Business Development Manager

at  Speakers for Schools

WHO WE ARE?

Speakers for Schools is the largest social mobility charity in the UK. We help to level the playing field between state and independent schools by giving all young people access to the same prestigious networks available to the top fee-paying schools.
We believe that by inspiring young people to explore their ambitions through our speaker programme, facilitating access to multi-day experiences of the world of work, and supporting young people to successfully seize opportunities available to them, then we can make a profound difference to the lives of young people, their future happiness and prosperity.
By 2028, our ambition is that every young person in the UK has access to high quality work experience. Yet today, less than half of young people leave secondary school having had any work experience whatsoever.

DELIVERY:

• Holding expertise in how Speakers for Schools programmes and interventions enable and enhance corporate CSR talent pipeline and social mobility.
• Reporting on activity to Head of Business Development.
• Confidently discussing Speakers for Schools and our goals, aims via email communication, virtual meetings, and telephone.
• Represent and work to our values as, fostering a culture of positivity, support, respect, and inclusivity, while taking personal responsibility for their attitude, performance, and development
• Ensure that best practice in safeguarding is enshrined in all activity.
• Ensuring consistent and accurate updating of CRM and ensuring proper data management.
• Adherence to data compliance, standards, guidelines and best practices to ensure our data integrity and consistency.Other duties as required, as identified by the Head of Business Development.
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  Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties required.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE

• Experience of business development with a variety of stakeholders and owning, managing and delivering an ambitious commercial target.
• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Engagement teams is advantageous
• Confident liaising with and managing relationships with stakeholders from all levels
• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision within UK schools and colleges would be an advantage
• Sociable and confident, experience of building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Confident in delivering presentations and networking/representing the charity at external events
• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and delivering on targets across varying objectives within delivery
• Experience planning structured programmes that align with both employer and charity objectives
• Experience in working with technology and data management.
• Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management
• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality
• Excels at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently

ROLE SUMMARY:

Working for the Head of National Business Development, the Business Development Manager will be responsible for securing income-generating corporate partnerships to drive forward engagement across the whole Speakers for Schools proposition.
This role is the engine of growth for the charity: sourcing, engaging, and developing partnerships with employers across the UK. These partnerships will provide opportunities for high-need young people across the UK to access our programmatic interventions while delivering income to support the financial sustainability and growth of the charity.
This crucial role will demand close collaboration and working across all directorates to develop and deliver compelling and successful bids and proposals to potential partners.
This role offers a starting salary of £31362, rising to £33948 after a years successful service.

STRATEGIC PURPOSE:

• Developing outreach strategies to secure corporate partnerships in support of the Charity’s aims and goals.
• Meeting income generation targets as determined by the Head of Business Development.
• Responsible for developing and agreeing programmatic design for corporate partners in collaboration with programme and delivery teams.