Business Development Coordinator

About This Role

About us

CF is a leading consultancy dedicated to making a lasting impact on health and healthcare. We work with leaders and frontline teams to improve health, transform healthcare, embed life science innovation and boost growth through investment.

Our consultancy serves the entire healthcare sector, from healthcare systems and life sciences to health tech and sector suppliers. CF’s multi-disciplinary team provides end-to-end services, spanning strategy, finance, performance, organisational improvement, data and digital. We also create optimal policy conditions for healthcare advancements through evidence-based thought leadership, taking a proactive stance on key issues.

As an inclusive and values-driven organisation, we are committed to excellence and are honoured to have received multiple industry awards. With unmatched access to UK healthcare data and specialist data science expertise, our consultants are a driving force for delivering positive and meaningful change.

About the role

As a Business Development Consultant, you will support CF’s Health Systems practice by supporting the end-to-end business development activities and processes to manage and grow the practice.

This role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple priorities. You’ll work closely with the Business Development Manager, Partners and consulting and corporate teams to ensure business development efforts align to the Health System practice strategy and client needs to support our growth.

If you are proactive, detail-oriented, and eager to grow your expertise in business development and consulting focused in the healthcare sector, this role offers an excellent opportunity to make an impact.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in business development, business analyst, project management, proposal / technical writing, or a related role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly
• Strong project management and organisational skills to handle multiple priorities and deadlines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Experience with CMap, or CRM systems advantageous
• Must be fluent in Arabic

Responsibilities

You will assist in identifying and tracking opportunities, managing the pipeline, maintaining the CRM, managing bid resources, supporting content development for proposals, knowledge management, standardisation, drafting contracts, and ensuring smooth processes across the practice.

• Assist in developing detailed, professional proposal documents that articulate CF's products, services, and unique value
• Research and track future work opportunities that align with the objectives of CF
• Effectively coordinate bid opportunities, including organising meetings, managing the storage of updates and clarifications, and uploading tender responses and queries
• Manage our CRM by logging new opportunities, capturing key information about each opportunity, and recording and coding feedback we receive following bid submission
• Provide bid support and administration to the Business Development Manager and bid teams for Health Systems
• Create bid mobilisation documents, lodge clarification questions, complete bid compliance documents in line with client requirements, proof reading, submitting proposals via client online portals, collating CVs, case studies and other materials for proposals as needed
• Support knowledge management through file management, templatisation of materials and collation of best-practice materials for future use
• Provide timely updates on the business development function to the SLT and wider business development function as needed
• Leverage our CRM, CMap and other CF tools to build and maintain a robust repository of response content and bid enablement materials
• Identify gaps and provide insights to enhance our proposal strategy based on customer feedback
• Coordinate inputs for the Practice governance cycle, including supporting developing the strategy

Benefits

• We offer a competitive and flexible reward package designed to support you at work and beyond it. You will benefit from a generous holiday allowance that grows with your career (minimum of 25 days), a strong employer pension contribution, and the freedom to tailor benefits to suit your lifestyle, from wellbeing and fitness to financial protection.
• We are committed to supporting life’s important moments, with enhanced family leave, income and life protection, and access to practical benefits that make everyday life easier, such as interest-free loans and travel support.
• • Your wellbeing matters to us. You will have access to a comprehensive wellbeing and employee assistance programme, preventative health benefits, and initiatives that support an active, balanced way of working.
• Above all, we invest in our people; offering flexibility, security, and benefits that grow with you, so you can do your best work while building a sustainable and rewarding career.