Business development coordinator jobs in PlymouthCreate job alerts

Recruitment Coordinator Location:Torpoint, PL11 2PASalary: From £600 per week + Uncapped CommissionJob Type: Full-Time | PermanentStart Date: Immediate Clean driving Licence - Essential About CDS Labour CDS Labour is a leading recruitment and workforce solutions provider, delivering reliable staffing services across multiple industries throughout the UK. Due to continued business growth, we are seeking a professional and driven Recruitment Coordinator to join our on site Team atTorpoint. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced recruitment environment and enjoys building strong relationships with both clients and temporary workers. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day delivery of recruitment operations while maintaining exceptional levels of customer service. The Role As a Recruitment Coordinator, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end coordination of temporary workers while supporting client requirements and ensuring operational excellence. Acting as the primary point of contact for our workforce, you will oversee recruitment activities, workforce planning and client support to ensure staffing requirements are consistently achieved. Key Responsibilities • Source, recruit and onboard temporary workers to meet ongoing client requirements., • Maintain staffing levels to ensure all daily bookings and client orders are fulfilled., • Coordinate worker schedules, shift allocations and transport arrangements., • Produce and manage daily rotas, including shift times, work locations and PPE requirements., • Provide ongoing support, guidance and welfare checks for temporary workers., • Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients through regular communication and site visits., • Attend client sites to monitor attendance, resolve operational issues and ensure service delivery standards are maintained., • Work collaboratively with internal teams to ensure recruitment, planning and transport functions operate efficiently., • Maintain accurate recruitment records and ensure compliance with company procedures and employment legislation., • Respond professionally to changing client demands and operational priorities. The successful applicant will demonstrate: • Previous experience within recruitment, workforce planning or a similar coordination role (preferred)., • Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities., • Strong communication and interpersonal skills., • A proactive, solution-focused approach to problem solving., • Confidence working independently and as part of a team., • Good IT skills and the ability to manage recruitment systems and Microsoft Office applications., • Flexibility to support operational requirements, including occasional weekends when required., • A full UK Driving Licence (essential). What We Offer • Competitive salary from £600 per week., • Uncapped commission scheme rewarding individual performance., • Weekly pay., • Company vehicle and fuel card., • Structured training and ongoing professional development., • Genuine opportunities for career progression within a growing organisation., • Supportive, collaborative working environment., • Full-time, permanent employment with an immediate start available., • Overtime available, • Weekend availabilityApply Today If you are an organised, motivated and customer-focused recruitment professional looking to develop your career within a growing and ambitious business, we would like to hear from you. Please submit your CV today for immediate consideration. Successful applicants will be contacted promptly to arrange an interview. Remote registration is available, with one of our team able to meet you at a convenient location close to you. JBRP1_UKTJ

Bid & Social Value Coordinator Plymouth Permanent 3 days a week A well-established and highly respected construction contractor in the Southwest is looking to appoint a Bid & Social Value Coordinator to support the continued growth of the business across pre-construction, marketing, business development, and community engagement. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced construction professional who enjoys creating high-quality tender submissions, developing strong relationships, and making a visible impact within a growing organisation. The role offers genuine flexibility and the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership to help shape the future direction of the business. The Role Working alongside the directors and senior management team, the successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the company’s growth by managing bid submissions, enhancing marketing activity, and developing meaningful social value initiatives across a diverse portfolio of construction projects throughout the Southwest. The business delivers projects across a range of sectors including education, commercial, industrial, healthcare, sports and leisure, and residential. With social value becoming an increasingly important part of public sector procurement, this role will be instrumental in helping the business demonstrate its commitment to local communities and stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Coordinate, write, and manage high-quality bid and tender submissions from initial opportunity through to final submission. Develop compelling social value responses aligned with client requirements, procurement frameworks, and evaluation criteria. Work closely with directors to develop and deliver the company’s social value strategy and community initiatives. Research client requirements and tailor submissions to maximise quality scores and competitiveness. Prepare supporting bid documentation including case studies, project information, CVs, presentations, and marketing material. Support company marketing activities including website updates, social media content, branding, and promotional materials. Assist with business development activities, networking events, stakeholder engagement, and identifying new opportunities. Build relationships with local schools, colleges, charities, community organisations, and supply chain partners to deliver measurable social value outcomes. The Ideal Candidate The successful candidate will have experience within a bid coordination, bid writing, social value, marketing, or business development role, ideally gained within construction, engineering, infrastructure, property, or the wider built environment. They will be an organised, proactive, and confident communicator who can work independently while collaborating closely with senior stakeholders. Key skills and experience will include: Experience preparing bids, tenders, PQQs, or social value submissions. Excellent written communication skills with strong attention to detail. An understanding of the construction or built environment sector. The ability to produce persuasive, client-focused submissions. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines. Confidence building relationships with clients, communities, and industry contacts. A positive attitude with a genuine interest in supporting business growth. Full UK driving licence. What’s on Offer Permanent part-time position (3 days per week). Flexible working approach. A varied and autonomous role with direct exposure to senior leadership. The opportunity to influence bids, marketing, business development, and social value initiatives. A supportive working environment within a respected Southwest construction business with an established pipeline of work. For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact RGB Recruitment and ask for Nicky Harris

