Age UK Ealing is looking to recruit a new and permanent Business Support Manager.

This is an exciting time for us and we are in the process of developing our Strategic Plan for the next 5 years 2020-25.

Reporting to the CEO, the Business Support Manager will be responsible for providing high quality central functions using business partnering approach. The post will support the charity to successfully deliver the new 5-year plan.

Age UK Ealing has highly motivated staff and volunteers with passion for supporting older people through our services, and an experienced, diverse board of trustees.

We are looking for someone who is confident, with excellent IT skills, good commercial judgement and a balanced mix of strategic and operational mind-set.

To apply for this position, please send your CV together with a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for this role.

Closing date: Wednesday 23rd October 2019

Interviews: Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st October 2019

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

Age UK Ealing strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer. Age UK Ealing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of older people and all vulnerable groups within the London Borough of Ealing, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Business Development and Account Management Officer

• Salary: £28,458 (inclusive of ILW)
• Location: London, SE1

About you

We are seeking a dynamic professional to actively engage with existing and prospective clients. This role sits within the Business, Development and Innovation directorate which is responsible for Carers UK’s digital products and services for employers and local authority commissioners and service providers. 

Key aims of the Post

• To support the Business Development and Innovation team to develop, deliver and grow its earned income activities.

• To liaise with and provide support to existing clients, grow client prospects and assist relationship building through active client engagement.

  Main tasks

• Carry out prospects research to assist in new business development;

• Attend business meetings;

• Work closely with the Client Services team to retain and increase client engagement;

• Ongoing client servicing / managing client accounts;

About us

Carers UK is the national membership charity for the 6.5 million people in the UK who are unpaid carers – and whose care is valued at a staggering £132 billion per year. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and ambitious professional with a proven track record of making a difference.

To find out more about this opportunity please see the recruitment pack and the right hand side of this advert or visit the Carers UK website.

Please email your CV, cover letter and monitoring form to the email address in the  recruitment pack.

Closing date: 8 November 2019 10am

Interviews: w/c 11 November 2019

Please send in your application as soon as possible. Carers UK reserves the right to appoint at any stage, should an outstanding candidate emerge.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: London (Prince’s Trust House)

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

In this exciting and varied role, your responsibilities will be split between driving and co-ordinating the team’s charity of the year pipeline (all sectors) and developing strategic partnerships across diverse sectors including Technology, Creative Industries and Financial Services. You will be focusing on securing income from all available streams, including donations, sponsorship, cause-related marketing and employee fundraising.

You will have an income target of £250k+ and support a wider Business Development team target of circa £3m. You will develop pitches and proposals working alongside the Head of Business Development. Together, you will harness the skills and networks of Prince's Trust Senior Volunteer Groups and other key stakeholders alongside targeted prospecting techniques to meet your objectives.

Excellent relationship management skills will be second nature to you, with the ability to relate to people at all levels within potential corporate partners as well as within The Prince's Trust.  You will be organised and a strong project manager, confident in solving problems and securing financial targets, and take a creative approach where needed.

With a proven track record of securing charity partnerships you will have a good understanding of both the corporate responsibility agenda and the needs of business.

You will be joining an organisation committed to being the best for young people, our supporters and our staff. Training and support will help optimise your own development alongside the rich and diverse nature of this role.

Your passion and commitment to the cause will be critical to your success in the role, as will your ability to articulate with great confidence, the huge impact that The Prince’s Trust has on those that it serves.

Closing date for applications: midnight 22nd October 2019.  First interviews will be held at Prince’s Trust House in London on either 29th October, 31st October or 1st November. Final interviews will be held w/c 4th November 2019.

To learn more about the role, please visit our website.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: London (Prince’s Trust House)

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

In this exciting and varied role, you will be responsible for driving forward the corporate new business strategy across diverse sectors including Financial Services, Technology, Media, Travel and Pharmaceutical. Building on recent successes, you will be responsible for developing some of the largest, most exciting partnerships at The Trust.

You will have an income target of £500k+ and support a wider Business Development team target of circa £3m. You will have line management responsibility for 1 Business Development Executive and work closely with the Head of Business Development to create and implement the team strategy.

In this role you will get the opportunity to work closely with our amazing senior volunteers and leadership groups, who advise and open their networks to build the biggest and best partnerships for The Trust. Alongside targeting prospecting techniques, you will have strong influencing skills to harness their support to meet your objectives.

