Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager

Location: Central London (Chancery Lane/Farringdon area) (With hybrid working from home)

Salary: £34,400 per annum plus excellent benefits (£43,000 FTE)

Vacancy Type: 6 month fixed-term contract (With potential to extend to 12 months) (Immediate start is essential)

Hours: Part Time, 30 hours or 4 days per week

If you have a passion for driving new business growth and supporting new projects, this is an exciting opportunity to join our mental health charity as their new Business Development Manager.

Think Ahead aims to develop a strong and thriving mental health workforce, and you will play a key part in helping them to strengthen the mental health workforce and make a positive impact on people’s lives.

They are experts in recruitment, professional training and leadership development for mental health practitioners, ensuring the right people can deliver the right support at the right time.

Through their flagship programme, since 2015, they have recruited and trained 1,000 mental health social workers. They are now extending their reach to ensure that they can support NHS and other employers to recruit and retain key people right across the mental health workforce.

The Role

• Secure new work and partners
• Lead the tendering process
• Coordinate the writing and submission of new bids
• Work in partnership with the Head of Partnerships and Development, the Programme Director and wider team to capitalise on new opportunities
• Provide project management support
• Develop processes to improve efficiency

Skills and Qualifications

• Excellent communication, organisational and relationship-building skills
• Experience of stakeholder management and project management
• Experience of leading tender submissions and bid writing.  
• The ability to make decisions with confidence, direct teams whilst working remotely, strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to manage and prioritise a broad workload.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach with the ability to work under pressure, together with experience of working with Salesforce or similar database systems.
• Have a willingness to learn and grow as well as a strong commitment to equality, equity, diversity and inclusion.

Where you will be working

You’ll be expected to attend the office or London venue at least 2 days a month, with flexibility. You’ll be required to cover your own travel expenses to office/London venue.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement (28 days) plus additional office closure over Christmas
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Flexible working around their core hours of 10am to 4pm
• A matched pension scheme with up 7% employer contributions
• An employee assistance programme and more

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

Closing Date: Tuesday 16th September

Interview Date: Monday 22nd September and Tuesday (afternoon) 23rd September via Teams