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Business Development Officer
Stoke-on-Trent
£31,981 a year
Full Time – 37.5 hours per week
Permanent
As a Business Development Officer, you’ll lead on the growth of the business by spotting and developing growth and funding opportunities within the Group to ensure our client can thrive, support their customers, and continue to develop their services.
Job requirements:
- Proactively source non-statutory funding opportunities.
- Achieve new income growth targets for the Education and Prevention Team by strategically expanding the network of schools, academies, and colleges engaging with the programme.
- Gather information about potential customers, competitors, commissioners, commissioning plans, and requirements to inform business planning, sustainability, and growth.
- Use expertise to advise on evolving funding sources to support the strategy. Keeping up to date with any trends, changes, or challenges.
- Work closely with the Business Development Manager to ensure new income opportunities are up to date and being tracked closely.
- Contribute to bid writing.
- Deputises for the Business Development Manager in their absence.
What our client is looking for:
- A good general level of education to a GCSE standard or equivalent.
- Qualified with a business or fundraising qualification or to a degree level would be desirable.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex information in a simple and exciting way.
- Extensive experience in business development, income generation, or within the not-for-profit sector.
- An ability to work well as a team.
- An ability to make informed decisions.
- An understanding of the challenges faces by those experiencing homelessness and domestic abuse.
- A drive to seek out new business opportunities.
- An ability to work to tight deadlines.
Help our client to make sure everyone in their region has access to a happy home. APPLY NOW!
Our client will be interviewing as they go so might close the application process early if they find the right person.
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