Business Development Manager
Posted 11 hours 1 minute ago by Voluntary Action Leeds
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Senior Management Team at Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL) in the new role of Business Development Manager.
Like many organisations within the voluntary and community sector, VAL operates within an increasingly pressured financial environment. This new role has been developed following a review of our management structures which identified business development expertise as key to ensuring our ongoing organisational sustainability and growth. We want to increase our capacity to grow the areas of VAL s business which earn income payroll, training, room hire and recruitment and explore new areas of business that will enable us to make profit, which we can then reinvest in our core services.
About us
Voluntary Action Leeds is the leading infrastructure organisation in the city supporting the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE). We provide support on volunteering for individuals and organisations, as well as training, funding advice, information, and sector advocacy to enable the third sector to be more effective in making a difference for communities. We know that our work helps to provide a vital foundation through which other organisations can thrive.
About you
You ll be entrepreneurial and business-focused, good at working within a team and on your own initiative to explore and develop ideas which generate income. You might have experience within the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, or you might have experience within other sectors what s more important is that you share our values and solutions-focused approach.
Responsible to: Chief Officer
Salary: NJC Scale PO2, SCP £39,513 - £41,511 (pro-rata)
Hours: 29.6 hours (4 days) per week
Contract: Permanent (following successful completion of probationary period)
Holidays: 28 days annual days statutory (pro-rata)
In return we offer flexible working, good terms and conditions of employment, enrolment to the Simply Health scheme and a 6.5% pension contribution. VAL is an early adopter of the West Yorkshire Fair Work Charter, a Living Wage Employer and a Mindful Employer.
Please take a look at the Recruitment Pack below, and download to access the links. This can also be viewed on the job advert on our website at Doing Good Leeds.