Business Development Specialist FTC

Spire Southampton Hospital are recruiting for a Hub Business Development Executive to work along-side the Hospital Director, Hospital SMT, Central marketing team and Hospital Business Development Manager. The role of the Hub Business Development Executive will be to provide a range of support functions across the business development landscape focussed on marketing, sales and engagement. The role will support the local growth strategy and business development plans as well as supporting in the design and execution of the group marketing strategy. You will work across both Southampton & Portsmouth sites.

Spire Southampton Hospital offers world-class care, attracting patients from across the South of England and internationally. We deliver some of the best cardiac surgery results in the country. Our Critical Care department and multidisciplinary team offer you peace of mind for our wide range of treatments.

• →Support the Business Development Director to deliver business development initiatives, education, patient events and communications on time and in line with Hub growth plans
• →Support the Business Development Director in identifying and delivering emerging opportunities in line with the Hub growth strategy, including engaging with Consultants to promote and develop their practice
• →Work with the Business Development Director and Hospital Business Development Manager to promote and developing new services conforming to Spire guidelines.
• →Line manage the Business development assistant (Where applicable) to support in the delivery of the hub based activity 
• →Be the subject matter expert on specific projects or initiatives representing the Hub and the Division as an SME Provide support in the organisation and operational management of on and off-site events including some evening/weekend work as necessary
• →Act as a brand guardian by holding a good knowledge of our brand identity and having an eye for consistency when viewing materials at hub sites.
• →Identify and assess local media / promotional opportunities within the community.
• →Deliver local marketing initiatives (based on above opportunities) across a variety of channels to drive effective activation within the community, complementing the national marketing campaigns run by the central marketing team.
• →To operate within an approved framework for the execution of our online review and moderation strategy 
• →To support community engagement and moderation of our online social media audiences through agreed framework and process with central social media team

• Competent user of MS Office
• Understanding of the different marketing channels
• Exceptional written skills and a keen eye for detail
• Experience of writing compelling copy for a variety of mediums 
• Excellent proof-reading skills
• Commercial awareness
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken
• Proactive, enthusiastic self-starter with the ability to work unsupervised and as part of the Hub team
• Strong prioritisation and time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.