Business Development Administrator

Location: Head office, Leicester
Job Type: Part-time (20hrs per week)
Salary: 27k (Pro-rata) + Commission

About Us:

Barker Ross is a leading recruitment agency specializing in connecting candidates with employers across a range of industries. We are looking for a motivated and results-driven part-time Business Development Administrator to join our dynamic team and help expand our client base.

Job Summary:

As a Business Development Administrator, you will be responsible for driving new business and generating sales opportunities by proactively reaching out to potential clients. Your role will involve identifying and contacting key decision-makers within organizations, using our central CRM to build a strong data set, cleansing data, building rapport, and introducing our recruitment services to meet their staffing needs. You'll work closely with our Senior Sales team to understand client requirements and effectively communicate how our services can add value to their recruitment processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Generation & Prospecting: Identify and target potential clients through cold calling, e-mail, LinkedIn, and other prospecting tools.
• Data Cleanse: Cleansing existing data using a variety of contact methods.
• Sales Outreach: Make a high volume of outbound calls each day to introduce our recruitment services, establish relationships, and schedule meetings with decision-makers.
• Client Needs Assessment: Understand and identify client recruitment needs to effectively position our services.
• Relationship Building: Build long-term relationships with clients by providing exceptional customer service, follow-ups, and ongoing communication.
• Arranging Sales Presentations: Arrange meetings with potential clients to present our recruitment solutions and services tailored to the client's specific needs.
• Pipeline Management: Track and manage leads and opportunities through our CRM system to ensure follow-up actions are completed.
• Achieving Targets: Consistently meet or exceed monthly sales targets to drive company growth.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in cold calling, telesales, or telemarketing - ideally in a B2B or recruitment environment.
• Strong communication and professional interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly over the phone.
• Results-driven, self-motivated, and target-focused, with a proven track record of meeting sales goals.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• A positive attitude and the ability to handle rejection professionally.
• Knowledge of the recruitment industry is a plus, but not essential.
• You must also have a very good level of spoken and written English
• Confident on the phone

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary with performance-based commission and incentives.
• Comprehensive training and support to help you succeed.
• Opportunities for career progression.
• A dynamic, collaborative, and supportive work environment.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Health and wellness benefits.

If you're an ambitious, results-oriented individual with a passion for sales and a desire to help businesses thrive we'd love to hear from you!

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.