Development Manager - West Midlands (Region), United Kingdom - Locality

Description

Development Manager
West Midlands (occasional travel outside your region is expected)

The Organisation
Locality is the national membership network for community organisations


Our goal is simple:

to help local community organisations be the best that they can be and to create a supportive environment for their work.

We are currently looking for a Development Manager to join us on a permanent, full-time basis.


The Benefits:

• Salary of £44,371 rising to £48,25
• Flexible working and home working options
• 25 days' holiday
• Three grace days between Christmas and New Year
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme

This is an exceptional opportunity for an individual with experience of designing and delivering consultancy services to step into a vital role with our ambitious organisation.

In this rare opening, you will have the chance to take our organisation to the next level, promoting what we do and supporting our organisational growth.

In return, we will give you all the support you need to thrive.

What's more, as one of the 17% of organisations awarded 'Gold' by Investors in People, we strive to provide a supportive work environment where you'll have access to a great range of benefits and fantastic training and development opportunities.

The Role
As a Development Manager, you will be responsible for promoting our influence, impact and services across England.

Identifying and developing consultancy and trading opportunities, you'll lead on the creation of tenders and funding bids to promote our business offer, enhance income and achieve income targets.

You'll grow our membership services by engaging with members, ensuring their needs are considered and that they inform the development of our services.

Additionally, you will line manage at least one member of staff and support the delivery of our wider services and the development of a service delivery/consultancy team.

About You
To be considered as a Development Manager, you will need:

• Experience of designing and delivering consultancy services
• Experience of winning contracts and funding bids
• Experience of building effective delivery partnerships
• A track record of successful business development, innovation, management, and delivery
• An indepth understanding of community enterprise, community asset development, community contracting, localism and related fields
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in the use of modern business technologies

Other organisations may call this role Charity Development Manager, Membership Manager, Consultancy Manager, or Partnership Manager.

Webrecruit and Locality (UK) are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conductbusiness and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.