Business Development Analyst

**Bridge Barn Consulting Inc.**

**Business Development Analyst**

$33.00/ hour - Full-Time (40 hours/ week)

Work ‘from Home’, Squamish, B.C.

Bridge Barn Consulting Inc. works primarily with First Nations communities and organizations in a variety of capacities including: health centre evaluation & planning, accreditation preparation, policy & procedure development, education & training, facilitation, coaching and special project management.

Our job at Bridge Barn Consulting Inc. is to “lift up” and empower our clients.

**Job Duties**

**In partnership with the Managing Director, assists with the development and execution of the following deliverables.**

**Business Planning & Growth**
- Develops, carries out and tracks progress towards achieving targets identified in business plans.
- Seeks out and pursues qualified business opportunities on behalf of Bridge Barn Consulting.
- Conducts environmental scans, risk assessments and develops risk control plans together with the Managing Director and the service delivery team.
- Develops summary reports based on business activities.
- Conducts gap analysis to identify new positions to support organizational growth.

**Marketing & Communications**
- Develops an annual marketing and communications plan (including social media).
- Leads and carries out the marketing and communications plan (includes managing social media platforms and the website).
- Drafts marketing, communications, and social media materials, working with graphic designers and print shops (where appropriate).
- Represents Bridge Barn Consulting at business and networking events.
- Shares, promotes, and distributes information about Bridge Barn Consulting.

**Business Operations**
- Researches and presents infrastructure options to support efficient and effective business operations and service delivery.
- Works with the team to learn and optimize new and existing business and service delivery infrastructure to maximize efficiencies and support organizational growth.
- Explores opportunities to incorporate artificial intelligence to support business and service delivery infrastructure.
- Develops Standard Operating Procedures for business-related activities and supports the consulting team to develop Standard Operating Procedures for service delivery.
- Supports projects leads to ensure project management and change management tools are used to manage service delivery projects.
- Utilizes change management methods and approaches to support change initiatives.
- Purchases equipment, hardware, and software as approved by the Managing Director.

**Team Support**
- Organizes and documents team meetings.
- Follows up with team members on items generated from team meetings.
- Develops and revises job descriptions together with the Managing Director.
- Develops and manages job postings and shortlists applicants based on set criteria.
- Participates with the interview process as requested.
- Supports the orientation of new staff and ensures onboarding documentation is complete.
- Seeks out qualified contracted service providers that may be considered to provide business support.
- May support the service delivery team with revenue generating activities in areas of business expertise as appropriate (e.g., strategic planning sessions).

**Other**
- May be assigned special development opportunities and projects as needed.

**Education, Skills & Abilities and Experience**

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree required or Master’s degree preferrable in business management.
- Project Management Certification.
- Change Management Certification.

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients, colleagues and business partners.
- Ability to work effectively with First Nations and Indigenous peoples and communities.
- Ability to use a trauma informed/ culturally safe approach when working with clients, colleagues and business partners.
- Demonstrated personal attributes of humility, genuine care and concern.
- Ability to adapt plans at short notice (flexibility).
- Ability to focus on quality.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work with and maintain the privacy and security of personal and business information learned in the course of employment.

Interest in learning aspects of recruitment.
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive.

**Experience**:

- 5+ years of business growth and development experience.
- 5+ years of project management experience.
- 5+ years of change management experience.
- 5 + years developing business infrastructure to maximize operational efficiencies.
- 8 + years of total professional experience working in the small business industry or start-up experience.
- Experience working with First Nations and Indigenous peoples and commun