Business Development Specialist

Milieu Ltd

Brussels, Belgium

Milieu Ltd is a growing consulting firm based in Brussels with a record of excellence in international and European policy and law – primarily with respect to environmental protection but also in such fields as fundamental rights, public health, consumer protection and health and safety. We provide our expertise mainly for European institutions and other public sector clients.

Please visit our website (www.milieu.be) to gain a more complete picture of the services we provide, sectors we operate in and our corporate culture.

To maintain our continued growth, we are looking for a dynamic self-starter to help coordinate our business development efforts. Working as a member of the operations area, you will be responsible for coordinating the entire proposal process from initial identification of potential opportunities to the final delivery of a high quality product to tight deadlines. In Milieu’s highly collaborative environment, you will need to provide strong leadership across multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, whilst maintaining healthy long-term working relationships with all parties. In particular, you will:

• Help coordinate Business Development activities;
• Help identify opportunities and manage the internal decision making process;
• Help coordinate both senior and junior staff members in the preparation of expressions of interest, proposals and tenders;
• Help mentor junior project staff in the preparation of proposals;
• Where necessary, contribute towards the actual drafting of sections of proposals;
• Edit proposals, reports and public communications;
• Assist in maintaining and expanding our contacts with partners and experts;
• Assist in maintaining external communications.

Requirements:

• A degree in (international) business administration, international studies or similar;
• A minimum of 5 years of previous experience in business development, ideally tendering for EU studies;
• Familiarity with the EU institutions and policies an advantage;
• Experience in conceiving, structuring and writing proposals;
• Very strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently;
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and adapt quickly to changes under pressure;
• Good computer skills, particularly word, excel and power-point, knowledge of maintaining and managing databases a plus;
• Excellent written and spoken English;
• Meticulous attention to detail; and
• Above all, stress resistant with a positive “can do” attitude, excellent interpersonal and persuasive skills, and willingness to take personal responsibility.

Milieu plans to make this appointment by June 2014. 

Please apply via our automated application process at http://Milieu.recruiterbox.com/jobs/32133.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Milieu Ltd is an Equal Opportunity Employer.