Business Development Coordinator

Are you energized by building meaningful relationships, uncovering new opportunities, and contributing to strategic growth? Do you enjoy combining research, coordination, and creativity to support impactful business development initiatives? If you thrive in a collaborative, professional environment and are motivated to help strengthen client connections and elevate brand presence, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

McInnes Cooper's Marketing & Business Development team is seeking a full-time, permanent Business Development Coordinator to join one of our New Brunswick offices in Fredericton, Saint John, or Moncton.

As a Business Development Coordinator, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting our long-term ambitions and annual business plan objectives.
• Assist in creating a pipeline of new business opportunities within the province by implementing consistent tactics that are aligned with the firm's growth strategy. These tactics involve conducting research on clients, prospects, and industry trends, providing support for targeted business development plans, and contributing to client relationship management processes and activities.
• Manage and support sponsorships, including assisting with deliverables (e.g. organizing attendance, liaising with vendors and working with marketing to develop collateral and branding).
• Drafting, editing, and organizing RFP content, detailing firm capabilities whilst tailoring responses, within submission requirements and deadlines.
• Maintaining consistency and quality in communications, both external and internal.
• Make budget recommendations and gather data to build business cases and evaluate ROI of spend.
• Maintaining accurate records and knowledge in the firm's client intelligence system.
• Organize and support client events.

The successful candidate will possess a combination of the following:

• Open to candidates with varying levels of experience, ideally in professional services business development or marketing role.
• Experience of selling intangible products and/or services, developing relationships with community partners, event planning/coordination and basic budget management.
• Post-secondary education in business, marketing or related discipline with a successful track record in developing and coordinating business development activities.
• Demonstrable ability to collaborate and successfully coordinate the efforts of multiple individuals and groups to achieve results, with strong project management skills and an ability to progress multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong technical proficiency in Teams, Microsoft Office, AI, and other marketing tools.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.

Our team members have access to:

• Defined-benefit pension plan.
• Firm-paid health and dental benefits.
• Health spending account.
• Personal (wellness) spending account.
• Commuting allowance.
• Time for you:
  • Including vacation, personal and sick days.
• Our Team - we can't say enough about our people! You will be part of a collaborative, collegial, respectful and caring team; and,
• The opportunity to participate in a variety of teams, including AccessMC, Collective Social Responsibility, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Occupational Health & Safety, Pride@MC, Special Events, Wellness, and more!

McInnes Cooper is committed to building an environment that is diverse and inclusive, representative of the communities in which we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through our online application process.

As part of the recruitment process, MC will provide accommodation(s) to candidates with disabilities. If you require accommodation(s) to participate in the recruitment process with us, please contact Alana Burgess at [email protected] or 902.455.8260