Business Development Officer

Location: North Geelong
- Brand: Community, Residential & Pathways
- Date Posted: 18 Dec 2024

**Location**:Geelong**:
**Employment Status**:Full-Time**:

- Here at genU we're a group of passionate, driven people who want everyone’s lives to be happier and healthier, especially people with disabilities, the ageing and those experiencing disadvantage. We operate solely for community benefit and invest back into the same communities in which our services are delivered. _
- genU welcomes diversity, including diversity of race, culture, spirituality, gender, age, identity,_ _ability, and sexuality. We are committed to providing a welcoming, innovative, safe, empowering and respectful environment for all and living these values each and every day._

**Hey You**:
genU Employment Services provides a range of services in the community with an individualised approach for supported workers and NDIS participants with employment-related goals.

This requires the identification and maintenance of customised employment opportunities that allow participants to prepare for, gain and maintain employment as they build their careers.

Our business is growing throughout Geelong, Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne and to compliment this growth we are looking for a passionate and positive professional to join our high performing team

As the Business Development Officer you will work closely with the Business Development Manager to grow market share in viable business areas. This role will have a strong focus and be results driven to ensure the going viability of Employment Services.

Your key accountabilities will be:

- Build and maintain new relationships with businesses, through a range of strategies to meet growth targets for both commercial and NDIS revenue generating and for overall benefit for genU Social Enterprises and Employment Services.
- Promote and educate businesses on the value of social procurement.
- With guidance, manage a sales pipeline and ensure steady conversation from leads to customers/clients.
- With guidance, manage a sales pipeline and ensure steady conversion from leads to customers/clients.
- With support, identify tenders, social procurement opportunities and contracts relevant to business needs.
- Assist with preparing proposals, tenders and customers to ensure satisfaction and long-term engagement.
- Attend industry events, and networking opportunities to generate leads or partnerships.
- Track business development activities and report on progress.
- Work with internal business managers to identify business needs.

**This is a full time ongoing opportunity based in Geelong**

**About You**:
To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate an uncompromising passion to have meaningful impact on the lives of people with disabilities, you will also have
- Experience developing marketing ideas and implementation
- Understanding of the NDIS Funding for supports in employment
- Knowledge of employment services within the NDIS
- Effective communication and influencing skills
- Ability to work to KPI’s and exceed targets
- Ability to work autonomously, manage time and workloads effectively to business priorities
- Ideally a Cert IV in Disabilities/Mental Health

The following is essential
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check; or willingness to obtain
- Current NDIS Worker Orientation Module certificate; or willingness to obtain
- Drivers License

**What's in it for you?**:
genU staff have access to a range of benefits, including but not limited to the following:

- **Investment in You**:in addition to a comprehensive induction program & ongoing professional development, genU is committed to providing opportunities for career progression. You will have access to a range of accredited training modules, staff mentoring programs and our internal jobs board.
- **Commitment to Staff Health & Wellbeing**: 24/7 access to an innovative, holistic employee assistance program that supports your emotional, mental, financial, and physical health.
- **Increase your Take Home Pay**: Salary package up to $15,900 per annum each FBT year plus further meals and entertainment benefits.
- **Employee Discount Program**: Save money with employee discounts and savings at over 450 of Australia’s most loved retailers and service providers including Coles, Woolworths & JB HI-FI.
- **Study Scholarship**: all genU employees are eligible for a 25% scholarship towards undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Torrens University.