Claremont Fan Court School is seeking an experienced development professional with a proven track record of success. This role offers a great opportunity to build the development function in a school which is currently experiencing an exciting period of change and growth.

Set in 100 acres of the historic grounds of the Claremont Estate, Claremont Fan Court offers a first rate education and excellent pastoral care to 950 girls and boys across three schools: the Senior School, Preparatory School and Pre-Preparatory and Nursery. Our mission and ethos ensure our pupils become caring, confident and contributing members of society.

The role will involve working closely with the headmaster and governors to establish and maintain a fundraising strategy, with an immediate focus on the school’s ongoing masterplan and more widely on the school’s heritage requirements and desire to grow its bursary programme.

We require a graduate with demonstrable experience of running successful fundraising campaigns, as well as securing major gifts and establishing regular giving programmes.  They should have the ability to build relationships at all levels and demonstrate strategic thinking as well as having strong operational experience.  Excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound financial understanding and good IT skills (including an understanding of databases) are essential, as well as an empathy with the school’s values.

The role is full time throughout the year. In return we offer a competitive salary (in the range of £45k to £55k) and all the benefits of a thriving independent school including 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), generous pension, free parking, lunches in term time and cycle scheme. 

Further details and how to apply can be found under the ‘Work with Us’ tab along the top menu on the school’s website.

It has been a testing year for everyone, including charity leaders, many of whom are facing increased demand with reduced resources in a tough influencing environment. We are looking for a head of advocacy who can think boldly and creatively to address these challenges.

ACEVO is the network for social sector CEOs, here to inspire and support our members throughout their careers, to help them create the biggest possible difference. We want someone whose advocacy and communications work is built on values of inclusion, collaboration and mobilisation.

ACEVO’s vision for its advocacy work is to help shape the agenda on issues that matter to our members, and ensure their voices are heard by those who have the power to effect change.

You will help us:

• Support and enable our members to lead strong, sustainable organisations that meet the needs of their beneficiaries.
• Celebrate the dedication, professionalism and expertise of civil society leaders.
• Represent the experiences and needs of our membership to those with the ability to make positive changes for the sector.
• Stimulate debate that guides the improvement of sector standards and stronger leadership.
• Work with partner organisations to drive collective cross-sector change.
• Mobilise our members to work alongside us to achieve ambitious changes to policies that negatively impact civil society.
• Achieve political change by pursuing reforms which are both aspirational and practical.

You will head up ACEVO’s small but impactful advocacy team and set our advocacy, policy and external comms priorities in line with our organisational strategic objectives. You will oversee our output of policy positions, research, briefings, press statements and reports. You will work with the chief executive to set the tone and agree the messaging for our external communications.

You will be a key part of the senior management team, contributing to both the development of our strategy and effective delivery of our strategic objectives.

We welcome applications from people seeking flexible working. The current post-holder works 28 hours a week, but we welcome applications from those seeking a five-day week, or from job-share applicants. You will be home based but with frequent visits to London to meet up with the team and attend events (one to three times a week when Covid regulations allow).

We’re offering a salary of £50k (FTE), 28 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays) and good pension benefits. In our most recent staff survey, 100% of our team said they enjoy their job and would recommend ACEVO as a great place to work.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a Zoom-based interview between 10-12 May, with second interviews for finalists being held on 17-19 May.

