What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Development Coordinator position at Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan?
Business Development Support
- Maintains and updates the business development SharePoint site for consistency and accuracy
- Monitors requests and data received from internal stakeholders related to business development activities and routes accordingly
- Works with Business Development Manager to implement identified strategies and priorities.
- Coordinates business development activities including Request for Proposal (“RFP”), fee benchmarking, benefit comparisons, and retention proposals. This includes coordinating with interested stakeholder, gathering required data, and compiling responses that meet MERS communication standards
- Tracks business development activities to monitor success and identify areas of improvement
- Analyzes market trends and competitor activities to identify opportunities for growth
- Supports sales activities such as the development of advertising/promotional campaigns
Legislative Support
- Tracks and summarizes bills from the Michigan house and senate and provides details to Governmental Affairs Director
- Creates new legislator profiles to help the legislators understand who has MERS in their own district
- Creates and updates legislative candidate bios to identify potential connections with MERS
Customer Support
- Fosters strong working relationships with internal and external teams to facilitate successful delivery of programs and initiatives
- Works in partnership with functional areas concerning plans, activities, projected and other work-related activities
- Coordinates with external vendors based to collect data and materials used to support business development activities
Other
- Continually update the Business Development Manager concerning all plans, activities, projects, and other work-related activities
- Participates in special projects as required, and other duties as assigned
- Participates in meetings, conferences, and training seminars as required
Knowledge of:
- Public sector retirement plans, including finance and investment concepts
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Skill in:
- Planning and organization
- Attention to detail
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Oral and written communication, along with strong listening and collaboration skills
Ability to:
- Handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with a high level of service orientation.
- Be self-motivated and work independently with little supervision.
- Be highly flexible and adaptable to an ever-changing environment.
- Follow up and follow through with clients.
- Maintain a professional demeanor.
- Actively listen to customer concerns
- Maintain high personal standards and personal integrity.
- Be free and clear of any convictions under the Office of Inspector General Exclusions List, not as a condition of employment, but as an obligation to a partner organization
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform successfully the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.
Working Conditions
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Location: All work of this position will be performed on site at MERS main office or remote work location.
- Weather: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions.
- Noise: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
