Associate Director Business Development - Associations (Contract Position)

Business Events (BE) Perth is the peak industry body responsible for marketing Western Australia as a destination for international and national conventions, corporate meetings and incentive travel groups.

We are looking for a self-motivated, focused, goal oriented individual with a high level of attention for detail to join our Business Development team.

The Associate Director Business Development – Associations has primary responsibility for assisting the Director Business Development – Associations and the Association Business Development team in securing business events in the international and national association market, along with the national corporate market.

This role requires the development of proactive business relationships with key decision makers and leaders associated with the business events industry, high level reporting and project co-ordination as well as supervisory experience demonstrating achievement of organisational KPI’s through fostering positive team engagement.

What you'll do…

• In liaison with the Director Business Development - Associations, develop an effective strategy for maximising the conversion of association and national corporate business to achieve agreed annual targets with specific liaison to high level decision makers across government, associations and corporations. 
   
• Working with the Director Business Development - Associations, through demonstrated experience supervising and training diverse, high performing teams, work with individuals to meet organisational goals, foster individual performance and collaborative team engagement, experience collating and updating training processes and producing detailed reporting. 
   
• Assist the Director Business Development with regular and progressive required reporting and forward planning in liaison with the CEO and Director Corporate Services securing increased WA business event outcomes to set budgets and timelines. 
   
• In liaison with the Director Business Development – Associations and Director Corporate Services, manage and assist external reporting requirements including but not limited to annual BD secured, materialisation and financial audit reporting alongside assisting the Business Development Managers in collating all relevant audit paperwork.
   
• With high attention to detail prepare comprehensive and targeted business event documentation – project co-ordination with the Business Development team to review large-scale international bid business case documents to required standards before delivery to the marketing team for bid creation within appropriate timeframes.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate…

• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish strong team engagement and professional relationships with key clients, associations, government agencies and industry partners. 
   
• High attention to detail in all aspects of planning and delivering tasks and projects in a timely manner. 
   
• Exceptional presentation skills and strong written, and verbal communication ability. 
   
• Proven leadership ability with the capacity to work autonomously, generating innovative solutions and team focused outcomes. 
   
• Financial acumen and high level of computer literacy with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications…

Relevant background in a Business Development role with NFP, government, business event venue, tourism or corporate sector with 8+ years’ experience in a senior leadership role.

So… if you are keen to join a successful and innovative not for profit organisation with a passion for Western Australia, apply now.

Submit your resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for this contract role to ******@beperth.com

A full job description can be found at: www.businesseventsperth.com/about-us/careers