The Commercial team at Help for Heroes are responsible for raising charitable donations to support the charity’s objectives. The team works across a number of different revenue streams:

• Partnerships; Corporate, Commercial, Philanthropy, T&F
• Regional Partnerships
• Individual Giving & Legacies
• Supporter Relations & Community Fundraising
• Events & Challenges
• Trading

Accountabilities

To develop a pipeline of corporate partners as directed by line manager

To generate long-term, mutually beneficial income in line with organisational priorities

Securing income to new business targets focusing on strategic partners in line with our brand values

Identifying and securing sponsorship opportunities

To secure gift in kind from partner companies, enabling more money to be spent directly on supporting our beneficiaries

Main Responsibilities

• To deliver agreed financial targets as specified on an annual basis
• To work across the Partnerships team to ensure the team achieves its financial targets from corporate and commercial strategic partners
• To seek sponsorship for special events, fundraising campaigns and challenges in line with the charity’s strategic fundraising plans
• To seek new corporate and commercial prospects and ensure all prospects receive the highest quality cultivation experience
• Develop funding opportunities for recovery services programmes and ensure that such opportunities and propositions are packaged attractively for donors
• Ensure all donor data is added to Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Previous experience of working in the commercial sector and/or previous experience of working in the charity sector
• Experience of working in a busy, fast-paced environment
• Proven record of developing effective partnerships in a b2b context
• Strong understanding of the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda
• Strong understanding of donor cultivation

We are a predominately remote company so to us remote and flexible working are a standard. How, when and where you work is entirely up to you and your team to agree. There is an element of travel involved in this role, to meet with the team and also with corporate partners, primarily these partners are based in London, but travel could be anywhere throughout the U.K.

In addition to good flexible and remote working practices, we also offer 29 days paid holiday each year and as if that wasn't enough, you'll also get your birthday off, because although we are a great team, we understand no-one wants to be at work on their birthday. 

Your health is important to us and to ensure you need not worry about your finances and can focus on your health in times of need we provide Company Sick Pay for all our employees. PLUS: We have partnered with Simply Health to give you a range of healthcare related advice, guidance and cashback options to support all your healthcare needs.

We foster a growth culture so it comes as no surprise learning is our default state and we offer a wide variety of courses you can take part in. 

Sounds like the role for you? Please head to our website to apply

Contract Type: Maternity Cover - 12 Months

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on Sunday 18th April 2021

Salary: £38,500.00 to £45,000.00 

As our Head of Business Development for the Sponsorship and Commercial team during this 12-month maternity cover, you’ll create and lead the strategy for sponsorship and commercial activity as increase our income year on year.

You’ll work within the Sponsorship and Commercial team who create innovative charity partnership opportunities to support and drive our strategy.
 

You will make a huge impact on our ability to deliver for young people, developing unrestricted funding streams that we are able to use across all of out programmes for young people.

To be successful in this role, you’ll have led high performing teams and created and led fundraising strategy. While we are interested in applications from all candidates who fit the criteria, previous fundraising business development experience will be hugely advantageous.

For more information click here for more information (you may need to visit our website to see this, click apply to be redirected)

Why we need Head of Business Development- Sponsorship & Commercial :

Last year, we helped more than 70,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, move into work, education or training. 

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform!Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5%of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives is the right thing to do.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT NOW (Network of Women), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBT Network). For more information, click here.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 742 

Location: You can be based in any of our UK offices.

We are growing our Technology leadership team and looking for someone to lead the transformation of our Business Services portfolio, responsible for the technology that allows our staff and volunteers to do amazing work with Young People and to support the effective running of our organisation. 

This critical role will lead a team responsible for the development and operations of a suite of services that support our operations, fundraising, HR, Finance and other support functions, many of which need to be refreshed, consolidated or replaced in the coming years. 

You will be perfect for this role if you have a passion for building technology services that balance meeting user needs with operational effectiveness and want to be part of an organisation with true purpose. 

For more information, please go to the job description. (If you're viewing this on an external job board, please click apply to be directed to our website).

We work with young people from every background, so we’re passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We, therefore, welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. If you think you could do the role, but don’t have all the desirable experience, we would still love for you to apply.

Upon joining the Trust, you’ll have the opportunity to join and be supported by our 4 main networks. PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality), PT PULSE (LGBTQ+ network) and PT DAWN (Disability and Wellness Network). We want to work with people who think they can make a difference in young people’s lives, if you think that’s you, we’d love to hear from you.

