Business Development Officer
Honeycomb Group
- Stoke-on-Trent
- £31,981 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Proactively source non-statutory funding opportunities.
- Achieve new income growth targets for our 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 of Glow, Concrete and Revival. 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.
- 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.