial period of up to 10 months, subject to change depending on business requirements.

Location:

Leeds, England, United Kingdom.

The successful candidate will provide support to the EPUKI business development team through a range of administrative, financial, procurement and project‑related tasks. The role is key to ensuring the smooth running of the department while helping achieve overall departmental and business goals.

Although the main function of the role is to provide administrative support, it is anticipated that the role holder will also undertake research on a variety of related subjects to inform business decisions, maintain an overview of related subjects (such as planning applications), attend public briefings on behalf of the company, and provide support for other departments as required.

This is a hybrid role to include regular attendance at our Leeds and Eggborough locations.

• Managing the SAP process for the department such as raising purchase requisitions, processing accruals for invoices and ensuring costs align with the budget forecast, liaising with contract partners to ensure invoices are submitted in a timely manner and dealing with any queries raised, establishing and maintaining a documentation control system, acting as a focal point for document control including the filing and coordination of e‑mail correspondence.
• Undertaking research via Google or public records on subjects as required, maintaining a "watching brief" on subjects of interest, producing update reports, attending planning hearings and other public events if required.
• Assisting with procurement of capital projects as needed by liaising with suppliers and managing the technical bulletins process, identifying suitable suppliers through internet research.
• Arranging company travel to off‑site meetings, conferences and events.
• Organising meetings including venue hire, travel, catering and ensuring best‑value options for UK and international travel and accommodation requests.
• Attending meetings as required, producing written minutes, updating action logs and issuing updates, following up on action completion and providing progress updates.
• Providing effective support to the Project team in all aspects of their work.

Background

• Experience of SAP or similar system (essential).
• Excellent IT skills covering the full range of Microsoft Office applications – advanced Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint (essential).
• SharePoint creation and management experience (essential).
• Knowledge of financial processes such as raising orders and dealing with invoice queries (essential).
• Knowledge of project management systems and requirements (desired).
• Knowledge of procurement processes (desired).

Behaviours

• Excellent interpersonal and social skills – the ability to communicate with people at all levels both internal and external to the company.
• Excellent written communication skills, with a fluent writing style and good knowledge of English.
• Ability to work unsupervised using own initiative and also as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Qualified to a good standard of education at GCSE level, or equivalent at grade C/4 or above, including Maths and English.

• Entry level

• Temporary

• Administrative
• Electric Power Generation

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