Business Development Partner

6 months ago


Knottingley, United Kingdom Real Life Options Full time

Business Development Partner

Starting Salary £32,000 to £34,000 per annum.

Role based in Knottingley West Yorkshire, with Hybrid working, working from home or flexible working, this will also involve travel across the UK sites when needed.

We are currently recruiting for a Business Development Partner to join Real Life Options on a 12 month fixed term contract, so if you are a strong Business Development professional looking for a great opportunity, then please get in touch.

Real Life Options are a non-profit, charitable organisation who provides support and enablement to people across the UK in over 200 services. We mainly support people with learning disabilities and autism to have more choice and greater control over their lives. Our wealth of experience in providing individualised support packages, including supported living models, outreach, residential, care homes and respite breaks continues to grow year on year.

You will be part of a small but very busy Business Development Team, so you will need to be a team player. You will have demonstrable experience developing new business opportunities, nurturing leads, speaking to stakeholders / partners.

The role will also provide you with exposure to a wide range of tender opportunities for the Group, requiring the ability for you to manage / write Tenders and managing multiple deadlines where required to support our Bid Writer. This may involve managing the tender process from start to submission, accessing public sector tender portals e.g. Proactis, Public Contracts Scotland, CareMatch.

You will be an excellent communicator, with the ability to communicate complex specifications to senior management and operational teams, and engaging with them to meet deadlines and obtain results.

A full overview of the role and its associated responsibilities is contained in the Job Description.

This is a great opportunity to come on board and support the ongoing growth and sustainability of a great caring organisation.

This role is based on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Benefits and Rewards

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)  4% employer contributory pension scheme A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information) 2 x £10,000 Life cover Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours) Refer a Friend Incentive (terms and conditions apply) A financial wellbeing scheme A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services Recognition Initiatives The chance to make a real difference in people’s lives Cycle to Work Scheme

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.



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