Excellent relationship management skills will be second nature to you, with the ability to relate to people at all levels within potential corporate partners as well as within The Prince's Trust.  You will be organised and a strong project manager, confident in solving problems and securing financial targets. You will be positively encouraged to take a creative approach, building collaborative relationships with colleagues to create the richest proposals for prospects.

With a proven track record of securing six-figure strategic charity partnerships you will have an excellent understanding of both the corporate responsibility agenda and the needs of business.

You will be joining an organisation committed to being the best for young people, our supporters and our staff. Training and support will help optimise your own development alongside the rich and diverse nature of this role and The Trust’s commitment to innovation and thought leadership.

Your passion and commitment to the cause will be critical to your success in the role, as will your ability to articulate with great confidence, the huge impact that The Prince’s Trust has on those that it serves.

Closing date for applications: midnight 22nd October 2019.  First interviews will be held at Prince’s Trust House in London on either 29th October, 31st October or 1st November. Final interviews will be held w/c 4th November 2019.

To learn more about the role, please visit our website.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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About Worcester Community Trust

Worcester Community Trust is a registered charity that runs six community centres in the City of Worcester providing crucial facilities for community use, activities & services empowering people of all ages. We deliver a wide range of services that make a difference to the daily lives of people in our communities including the socially isolated, the lonely, victims of domestic abuse and the wider community.

We support people into work with construction skills training in our fantastic facility - The Building Block.

We aim to be at the centre of thriving communities and for our centres to be the hub of community activity to achieve our vision of Bringing People Together.

This is your opportunity to be part of a dynamic team helping the Trust achieve ambitious plans for growth.  

We are looking for a Business Development Manager.

This is a crucial and exciting post within Worcester Community Trust. We are looking for an experienced and dynamic professional, able to use their expertise, strategic knowledge and business development skills to effect change for people facing social exclusion and deprivation. You will oversee income generation through both partnerships, commercial development, grants fundraising, events and social enterprise.

You will be an excellent oral and written communicator, able to write promptly and persuasively for a variety of audiences, notably for both grant proposals and commercial bids. You will also enjoy building working relationships with donors, clients, partners and, of course, across the team.

The role can be fast paced: you will be motivated by and respond well to deadlines. In return, you will have autonomy, a varied working week and real opportunity to shape Worcester Community Trusts direction and to contribute to its ongoing sustainability.

Visit our website where you will find a full job description, person specification and application form.

Application forms must be completed and sent through to Cathy in our HR department by noon on Friday 25th October. Interviews for this post will be held on 7th November 2019.

£28,500 - £32,500 inclusive of car allowance + Excellent Benefits

Are you sales professional ready to help us beat cancer? We are looking for someone who is bright, flexible and hard working to join our South Wales team with fundraising, new business and acquisition.

At Cancer Research UK, our pioneering research has helped double survival rates in the last 40 years but there is much more that we want to do. Our Fundraising Managers inspire and engage with our communities to enable us raise the funds we need to continue this life saving research. We now have an amazing opportunity for you to join us working for the UK’s leading cancer charity whose science holds the solution!

We are looking for an ambitious, confident and engaging natural fundraiser based in areas around South Wales to...

• Recruit, manage, and support volunteer fundraisers within the community, helping them to reach their fundraising potential

• Identify and develop new relationships with corporate supporters, fundraising groups and high potential individuals

• Inspire and bring out the best in our supporters, corporate partnerships and fundraising groups, engaging them with Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work over the long term

• Enable our supporters to achieve their ambitious fundraising goals

• Be an ambassador for CRUK in the community, working with colleagues and volunteers to unlock new opportunities.

We’re a team that combines experience from the private, public and third sector so we would like you to join us with...

• Proven experience of exceeding targets and working to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Previous experience of managing charity fundraisers

• Excellent ability to motivate, inspire and influence people​

• Strong networking skills and proven ability to build long-lasting relationships

• Proven ability to track and report on income

• Flexibility and willingness to travel where needed to support events.

We want you to help us build great relationships with our supporters and to help them achieve their fundraising ambitions, allowing us to grow our department’s annual income of over £42 million.

This is a rewarding and fast-paced role, in a regional home-based team. No two days will be the same as you’ll be working with individuals, groups and corporate's, supporting them with their fundraising ambitions. The regional team is part of a growing national team, offering brilliant career development opportunities for talented individuals.

What else?

We value the hard work our staff put in and therefore offer fabulous benefits to ensure your employment with us the best it can be:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and half days on Christmas Eve
• Dedicated regional learning and development teams to support you
• 12% employer contribution towards your pension available!
• Much more!

Please see the following link for a full role profile:

Please note this role is known internally as 'Local Fundraising Manager'.