Why we need a Head of Business Services:

Last year, we helped more than 70,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, move into work, education or training. 

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 773 

Head of Business Development and Innovation (Construction / Sustainability)

£72,000 - £75,000 dependent on skills

Home Based (offices in Birmingham, Solihull & Worcester)

Full Time, Permanent (35 hours per week)

Our client is looking for an experienced Construction professional with a passion for sustainability and innovation to join them to make a difference to people’s lives and their communities, to help move the great work they are already doing to the next level.

They will need you to be at the top of your management game with experience of the identification of opportunities for innovation in current and future projects as well as potential development opportunities through regional and national contacts for Joint Venture partnerships.

 You need to be a brave and collaborative relationship builder as you own and lead work to: 

• Take the lead in providing sustainable and innovative solutions on new projects for the Group.

• Continuously evaluate innovation and sustainability and explore new methods of construction, technologies and analyse cost implications.

• Identify opportunities to drive construction innovation including MMC, Zero Carbon, Multi-tenure product range design and sustainability.

• Work within ambitious targets for the Group to achieve 10% MMC by years 21/22 and increase this by 5% per annum to achieve 30% by 25/26.

You’ll love it here because…

…you’ll get to make a real impact. You’ll be responsible for your own projects and service development and the innovations you deliver will help make a real difference.  Their dynamic, ownership-driven culture will help you bring your best, every day.

You’ll bring - 

Your experience and skills as a strategic thinker to take ownership of your service area; a strong communicator, who can inspire and empower your teams to ‘bring their best’.  With a thorough understanding of Growth and Development within the field of construction, you will be innovative and flexible in your approach, and solution driven to deliver sustainability and innovation to meet targets for zero carbon and 25% MMC provision.

This role will primarily be based from home with some regular travel when required to their offices in Birmingham, Solihull and Worcester

Closing Date: Thursday 29 April

Interview Date: TBC and will be held via Team

We are looking for a Business Development Manager with significant experience in Trusts, Foundation and Statutory Income to join our thriving Business Development Unit and play a leading role in securing new income for our growing organisation.

We are a legal and environmental charity that uses the power of the law to fight against climate change and to protect nature and the environment. Our Development Department is responsible for raising funds that enable us to deliver our mission. The Development department is formed of several fundraising strands: an established Grants programme, securing funding from trusts, foundations and institutional donors; a newly formed Digital Fundraising stream, raising income from the public; and a Philanthropy team, working with a wide range of individuals and organisations to raise primarily unrestricted gifts to support ClientEarth’s work.

In this role, you will be working across our programme areas and geographies to cultivate new funder relationships, developing winning proposals, and ensuring a growing and diverse funder base.As a representative of ClientEarth, you will be liaising and building relationships with funders internationally and will be the primary point of contact and key relationship manager for new donors. You will also have line management responsibility, overseeing the work and professional development of a Business Development Officer who is expected to both support the Manager with their accounts and lead on their own portfolio.

Meet your Manager

In this role, you will be managed by Catherine Sweeney, our Head of Business Development. Catherine has over a decade of experience driving income generation from Trust, Foundation, and institutional/ statutory sources, most recently leading the income stream at the British Refugee Council. Catherine started her fundraising career at an environmental/ sustainability social enterprise and has gone on to work in a wide range of sectors including international development in Kenya and human rights in the UK before returning to the environmental movement with ClientEarth in December 2020.

Main Duties

• Prospect research and pipeline development, including identifying and establishing new funding contacts, undertaking prospect research and representing ClientEarth at high-level events.
• Business Development and Income generation, including leading on aligning our priorities and budgetary needs with funders’ interests and criteria and establishing and leading proposal development teams, steering input into fundraising activities by colleagues/stakeholders.
• Staff Management, including defining individual work priorities, assessing the performance of line-managed staff members, and supporting the professional development of your line-report. 
• Working with the Head of Business Development and other Business Development Managers to develop and implement the team’s strategy
• Systems and processes, including providing timely and accurate information on team performance metrics, and supporting the development and improvement of team systems and processes. 

