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)

Contract: 6 month fixed-term contract, with potential to extend to 12 months. Immediate start is essential.

Working pattern: Part-time 30 hours or 4 days per week

Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 16th September

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 our 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 us to strengthen the mental health workforce and make a positive impact on people’s lives. We 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 our flagship programme, since 2015, we have recruited and trained 1,000 mental health social workers. We are now extending our reach to ensure that we can support NHS and other employers to recruit and retain key people right across the mental health workforce.

As the Business Development Manager, you will:

• 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

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone with excellent communication, organisational and relationship-building skills who has experience of stakeholder management and project management as well as leading tender submissions and bid writing. You will have 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. You will demonstrate a flexible approach with the ability to work under pressure, together with experience of working with Salesforce or similar database systems. Our ideal candidate will also have a willingness to learn and grow as well as a strong commitment to equality, equity, diversity and inclusion. We offer a supportive working environment which include hybrid working practices.

Where you will be working

Hybrid/homeworking – 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.

What we can offer you

We offer excellent employee benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement (28 days) plus additional office closure over Christmas, enhanced family friendly leave, flexible working around our core hours of 10am to 4pm, a matched pension scheme with up 7% employer contributions, an employee assistance programme and more.

We are currently funded by DHSC until August 2027.

How to apply

Please provide a CV and a supporting statement (max 2 pages) outlining your fit for the role based on the person specification and email these to [email protected].

Key dates

Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 16th September

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

Immediate start essential.