Closing date: 22nd October 2019, 23:55

Corporate Partnerships & Business Development Manager

£34,329 pa plus excellent benefits

London WC1

35 hours per week, full-time

Permanent

With its mission to transform child health through knowledge, innovation and expertise, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health sets and maintains standards for the education and training of all doctors working in paediatrics and child health in the UK.

The College’s reach is global as it advocates on child health issues at home and internationally and supports nation-wide child health programmes in developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The College is looking to recruit an exceptional Corporate Partnerships and Business Development Manager to play a key role in generating exhibition and sponsorship sales for our major events, with a focus on our flagship Annual Conference which attracts organisations from the UK and across the globe.

This is an exciting and unique position in which you will offer and contribute new ideas to build on the success of previous Annual Conferences with the aim of maximising sales income.

Working within the Membership and Development Division, you will also work with the Head of Corporate Partnerships to deliver a new corporate engagement strategy aimed at developing a diverse portfolio of corporate partnerships.

This will involve creative and collaborative close working with teams across the College to identify and develop innovative sponsorship and partnership opportunities related to the College activities and programmes.

Commercially-minded with strong business acumen, you will be comfortable with income growth targets and other key performance indicators and have experience of generating exhibition sales and sponsorship with a background in business development and corporate partnerships.

Capable of working under pressure and to time constraints you will have the ability to create and present sales pitches and business proposals in a fluent and persuasive manner to a range of people at all levels.

With excellent relationship development skills, you will be comfortable developing a dynamic prospect pipeline and directly contacting and meeting new prospective partners and developing and managing long lasting partnerships within the corporate sector.

The RCPCH has more than 19,000 members and fellows and employs around 160 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have smaller offices in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

To apply please fill in an application form and optional equal opportunity form. We do not accept CVs.

Closing date: Monday 28 October 2019, 09:00

Interviews: Wednesday 6 November 2019.

Business Development Officer
Birmingham, West Midlands

The role

The Vegan Trademark registers tens of thousands of vegan products a year and we are looking for three people to join the busy team and help us register even more vegan products.

The role supports the Trademark team, working closely with some of the leading manufacturers across the UK and around the world and actively promoting The Vegan Society’s Trademark. The role will be working to strict deadlines and targets to ensure client expectations are met, managing the client relationship and administering all elements of Trademark product checking, applications, renewals and queries.

What we offer

- A fun and supportive team
- A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
- Flexible working hours
- Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Childcare vouchers scheme
- Animal companion compassionate leave
- Ethical pension scheme
- 28 days’ leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days’ annual leave & 3 closure days)
- Central Birmingham office location

Salary and hours

This is full time (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £24,799 per annum.

How to apply

The application deadline is 9am Wednesday 13th November 2019. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 27th November 2019.

CVs cannot be accepted. No agencies

To apply for the role of Business Development Officer, please apply via the button shown. 

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Other organisations may call this role Sales Support Executive, Sales Support Co-ordinator, Junior Sales Rep, Junior Trademark Sales Representative, Junior Sales Representative, or Trademark Advisor.

Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months (with the possibility of an extension)

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any of our Trust offices

Joining a growing development team, reporting to the Senior Head of Digital Technology, the Senior Developer will play a vital role in building our innovative digital products. Working closely with the Innovation team, testers and product owners,the Senior Developer will ensure that both his own code and the code of their developers is of high quality and fit-for purpose.

The core aim of the Digital Products team is to provide users internal and external to the Trust with the software they need to work as effectively as possible.Improving user satisfaction and reliability of our software is critical if we are to achieve the objectives of the Trust. The Senior Developer will work to ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions.

The digital teams appreciate the value of Agile product delivery and the Senior Developer should be comfortable in this environment while providing coaching and guidance to members of their team. In practice, this means building products, working closely with other members of the digital products team, solving problems, peer reviewing code and writing unit tests where required.

A degree in computer science or other related field coupled with proven experience of working in similar digital product environments. A good working knowledge of HTML/CSS JavaScript (jQuery) Ajax and LAMP stack.

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

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No two days are ever the same at Precious Homes, but every day is rewarding and fun.  You will be working in a fantastic environment and as part of a highly skilled and motivated team delivering a quality service.

