Business Development Lead
Cambridge or London (with occasional travel to other centres)

The Organisation

Allia is a progressive and socially focused not-for-profit organisation that supports entrepreneurs who are looking to affect positive change and address the most pressing global and local challenges.

We provide workspaces, networking opportunities and communities within our Future Business Centres and enable funding through bonds. Over the past 20 years, we have supported over 1,400 ventures, helped to create 4,500 jobs and raised over £300 million for development activities and projects.

We’re currently looking for a Business Development Lead to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Role

As a Business Development Lead, you will support the expansion of our venture support work.

Specifically, you will identify and secure external funding to support our free venture support programmes in Cambridge, London and Peterborough.

Focusing your efforts on Trusts and Foundations who are addressing the various themes we work to address, you will expand and grow our funding base. You will help us to expand into new prospective locations in London and Eastern England, deliver more programmes and support more small businesses.

The Benefits

- A salary of up to £40,000 per annum depending on experience
- Company pension scheme
- Bike2Work Scheme
- Life Insurance
- Flexible working
- Casual dress
- Wellness programme
- Previously awarded the best not-for-profit employer in the Eastern Region

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional with great relationships building skills to join our unique organisation at a critical point in our expansion.

You will have a chance to be a part of a community that drives innovation with a focus on addressing environmental and social challenges.

What’s more, we believe our people are pivotal to our success, and we will ensure that you are rewarded with personal and professional growth opportunities, progression potential and chance to make a real impact.

About You

To be considered as a Business Development Lead, you will need:

- Trust and/or foundation fundraising experience with a track record of generating significant resources
- Demonstrable experience of successful tender and bid writing
- Business development, strategic relationship building and networking experience
- Excellent written, verbal and presentational communication skills

Our people are pivotal to our success, and we have grown expediently. We are an equal opportunities employer which embraces diversity, inclusion and flexible working. We offer a great working environment, true team working ethos, good benefits and much more.

Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Lead, Fundraising Manager, Senior Fundraising Officer, or Fundraiser.

The closing date for this role is the 16th December 2022. Early application is encouraged as we will be interviewing strong applicants as they apply.

So, if you’re ready to join us as a Business Development Lead, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.