Business Development Officer
Location: Aston, Birmingham
Drive growth. Build partnerships. Make a difference.
We’re looking for a confident, commercially minded and highly organised Business Development Officer to join our organisation and support the growth and development of our education and social care services.
This is a varied role covering our Independent School, Children’s Residential Homes and Adult Supported Living services, working closely with senior leaders, operational teams, commissioners and external partners.
The Role:
You’ll play a key part in:
- Managing referrals, admissions, placements and transitions.
- Building strong relationships with local authorities, commissioners, NHS partners, schools and other stakeholders.
- Supporting marketing, networking and business development activity.
- Identifying opportunities for service growth and development.
- Coordinating projects and supporting the mobilisation of new services.
- Supporting tenders, contracts, framework applications and commissioning activity.
- Monitoring occupancy, analysing business information and producing reports for senior management.
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in business development and partnership working.
- Highly organised with strong project management skills.
- Confident building professional relationships with external stakeholders.
- Commercially aware and comfortable working with data and reports.
- An excellent communicator, negotiator and presenter.
- Proactive, resilient, solutions-focused and able to manage competing priorities.
- Passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and adults.
- Experience within education, health or social care, particularly working with commissioners and social workers, would be highly desirable. Experience of tenders, procurement or Ofsted/CQC-regulated services would also be advantageous.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to take on a genuinely varied role where your work will directly support sustainable growth, strengthen partnerships and help ensure people access the right education and care services.
If you’re ready to bring your ideas, energy and commercial skills to a role with real purpose, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and be part of our continued growth.
Pay: £34,000.00-£38,000.00 per year
Education:
- A-Level or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Business development: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