The ideal person will have experience in healthcare sales, sourcing referrals for placements and promoting our services to social workers, commissioners and families. The role also requires a level of marketing including assisting with brochure creation, social media and updating our web content to keep it current. You will ideally come with an outstanding network of contacts to enhance our portfolio of referrals. The role will include: 

• Developing relationships with social workers, commissioners, healthcare stakeholders and families to generate new referrals and business development opportunities.
• Engaging with referrals to help prospective clients learn more about Precious Homes services and win repeat business.
• Promoting and securing placements for our services.
• Using your extensive knowledge and experience of the industry, you’ll develop an effective business development strategy, identify opportunities and win new referrals and tenders.
• Pro-actively generating new leads and following up on existing ones. 
• Contributing to invitations to tender and preparing of proposals and presentations to clients.
• Updating marketing brochures, web content and social media. 
• Conducting marketing analysis on competitors and market research.

What we need from you:

• Experience in sales and the health and social care industry. You might be a healthcare worker with sales experience, a practitioner or have a general business development background.
• 2+ years’ experience in business development and/or sales related roles.
• You will have a passion for care and understand the importance of Person Centred Support.
• You will have an entrepreneurial flair and a strong commercial understanding, with a proven track record in identifying and winning business and developing sustainable client relationships with senior stakeholders in B2B environment.
• You’re a skilled, authentic communicator with excellent verbal, written, telephone and IT skills; able to build trust and deliver compelling business cases to senior stakeholders.
• You must be have excellent English speaking, writing and communication skills to be successful in your application. This role includes a significant amount of telephone and email work.
• A can-do and agile attitude necessary to thrive in this environment.
• You’re able to work independently, but with a collaborative, team-centred style.
• All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Autism & Learning Disabilities Sector

Would you like to work in a fast-paced, fun and rapidly growing company that makes a difference in people's lives? Join our dynamic team in North London. 

We're looking for someone with experience in sales and the health and social care industry to join us on our mission to deliver high quality, person-centred support for people with complex needs including learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, mental health issues and physical disabilities.

With 2+ years of experience in sales and the health and social care industry, you’ll be skilled at developing relationships with social workers, commissioners, healthcare stakeholders and families to generate new referrals and business development opportunities. 

This growing medical charity based in North London with good transport links, is recruiting for a Senior New Business Manager to join its growing and successful team. Having increased income by over £10million over the past 10 years, the charity is growing and this is a new role for the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop new business for a charity with huge potential, and for you to secure some prominent, valuable partnerships. Working within a charity consistently recognised as being a great place to work, the Senior New Business Manager will be a valued and core member of the fundraising team.

Providing a vital lifeline for many people each year, this charity has lots of potential for corporate partners, and is ready to really forge ahead and generate new partnerships across CRM, strategic partnerships, and COTY. Working within a supportive, experienced, and collaborative team the key responsibilities within this role are as follows:

* To identify and win new corporate partnerships for the charity - across strategic, commercial, sponsorship and COTY - ensuring income and high value opportunities are maximised
* Line manage a New Business Manager and support their approach to securing new corporate supporters in line with the team strategy
* Deliver against personal income targets
* Proactively build a strong and robust new business pipeline of long-term high value prospects
* Prepare and deliver successful pitches; prepare and submit persuasive written proposals; conduct negotiations and finalise contracts covering multi-year, sponsorship and CRM

The successful applicant will have a demonstrable track record of delivering five and six figure partnerships; the ability to build strong relationships internally as well as externally; and the drive and enthusiasm to deliver on personal income targets.

If you'd like to be considered for this role please send your CV to or call on 020 7939 7448 to have an initial chat about the position.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Please note, due to the number of applications we receive we aren't always able to respond to unsuccessful candidates.

Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Business Development to be based at our Head Office in Cheadle, Greater Manchester. You will join us on a full time basis as part of an initial 1 year fixed term contract (with a view to progressing onto permanent contract) and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £40-45k per annum.

Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide.

This is a new and exciting position at Human Appeal, where the successful candidate will be responsible for setting the Business Development strategy and developing a Business Development team to maximise and ensure year on year growth. The Head of Business Development will essentially act as a bridge between the Programmes and Fundraising departments by creating and developing new initiatives, projects and fundraising products to secure new institutional, corporate and major donor fundraising partnerships.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Head of Business Development:

- To work with the CEO and Board of Directors to identify and implement a strategy for key income streams for Human Appeal including but not limited to; Institutional donors, Corporate partners, High net worth donors

- To work with staff from across the organisation to research, identify and create exciting funding opportunities from the wide range of existing, and future, projects and programmes

- To play an active role in the strategic development of Human Appeal as a member of the Senior Management Team

- To meet annual targets, ensuring year on year income growth, and effectively manage the Business Development budget

Benefits of joining us as our Head of Business Development:

