Our jobs column this week showcases a couple of openings in New Brunswick – a Business Development Officer at the law firm McInnes Cooper, and a Web Developer at the recruiting software maker Alongside.
McInnes Cooper is among the 20 largest business law firms in Canada. With nearly 200 lawyers and 300 professional resources, it provides legal and business services to industry-leading clients from six offices – Halifax, St. John’s, Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, and Charlottetown.
Alongside (formerly Qimple) is an HR tech company working to improve the way people and companies discover each other. It gets that sourcing great talent can be extremely difficult and a huge time commitment, and its online solutions strive to simplify the process. Alongside is Entrevestor’s partner in the Entrevestor Job Board.
The Jobs of the Week column features openings posted on the Entrevestor Job Board, which focuses on jobs in technology, innovation and startups in Atlantic Canada. The Entrevestor Job Board helps match job openings and candidates in the tech and start-up communities.
New Brunswick
McInnes Cooper
At McInnes Cooper, the Business Development Manager’s primary objective will be to develop new business within New Brunswick by executing tactics within the firm’s revenue growth strategy. The successful candidate will do this by using industry-specific knowledge and research to develop and connect with prospective clients. He or she will respond to requests for proposals, represent the firm at industry and community events and facilitate client events. The position calls for supporting individual lawyers as they establish new clients and gain new work from existing clients.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of seven years of proven success in B2B business development, preferably from a corporate environment. The candidate will require solid verbal and written communications, interpersonal and business research skills. The firm requires a natural relationship-builder – a person with the ability to forge strong connections with clients and lawyers. The candidate will have a degree in business with a marketing related concentration, above average technical proficiency, and comfort with travel.
Moncton
Alongside
Alongside is looking for an intermediate-level web developer with a thirst for professional and personal growth. Working in the company’s newly renovated office at Botsford Station, the successful candidate will work on a solution to hiring processes that are increasingly impersonal, competitive, time-consuming and expensive. The company is building the world's most intuitive end-to-end recruitment solution. Alongside optimizes and distributes job opportunities based on a business' budget, geography, and industry - maximizing the number of applicants they get. The web developer will work closely with the company’s other devs, designer, and product manager. Alongside is looking for someone with five years’ experience in a similar role. You can find the list of technical qualifications in the job posting.
