Business Development & Membership Executive, Beijing, CBBC China

Location: Beijing
Line Managed By: Senior Director, Business Development, CBBC China
Package: Competitive salary range between RMB 8,500 – RMB9,000 based on matched

qualification and experiences

China-Britain Business Council
The China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) is the leading organisation helping UK companies of all sizes and sectors, whether new entrants or established operations. CBBC has worked with China for over 60 years and our team has extensive experience of doing business there. We offer practical in-market assistance, services, industry initiatives and a membership programme delivering access, seminars, and networking through our network of 13 locations in China and 11 in the UK.

CBBC works closely with a range of partners across the UK and China, including the UK Department for International Trade (DIT). For more information about us, please visit our website at www.cbbc.org.

Overview:
As Business Development & Membership Executive, CBBC China; you will be responsible for
playing a key role in the delivery of value and impact for our membership in China. By working
with all teams across the CBBC, you will be expected to support development and execution
of a comprehensive membership programme, seeking opportunities within our programme to
advance the interests of our members. You will also play a key role in how we communicate
with our members - promoting our events and activities, reporting on impact, monitoring and
evaluating member needs and supporting the positioning of CBBC within the UK China

business community.

Key Responsibilities:

Membership Programme Delivery

• Support the Senior Director (Business Development) and wider China team to deliver
the CBBC’s membership programme of events and initiatives in Beijing – ensuring
strong impact, community engagement and value for money to our membership.
• Work closely with the other members of the business development, sector and public
affairs teams in the UK and China to ensure consistent engagement of key
stakeholders from our membership network.
• Work with Senior Directors and Sector Leads to identify targeted opportunities within
the membership programme that will benefit member interests – e.g.: events, cobranded
reports, joint programmes, webinars etc.)
• Develop and deliver CBBC member activities together with the Events team and
ensure consistency joined up approach with our member event programmes in East,
West & South China.
• Support the Trade Policy and IP team to ensure Beijing members are being engaged
and involved in CBBC’s trade policy and market access work.
• Handle enquiries from members and potential members relating to membership
matters in Beijing.
• Manage / monitor CBBC’s list of key contacts at member companies in Beijing

ensuring that Civi is updated

Business Development
• Support teams with developing sponsorship and advertising opportunities for members which:
a) Add value to our member company objectives;
b) Support the commercial goals of the CBBC;
• This would entail both supporting with packaging our offer and managing implementation for sponsors of CBBC’s major events in Beijing, advertising on the website, focus magazine and digital channels.
• Support CBBC’s Launchpad Director with handling new enquiries. Marketing & Communications
• Work closely with CBBC’s marketing and communications team to deliver a proactive integration of our membership programme to our stakeholder communications strategy.
• Ensure that our membership programme activities are promoted and impact is communicated effectively across our channels (newsletter, FOCUS magazine and CBBC owned social media).

• Coordinating information collection from our members for CBBC’s newsletters, FOCUS magazine and other marketing channels.

Job Requirements
Our ideal candidate will be energetic, highly motivated, IT literate, an excellent organiser and

communicator, an active listener and a team player with a proven ability to work independently.

Specific requirements for the role are as follows:
• Business development and sales experience is desirable.
• Membership organisation experience is desirable
• Strong communication and relationship building skills.
• Willingness to face clients and answer their enquiries
• Self-motivated with a proactive attitude towards problem-solving and responding positively to change
• Ability to think laterally and see the bigger picture from membership activities
• Good command of both written and spoken English – Chinese language skills desirable
• A fundamental understanding of marketing and communications
• Ability to analyse data and identify and manage risks
• Excellent IT skills – competency in office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• At least 1-3 years’ working experience in an international environment

• Bachelor’s degree or above

Key Relationships (External)

• CBBC’s network of members from both UK and Chinese business communities

Key Relationships (Internal)
• Senior Director: Business Development (China)
• Business Development & Membership Teams (UK & China)
• China Management Team
• Sector Leads
• Director Launchpad Service
• Assistant Director, Events (China)

• Marketing & Communications Managers (China & UK)

Interested candidates are invited to send a letter explaining how your personality and experience meet our requirements together with detailed CV in both English and Chinese, an indication of your current salary to the following email address:

membershipBJ20195@cbbc.org.cn

We regret that only short listed candidates will be notified and that applicants who fail to provide

a covering letter will not be considered.

The closing date for applications is 9th June, 2019.

Telephone enquiries and personal visits will NOT be accepted.