Junior Assistant to Business Development Department

Job Description – Junior Assistant to Business Development Department

Position Title: Business Development Assistant

Languages Required: Turkish (fluent), English (fluent),

Location: Ankara (full-time)

Position Overview;

Business Development Assistant is a supporting junior-level administrative role designed to assist the Business Development (BD) team with daily operations, research, coordination, and early-stage commercial activities.

The position requires organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a multilingual environment.

(Only applications from relevant candidates (beginner & entry level) will be considered)

Key Responsibilities

• Support to daily administrative operations of the Business Development Department
• Support to tracking, preparing and applying for international financial institutions’ (IFIs) tenders, calls and project opportunities of the Business Development Department
• Support to monitoring international financial institutions (IFI) and other public platforms for opening tenders and project opportunities to spport the commercial pipeline of the company
• Announcing the relevant tenders, calls and project opportunities within the company’s internal communication systems in a timely manner
• Support to coordinating and circulating internal communication of business development department to other departments and do the follow-ups
• Support to maintaining and updating internal tracking systems of the company for multiple and parallel tenders and works across the departments
• Support to preparation and compilation of administrative documents required for tender, expression of interest (EOI), and proposal submissions
• Support to printing application dossiers, quality controls of the final formats (soft & hard copy) of the documentation to complete submission
• Support to organizing meetings, preparing simple agendas, note-taking and post-meeting action tracking
• Support to stakeholder management including positive and consistent communication.

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, International Relation, Faculty of Letters/Languages or related fields

Experience

Experience in full‑cycle recruitment (entry level – max 2 year experienced candidates)

Languages

• English – fluent

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Use of Microsoft Teams and other similar platforms
• General knowledge of digital tools (Trello, Slack, Jira, Asana etc.)

Competencies

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail
• High level of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Team-oriented, proactive, and able to work independently.