Role requirements

• Significant and demonstrable experience of working in a fundraising or business development role for a charity, NGO, private or public entity
• Significant experience of drafting complex proposals for trusts, foundations and statutory institutions (including EU) and securing multi-year, six and seven-figure grants
• Experience of successfully managing the relationship development process with a new donor, from prospect identification through to cultivation encompassing both personal engagement with prospects and/or coordinating the input of colleagues from across the organisation
• Fluent (CEFR level C2) in English 
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, with ability to foster positive working relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including and especially with funders 
• Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills 

Further Information

Salary ranges as follows:

• London: £40,800-£43,350 depending on experience
• Berlin: €46 920 - €50 490 depending on experience
• Brussels: €48 960 - €51 510 depending on experience

Please note we are also currently recruiting for a Business Development Officer.

Flexible working: Post-covid, we are giving our staff the choice to decide where they want to work for 80% of their week, with the other 20% of their week being office-based. See our Benefits page for more.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK/Germany/Belgium.

In the UK, family income is the strongest predictor of how well a young person will do at school and the future opportunities they will have. Future Frontiers exists to change this.

We work in pursuit of life-changing impact for the young people we serve. By partnering with schools and forward-thinking businesses, we provide young people with an intensive programme of face-to-face career coaching and opportunities to engage with relevant sector role models in the lead up to major crossroads in their education aged 16 and 18.

Why we need you 

This is a critical role in our Partnerships team, responsible for driving forward our business partnerships strategy and securing over £500k in income for the charity next academic year. We are looking for an individual with a strong track record in new business sales or business development. 

Your responsibilities

There are 3 main areas of this role. You will be the department lead for prospecting, pitching and retention. You will also be responsible for your own pipeline - winning new business and account managing existing relationships. Full details can be found in the attached Job Description, below is a summary.

1. Department-wide responsibility

• Work strategically with the Head of Partnerships to drive business partnership growth.
• Take charge of the end-to-end business sales process including new business and partnership retention, implementing creative strategies to improve the department.
• Be the department operations lead; you will be responsible for perfecting the systems and processes that underpin a successful sales team.

2. Winning new business

• Pitch to senior stakeholders (usually CEOs or HR directors), providing compelling reasons for them to partner with Future Frontiers and manage the relationship through to closing the partnership.

3. Account management for the long-term

• Work closely with our Programmes Team to make sure the excellent business partner experience is maintained throughout the programme.
• Manage renewals, upselling to businesses and growing your accounts year on year.

About you

Full details can be found in the attached Job Description, below is a summary.

• You have a passion for education and for improving opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• You are an exceptional relationship builder: you are humble, diplomatic and connect with people easily. You will be at ease interacting with senior professionals in a business environment.
• You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills. You will be able to articulate with passion and conviction the difference Future Frontiers makes to young people.
• You have a proven track-record of success in a business development role or sales role you’ve got examples of how you’ve generated new ideas and tactics to grow business. The focus of this role will be new business.
• You are looking to progress your career and are ready to take on new levels of responsibility within a supportive and passionate team.

What we can offer you

• Early finish on Fridays
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Team building offsites and regular team socials throughout the year
• Flexible working: core hours 10am – 4pm and at least 1 day a week working from home as standard
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous parental pay and additional childcare leave for child’s first 2 years

Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Inclusion

Here at Future Frontiers we are dedicated to the practice of equal opportunities. The principles of it underpin our mission and we treat all employees, volunteers, clients and students as individuals. We believe in having an open and inclusive culture that champions diversity in all its forms. We encourage everyone to apply for our roles.

Introduction

This is an exciting time to be joining ReachOut. Having appointed a new CEO in March 2021 and developed and rolled out an online mentoring programme to support the needs of school children during COVID-19, we are ambitious for the organisation to expand its reach and impact.