Bid Coordinator £45,000 – £55,000 + Benefits | Plymouth, Exeter or Bristol | Hybrid A bigger platform for your bid career If you’ve built your experience around construction or infrastructure bids and are looking for a role with greater scale, variety and long-term progression, this could be a strong next move. You’ll be joining a major UK contractor with a heritage stretching back more than 150 years and an established position across the construction and infrastructure markets. The business combines the security and resources of a large organisation with a clear commitment to developing its people, whether that means progressing upwards, specialising or gaining experience across different sectors. An opportunity has now opened for a Bid Coordinator to become part of its established frameworks and work-winning team in the South West. Based from Plymouth, Exeter or Bristol with hybrid working, you’ll play an important role in keeping bids organised, compliant and moving towards submission. Where you’ll make an impact This isn’t simply a document production position. You’ll be involved throughout the proposal process, coordinating contributors, managing information and making sure submissions meet both client expectations and internal quality standards. As Bid Coordinator, you will: Coordinate the preparation of tenders, PQQs, expressions of interest, case studies, presentations and other proposal documentation. Work across the proposals team and wider business to gather information and bring individual contributions together into cohesive submissions. Structure and format documents to create professional, consistent and easy-to-navigate proposals. Ensure submissions remain aligned with company brand guidelines. Produce graphics and visual content to support key messages within proposals. Check client requirements and ensure they are fully addressed within each response. Prepare presentation slides and supporting documentation. Manage your workload around submission dates and ensure key deadlines are achieved. Attend bid kick-off meetings and progress reviews. Carry out quality reviews of your own work and proposals prepared by colleagues. Proofread submissions, checking grammar, spelling, punctuation, clarity, structure, formatting and overall readability. Organise the production of hard-copy submissions when needed. Maintain the knowledge management system, capturing strong bid content, supporting evidence and reusable information for future submissions. Use feedback from successful and unsuccessful bids to identify lessons and improve future responses. Contribute to post-submission reviews with the wider team. Maintain project, framework and opportunity information through Dynamics 365, supporting business development and governance. Keep client portal records and access information organised and up to date. Manage tender portals, including downloading documents, uploading completed submissions and coordinating client communications within deadlines. What will you bring? The business is looking for a Bid Coordinator who understands the demands of work winning within construction or infrastructure and can bring organisation and attention to detail to a busy proposals environment. You’ll need: Previous proposals or bidding experience gained within construction or infrastructure. GCSE-level education or equivalent in English and Maths. Strong skills across Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience using Adobe and graphical packages such as InDesign, Visio and Illustrator. Proposals training such as Shipley or Winning Bids Masterclass. Strong proofreading and document production skills. The organisation to manage competing priorities and fixed submission deadlines. It would also be useful to have: Advanced knowledge of InDesign, Visio or Illustrator. Experience working with a knowledge management system. Previous exposure to CRM platforms such as Dynamics 365 or Salesforce. Package & career development You can be based from Plymouth, Exeter or Bristol, combining time in the office with hybrid working. The salary is £45,000 – £55,000, supported by a comprehensive package that includes: 8% pension contribution. Private healthcare. Dental plan. 26 days’ annual leave, increasing with service. Two wellbeing days each year. Paid maternity and paternity leave. Continued learning and development. Strong support for internal career progression. An established work-winning team with experienced colleagues around you. A wider range of employee benefits. For an experienced Bid Coordinator, this is a chance to bring your skills into a large, established contractor where work winning is a key business function and there is genuine scope to build a longer-term career

Are you a highly organised HR professional looking for a varied role where no two days are the same? Do you enjoy working with people and want to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team? We're delighted to be partnering with a fantastic local employer to recruit an HR Coordinator to join their busy HR function. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your HR experience, gain exposure across the full employee lifecycle, and play a key role in supporting both employees and managers. The Role As a trusted member of the HR team, you'll help keep HR operations running smoothly while delivering a positive employee experience throughout the business. Key responsibilities include: Supporting recruitment activities, including advertising vacancies, screening applications and coordinating interviews Preparing contracts, offer letters and new starter documentation Maintaining accurate employee records and HR systems (HRIS) Completing right-to-work checks and reference requests Supporting payroll with employee changes and updates Producing HR reports on absence, starters, leavers and compliance Assisting with employee relations and absence management processes Supporting learning and development records, HR projects and wider team initiatives What's on Offer? ✅ Hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in the Plymouth office) ✅ Free on-site parking ✅ Flexible working pattern of 37 hours one week and 30 hours the next ✅ Exposure to all aspects of HR within a collaborative environment ✅ A varied role with opportunities to develop your HR knowledge and skills About You We're looking for someone who: Has previous HR administration or coordination experience Possesses excellent organisation skills and a keen eye for detail Is confident using Microsoft Office and HR systems Holds (or is working towards) CIPD Level 3 or above Why Apply? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a welcoming organisation where you'll be trusted with meaningful responsibilities, gain exposure across multiple HR disciplines, and continue developing your career in a supportive environment. Interested? Apply today or contact Chelsea Goodman at Pertemps Devon & Cornwall for a confidential discussion and further information