Business Development Manager

Grade: Grade Point 7.1 – 7.5 with a salary scale of £36,750 - £40,700

Hours: Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday with occasional weekend and evening work
Location: Nottingham with  home working

Closing Date: Midnight on 20^th August 2023
Interview Date: 4^th – 15^th September 2023

What are we looking for? 
What role are you looking to fill, what impact does this role play within the organisation?

Futures is recruiting for a Business Development Manager to work as part of the Business Development Team based at our headquarters in Nottingham (though with significant opportunities for home working) to manage and oversee the work of the bid specialists and company’s bidding and funding function, identifying, developing and submitting funding bids in support of the financial sustainability and growth of the organisation.

What will the role do?

The Business Development Manager will provide management support to the Head of Business Development & Stakeholder Partnerships, coordinating all aspects of the team’s bidding processes: identification and development of bidding opportunities, leadership and oversight of the bid management plan, research to inform bid content, consultation with stakeholders, bid writing, bid submission and contracting successful bids that are handed over to Futures operational delivery teams

What are the finer points about the role?

The successful candidate will develop a strategy for horizon-scanning and web scraping for bidding opportunities in the careers, employment, skills and community regeneration sectors, assessing opportunities and presenting them to the Head of Business Development & Stakeholder Partnerships. They will outline and manage all stages of the bid management process including objectives, milestones, actions, input required from other parts of the business, as well as timescales to submit high quality bids to deadlines set by funders. They will maintain a bid library and develop performance reporting for bidding and funding, setting KPIs for the bid specialists and developing reports with the Head of BDSP that show progress against the company’s business plan growth objectives.

Who Are We?

We are not-for-profit publicly owned company operating in the careers, employment and skills sectors. Join our team and help us do the right thing, have passion and make a difference to people’s lives. At Futures we lead by example. People are at the heart of everything we do and we're determined to help the people we work with be the best they can be. We put people first when it comes to our workforce; a happy and motivated team is vital to us and most of our people have been with us for many years - so we like to think we're pretty good at taking care of them. It’s good for you, it's great for us and even better for the people we support.

We support people, communities and businesses to develop, grow and be the best they can be. Rated by Ofsted as Outstanding, all of our services are clear, enterprising and bespoke.​ We’re leading a change in career support that focuses on the whole person not just the job applicant. There’s more to life than just a career. So our mission is to be at the forefront of careers advice, skills and employment support that turn ambition into a successful career and fulfilling life. We’re also showing employers a different way of being and doing. We know that success lies in a happy, motivated and skilled workforce, and so we’re on a mission to transform teams and turnover.

What can we offer?
At Futures, our purpose is “Empowering People, Businesses and Communities to Achieve More”, Our    company-wide values underpin who we are and what we do and it is essential that all colleagues share these. 

-        Have passion

-        Do the right thing

-        Make a difference

Sharing our purpose and having these values means we work in a culture which is open to learning and improvement, leads by example, is passionate about making a difference.

Having a happy and motivated workforce is critical to our ongoing success. We genuinely care about our colleagues and offer a range of benefits and opportunities to support you in your role and grow in confidence. We will: help you develop in your role, support your career growth, promote positive health and well-being at work, and encourage a good work/life balance.

Job Specification Requirements
The successful candidate will:

·        Be educated to NVQ4/HNC/HND/Degree level qualification

·        Have close attention to detail with time management skills

·        Have experience of line management within a business development or related setting, including performance management, staff development, and team resourcing

·        Be experienced and successful in a direct business development/income generation role with a track record of achieving individual targets

·        Have very strong bid writing skills with an ability to research accurate information and write high quality content, with experience of adapting style to suit context

·        Have competent project management skills including: organisational, scheduling, influencing, negotiation, communication, presentation and task management skills and the ability to managing competing priorities to resolve urgent situations and deliver successful project implementation

·        Have experience of successful project management and delivery of projects with an ability to use own initiative to collate information from different teams and organisations

·        Be knowledgeable and experienced in securing a wide range of income generation opportunities including tenders, grants, contracts, social investment, ideally within employment, skills, careers or a related sector

·        Possesses a ‘can do’ attitude and approaches challenging situations in a positive and enthusiastic manner

·        Understands the need to have a flexible approach to working requirements in a role like this

Application Method
To apply please submit an Expression of Interest and CV which matches your skills to our Person Specification, which you can find on our Job Description at https://www.the-futures-group.com/jobs/

Please submit these by email to recruitment@the-future-group.com and chris.grocock@the-futures-group.com

Job reference: FUT-7S-NHYN4SY

Futures is supportive of job share working arrangements wherever possible. If this is something you are interested in we would encourage you to discuss this during the selection process.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we undertake to interview disabled people who meet the minimum essential criteria as detailed on the person specification. If you have a disability, please make this known in your application.

Safeguarding: Disclosure of Criminal Background
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Disclosure will apply to all posts that fall under the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) definition ‘Regulated Activity’. The successful candidate will be required to submit an application to the DBS for Disclosure for Criminal Conviction(s). If the company finds anything in that record which might be considered prejudicial to his/her working within the regulated activity, then the appointment may not be confirmed.

GDPR
Your personal data will be used to process your employment application; successful candidates’ data will be held under the company’s General Data Protection Policy details of which will be made available upon the offer of employment. Unsuccessful candidate’s data will be held for a period of 12 months upon which it will be destroyed. Candidates can request that this be destroyed earlier by contacting recruitment@the-futures-group.com.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working