The new Head of Delivery will be part of the Senior Management Team and have the opportunity to contribute to the organisation’s long-term strategic planning to ensure that we continue to meet the needs of young people at this uniquely challenging time, and that our staff and mentors continue to help them develop the character strengths required to go on to lead good, happy and successful lives.

The post-holder will have strategic oversight of all mentoring delivery work at ReachOut, working closely with the CEO and Senior Management Team to do this.

In addition to being an inspiring, engaging leader who brings extensive front line youth work experience, the successful candidate will need strong management and planning skills and be responsible for promoting a culture of safeguarding throughout the organisation. They will report to the Chief Executive.

Job Description

The Head of Delivery will:

• Work with the SMT & Board to deliver ReachOut’s strategy.
• Oversee ReachOut’s programme of mentoring work and maximise outcomes for our young people by ensuring consistent, quality delivery and effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all projects
• Own design and implementation of our mentoring work, keeping character development as our key focus
• Lead on the management and development of our volunteer mentors
• Lead on programme development in all locations
• Build and develop relationships with relevant stakeholders
• Provide leadership to our project staff team, including permanent staff, Project Leaders and volunteer mentors
• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for ReachOut, and sustain our culture of safeguarding throughout the organisation

Key responsibilities:

Leadership and Line Management

• Work with the CEO, SMT and Board to achieve ReachOut’s mission
• Line manage middle managers in all locations and provide leadership to the wider team, including full time staff, sessional staff and volunteers
• Ensure the learning and development needs of all delivery staff and volunteers are met
• Ensure that ReachOut policies and procedures are followed and adhered to by the Project team in all locations
• Lead on recruitment and development of ReachOut’s volunteer mentors

Mentoring Programmes

• Oversee all delivery work at ReachOut, ensuring consistent, quality delivery and effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all projects
• Own design and implementation of our mentoring work, leading on reviewing existing services and assessing new services or approaches
• Ensure character development sits at the heart of all our delivery work, helping our young people grow up into good, happy and successful young adults

New business and programme development

• Lead on strategic planning for delivery and programme development in all locations
• Build and develop relationships with all relevant stakeholders to increase our reach and deepen our impact on young people
• Build and develop ReachOut’s network and pipeline of schools and potential delivery partners including local authority and other organisations

Safeguarding

• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for ReachOut
• Work with the SMT to sustain our culture of safeguarding throughout the organisation
• Review related policies and procedures annually
• Ensure all staff are appropriately trained in safeguarding practice at ReachOut

General Duties

• Report on delivery to the Board of Trustees, prepare papers for and attend sub-committee and full board meetings every quarter
• Carry out other duties as required by ReachOut
• Act in a manner that is in keeping with ReachOut’s values

Person Specification

• Demonstrable belief in ReachOut’s mission and passion for our work
• 5+ years’ experience directly line managing full time staff
• Experience of leading, training and developing a team made up of staff members of different levels of seniority
• 5+ years’ experience of managing services for young people and meeting targets
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of building relationships with various stakeholders at a senior level
• Extensive front-line experience working with young people
• An understanding of the education system at KS2, KS3 and KS4 Level
• Experience in leading on safeguarding policy and procedures and managing safeguarding concerns
• Good communicator: orally and in writing
• Proactive and can use initiative and find solutions to problems
• Has the ability to adapt and learn
• Positive, energising and adopts a “can do” mentality
• Proficient IT skills, including use of Microsoft Office programmes
• Can work flexible hours when necessary
• Willing to travel to various locations to attend projects and events
• Willing to travel to our Manchester Office regularly and stay overnight if required

Please note, if you are a successful candidate you will be required to undergo an enhanced criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. ReachOut will cover the cost of the check and guide you through the process. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

Please note that we are reviewing applications and interviewing shortlisted candidates on a rolling basis so you are advised to submit your application early.

