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Business Development Contract Management Assistant Job Ref. G014144Support Office
2014-06-24 16:41:24| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a FTSE 250 international service company that improves the quality and efficiency of essential services that matter to millions of people around the world. The work we do for national and local governments involves us in the most important areas of public service, including health, education, transport, science and defence. The appointed candidate will report to the Serco Management and will support the Serco business on the following areas Business Development main Contract Management secondary In hisher main function as a Business Developer, the successful candidate will support in cooperation with the Recruitment Team the resourcing activities within the Space sector of Sercos operations in Germany, Holland and Spain. This will take approximately 70 of the working time and will involve, among other things Shortlisting candidates CVs, arranging and leading technical interviews Down and final selection of candidates on the basis of a systematic assessment process Drafting text blocks for bidding and proposals development in response to customer ITTs, RFQs etc Analyzing new business opportunities and, also in coordination to other Serco Personnel working on site, prioritizing such opportunities to maximize the possible return in terms of contract wins Other administrative tasks related to resourcing and business development if needed and upon coordination with the BD manager As a Contract Management assistant secondary function, the appointed candidate will support the Contract Manager carrying out nonexecutive tasks mainly involving Collecting input from the staff working on site for the monthly production of reports and chasing the people working on the contracts in case such input is not timely provided Drafting contractual reports Participation to meetings when required and drafting the related minutes Other Contract Management administration tasks if needed and upon CM request. Education and qualifications In order of preference, University degree in Engineering BSc as a minimum, MSc would be preferred, or Science and Technology, or proven ability to perform the tasks commensurate with such a formal academic qualification. Knowledge and skills The appointed candidate will have to be able to screen candidates and lead technical interviews regarding a variety of engineering positions across all Serco Space business. It is therefore essential that heshe has Deep technical knowledge in terms of academic background and ideally some working experience to be able to assess the CVs of a variety of highly skilled professionals Potential and willingness to learn how to lead technical interviews with such kind of candidates Demonstrable experience in the Space Industry, preferably already at one of our Space Customers sites Excellent interpersonal skills As Contract Management assistant, the appointed candidate will have to have the following skills Ability to follow administrative procedures and understand the underlying contractual processes Ability to extract the essential information from a variety of sources and record it for further use In both functions, it is essential that the candidates performs calmly and correctly under stress conditions and have the capacity of working in parallel on a high number of tasks in an orderly and disciplined manner, giving them priorities if necessary good autonomy level and the capability of working with little or no supervision Extremely good command at power user level of the MS Office suite Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook Excellent command of English, with proven drafting ability. A working knowledge of at least one other official language of the EU would be an advantage Given the tasks to be carried out, the needed skills and the position level, the ideal candidate would be a young engineer with less than 5 years working experience in the space industry, preferably gained at one of our Space Customers sites mainly European Space Agency sites such as ESOC, ESTEC, ESRIN, ESAC, and other Space Customers such as EUMETSAT, with potential and willingness to steer hisher career towards nontechnical roles. However, alternative profiles will be also very carefully considered. On occasion we receive significantly more applicants than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. Serco is committed to equal opportunities.
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