- 35 Days Annual Leave

- Matched Pension Contribution

- Flexible Working

- Employee Discounts and Memberships

What we’re looking for in our Head of Business Development:

- Degree-educated in a relevant field, e.g. International Development, Business Development, Marketing

- Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a similar role (Business Development / Fundraising / Programmes / Communications) at an NGO

- Minimum of 6 years’ experience as a Manager, with demonstrable leadership skills

- Excellent written and spoken English. Additional languages e.g. Arabic, Urdu desirable

- Highly creative, organised and results-focussed, with an ability to multitask, manage a busy workload and deliver against objectives

- Passionate about international development work and humanitarian aid

This would be the ideal role for an Experienced Business Development Professional looking to make a difference in the Charity Sector, or for a Senior Charity Programmes or Fundraising Professional looking to further their career! 

We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success please click ‘apply’ today to become our Head of Business Development – we would love to hear from you.

A Little Bit About Human Appeal…

What our CEO Says:

“We are faith-based but not faith-specific. We have faith in all of humanity and believe we can achieve great things when we work together. So, come and be part of a dynamic global charity where we celebrate our differences, as well as our common humanity”

Dr. Mohamed Ashmawey

What We Have Achieved So Far This Year:

- We have provided emergency aid to 10,770 of the most vulnerable people across Yemen

- We have supported 1,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

- We have provided 300 refugee families in Jordan with essential winter aid

- We have helped 36,643 people to have enough food to break their fast during Ramadan

- We have collected and distributed 21,124 coats to the homeless in the UK

- We have provided 258 families with emergency food packs in Manchester

COME AND JOIN THE FAMILY – click ‘apply’ today!

Flexible location 

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We're looking for a Business Development Research Manager to support the department's activities across a number of markets, in line with our organisational priorities. This includes analysis of funding flows, due diligence competition, and understanding the political environment.

Reporting to a Head of Business Development, you will manage a small team, supporting the department to fully understand the markets it operates in, and carrying out a range of research and support functions. You will be someone with an ability to lead a team, embed a high-performing culture and ensure tangible results.

Closing date: 11/11/2019

Interview date: tbc

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

New Business Manager
Based in our Vauxhall or Dudley offices

About Us

Rethink Mental Illness is a national charity that helps those affected by mental illness. We aim to challenge attitudes and change lives. Currently, we directly support almost 60,000 people every year across England, helping them through crises, to live independently and to realise they are not alone.

We are now looking for a New Business Manager to join our Vauxhall, London or Dudley, West Midlands offices and produce compelling bids to generate income for our charity.

Your Benefits 

- Salary of £35,734 - £39,295 (plus £3,285 London Weighting if London-based)
- Pension scheme
- 33 days’ holiday per annum including Bank Holidays
- “Your Rethink Day” – an additional day of leave for your birthday
- Flexible working opportunities
- Employee assistance programme
- Paid eye test plus up to £55 towards new glasses or lenses (where appropriate)
- Career development opportunities 
- The chance to make a real difference

If you are an experienced bid writing professional looking to give something back, this is an incredible opportunity to support a charity that is tackling mental health discrimination. 

You will have the chance to play an integral role in our ongoing commercial success while increasing your knowledge of the mental health and social care sectors. 

What’s more, we are passionate about investing in our people and offer an excellent range of development opportunities, making this the ideal role in which to progress your career within the charity sector.

Your Role

As the New Business Manager, you will write high-quality bids and tenders to win and retain contracts. 

Supporting a range of business development activities, you will: 

- Project manage the end-to-end bid development process 
- Ensure that tenders meet commissioners’ requirements 
- Work with colleagues to create initial budget and service models for use in bids
- Review and edit proposals
- Carry out competitor research 
- Support the success of services by providing an accurate handover of the successful tender 

About You

To join us as a New Business Manager, you will need: 

- Experience of generating income through writing successful, competitive bids 
- Knowledge of the commissioning environment and current legislation
- An understanding of project management approaches
- Strong numeracy skills and the ability to construct budgets 
- Excellent IT skills, including proficiency in MS Office
- The ability to analyse complex tender documents to understand commissioners’ needs
- A degree level qualification (or equivalent) 

Experience of working in the mental health, healthcare or social care sectors would be beneficial.

Other organisations may call this role Bid Manager, Tender Manager, Bid & Tender Manager, Proposals Manager, Business Development Manager, BDM, New Business Development Manager, or Senior Bid Writer.

Webrecruit and Rethink Mental Illness are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you think you could thrive as our New Business Manager, search your desired role via the button shown and apply. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week