Assessment Process:

• First-round interview with the Senior Management Team
• Second-round interview with the Board of Trustees

Prospectus is excited to be supporting Career Connect in the search for a new Senior Business Development Manager to join their talented and values-led team. As the new Senior Business Development Manager, you will play a crucial role in enabling Career Connect to deliver its five-year strategy. Career Connect aims to create greater positive impact through their work with young people in schools, those who are NEET and their work with offenders in prison and the community.

As the Senior Business Development Manager, you will work with colleagues to respond to complex, high value, tender and bidding opportunities. You will lead on the design and development of new services and products that enable Career Connect to fulfil its mission effectively and you will project manage the full lifecycle of product and service development and delivery. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team where you will need to build strong relationships with both internal and external colleagues and partners. You will be invited to bring your perspective and new ideas to the team.

In order to be successful, you will have a blend of expertise and skills. This will include evidence of leading on complex (£500k+) successful tenders and substantial previous business development work focused on bid writing and development of services or products. You will have proven experience of project management within the context of service design or product development, implementation and delivery. You will also need to have proven analytical skills and experience. Crucially, you will have a real interest in enabling Career Connect to forward its mission to support young people and adults to realise their potential. You will be passionate about social mobility and helping the most disadvantaged to create a better future.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application.

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

The office is located in Liverpool and Manchester. This position is offered at 35 hours per week but can be considered on a part time basis. This organisation is happy to consider flexible working and partial home working. We would be happy to discuss these options with you.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Head of Commercial
Salary: £37,000 - £42,000 depending on skills and experience
Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Full time
Location: Avon Wildlife Trust, Bristol

We are looking for a Head of Commercial to lead the development of Avon Wildlife Trust’s commercial activities, developing new markets and opportunities and increasing net revenues to support the Trust’s wildlife conservation and engagement work.

This is an exciting time to be joining the Trust as we are developing ambitious plans to invest in our future. We are looking at how we can develop our commercial offer, products and services to support nature’s recovery through what we do and the revenue generated to support our wider work.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead the development of commercial income streams across the Trust, working with colleagues to grow net income by developing products and improving the provision of services
• Lead the development and management of visitor centres and engagement hubs for the Trust, delivering an excellent retail and catering experience to all our visitors that contributes positively to their experience of nature at Avon Wildlife Trust sites
• Develop and oversee all commercial aspects of the Trust’s offer on habitat-based carbon credits, biodiversity net gain and similar environmental goods and services, exploring opportunities to secure significant new private, corporate and public sector investment
• Manage Departmental staff, maintaining a safe, professional working environment with a positive high-performance culture. Contribute to the development of commercial skills, competencies and approaches across the organisation, including systems for managing staff utilisation
• Contribute to the Trust’s ongoing management, strategy and future direction as an active member of the Senior Leadership Team, preparing and presenting reports on commercial activities and ensuring they are aligned with and support achievement of the Trust’s wider objectives

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 4th May
Successful candidates will be invited for a first interview on a date tbc.
Second interviews will take place for leading candidates on a date tbc

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website to download the job description and application form.

Avon Wildlife Trust has a positive approach to equality and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. 

Charity No: 280422 

No agencies please.

The job of a Save the Children’s UK Senior Business Development Manager is fast-paced and fulfilling.

• Do you have a successful track record of securing large or complex tenders or grants?
• Experience of dealing with complex consortium development and management ?
• Do you have strong interpersonal, influencing, team-building and relationship-building skills?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose
The Senior Business Development Manager will play a key role in our Business Development Team, leading the design process and bid development for our largest, most exciting and complex international development and humanitarian funding opportunities with Institutional funders.

