AddressWe welcome fearless thinkers.
For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most. With courage and compassion, we extend access to justice to countless Australians. We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across their lives, and continually push for better solutions for our clients. We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.
We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people’s lives, which is why we are one of Australia’s most respected law firms. Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.
How will you contribute to ensuring access to justice for all?
If you’re looking for an exciting new role with a great breadth of responsibilities, to be part of setting up a new Client Acquisition function and join an organisation with great values, not to mention off the charts staff engagement and client service … then this could be for you.
Maurice Blackburn (MB) is Australia’s leading consumer facing law firm and we’re looking for an energetic, self-starter willing to help us expand our Client Acquisition team.
The Client Acquisition team at MB fosters new and manages existing relationships (B2B) with many of Australia’s leading health and community organisations, peak industry bodies and other professionals. Effective management of these relationships is pivotal to supporting members in need of legal advice and support.
We are looking for Business Development Coordinators on a 12-month fixed term contract, who will report to the Business Development Manager and support a field focused team of business development managers and legal practice teams to maximise relationships with existing referrers and help support activity to partner with new referrers.
This role will be central in ensuring the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the team from an administrative, reporting and coordination perspective. We are looking for one of the roles to support our union partners and the second to focus on health partnerships.
This role offers great experience which could be a stepping stone to a variety of futures.
Some of the Responsibilities
- To execute activities in line with Business Development Plans and support our teams;
- Support team and firm B2B planning processes;
- Create presentations and reports;
- Work closely with each of the Business Development managers
- Assist with planning, organising and execution of events, conferences/webinars, team meetings;
- Process invoices and book travel & accommodation;
- Conduct desktop market and competitor research; and
- Participate in specific business development projects and initiatives.
Key Selection Criteria
- Experience across the Health sector desirable
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Strong ability to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders (networking)
- Great time management and organisational skills
- Understanding of business development, sales and/or marketing in a commercial business
- Great skills in using Microsoft suite of products. Adept at learning other solutions
- The ability to work autonomously, as well as part of a team is crucial to being successful in this role.
Our People Commitment comes with the following benefits
- Ongoing coaching and career development opportunities delivered by our Learning & Development team
- 22 Weeks Parental leave with your superannuation guaranteed and back-to-work transition policy
- End of Year leave, 1 day first year, 3 days after 2 years
- Comprehensive mental health framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year) and a $299 reimbursement
- A hybrid flex model with ergonomic reimbursements for your home set up
- Salary Continuance & Life Insurance
- 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
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Our shared values represent what we stand for and guide how we act, with Courage; Compassion; Collaboration; Fairness and Tenacity.
We offer you a safe, supportive and collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age and family arrangements. We love that you have a life outside of work and we’re happy to support yours. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.
Are you ready to join us on a journey to extend access to justice to more Australians, in an organisation and role in which every action you take makes a difference? Apply now.
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