The role holder will have a particular focus on World Bank RFPs, FCDO commercial contracts, and other competitive funding opportunities. In providing leadership in identifying, developing and winning bids they’ll enable Save the Children to resource its global strategies by securing programmes which deliver impact at scale for children. The Senior Business Development Manager will also act as a lead for more complex, multi-thematic and/or multi-country/regional bids.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The Senior Business Development Manager will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

• Working in close collaboration with donor account managers and Regional Partnership Managers, lead co-ordination of information sharing around pipeline and live opportunities across SCUK departments and with SCI country teams. Identify potential funding opportunities in priority countries which are in line with SC UK and country strategic plans and thematic priorities
• Lead the most complex/largest priority proposals
• Manage multiple top-priority opportunities at varying stages of development, while working flexibly to take on other opportunities when the shape of the pipeline requires it
• Develop relationships with international (i.e. not country based) potential consortium partners (e.g. consultancies) and meet with all these to establish synergy and opportunities to work together, securing input from technical leadership in the organisation. Where partners are subcontractors to SC UK on bids, manage their inputs in support of high-quality proposals.
• Participate in relevant, assigned thematic working groups (and liaise with relevant PPQ team) to strengthen inter-departmental and cross-team working on the design, delivery and evidence generation of integrated programming which draws on best practice in this area. Ensure such knowledge is shared across the BD team.
• Undertake a similar role in respect of being a donor focal point, if required, liaising with the relevant member of the Partnership Development team. Ensure knowledge sharing (in respect of donor best practice on bids) across the BD team. Likewise, work closely with the relevant regional team to ensure programmes are grounded in country level strategies, intelligence, and capacity.
• Support in development and implementation of systems, processes, and guidance for BD function, and build capacities of country teams and colleagues within SCUK on pre-positioning and all stages of proposal development cycle.
• To carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
• A commitment to Save the Children’s vision, mission, values and approach.

Person Profile

• Track record in securing large and/or complex tenders or grants for DFID, World Bank or other major bilateral or multi-lateral donors.
• Experienced in partnership formation and negotiating business and management arrangements for bids with partner organisations.
• Experience on leading on proposal design and development including writing compelling narratives, as well as co-ordinating and ensuring quality reviews of the proposals
• Track record in leading the commercial strategy for major opportunities and overseeing the budget development process, ensuring compliance with an organisation’s internal finance policies and client requirements.
• Understanding of implementing service contracts or grants in at least one of key technical areas such as health, education, child protection, gender, livelihoods, or resilience.
• Extensive understanding of funders’ procurement and management processes
• Strong understanding of the principles of value for money in programme planning

Abilities

• The ability to be proactive and have an independent approach to delivering solutions
• The ability to multi-task effectively
• The ability to travel (up to 30% of time), sometimes at short notice
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (particularly proposal writing and delivering presentations/ workshops)
• The ability to quickly form constructive relationships and productive project teams.

Aptitude

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
• A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Contract Type: FTC  - 12 Months

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on Sunday 18th April 2021

Salary: £29,500.00 to £34,000.00 

As a Business Development Manager with The Prince’s Trust, you’ll work closely with our wider corporate partnerships team to enable us to provide funding to achieve our goals of supporting young people.
 
You’ll work within the Sponsorship and Commercial team who create innovative charity partnership opportunities to support and drive our strategy, and help us secure new partnerships and increase the income generated within the targeted areas.
 
To be successful in this role, you’ll have worked in environments where you’ve utilised and grown your relationship management skills including the ability to pitch ideas and negotiate outcomes. You’ll ideally have experience in working to tight deadlines and managing a busy workload and portfolio of activities too. Due to the types of clients you’ll be working with, experience of the media or advertising industry would be highly beneficial.

For more information view our job description here (you may have to click apply or view our website to see this if viewing on a job board)

Why we need Business Development Manager - Sponsorship and Commercial :

Last year, we helped more than 70,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, move into work, education or training. 

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform!Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5%of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives is the right thing to do.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT NOW (Network of Women), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBT Network). For more information, click here.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 743