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Job Reference Number: CUR0068
Community Engagement / Business Development Manager
Bolton, hybrid remote with local travel (drivers license & car necessary)
Permanent, 36 hours per week, occasional evenings / weekends required to attend events (hours can be taken back)
£33,000 per year + 6% employer contribution pension + 25 days holiday + bank holidays, rising by 1 day per year of service up to 30 days
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and driven Community Engagement / Business Development Manager to join a well-established organisation
Our client is a not-for-profit financial institution, whose goal is to give back to the local community by providing ethical finance to those in need. Established for 20 years, they serve people who live in Bolton and surrounding areas.
Theyre looking for a Community Engagement / Business Development Manager with proven experience in either business development or community engagement (or both!) to spearhead their member engagement and sales. Marketing experience would also be a plus, and this role will involve all aspects of engaging with the local community, driving sales, and developing the physical and digital marketing strategy. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to take charge of the BD/engagement function of the organisation and make a real difference, in a highly varied and exciting role.
The ideal candidate would be somebody with the proven experience above and who really cares about their work and wants to improve their local community and peoples financial wellbeing. If this sounds like you and youre ready for your next career move, read on to find out more
The role
Day-to-day responsibilities
The day-to-day responsibilities will be split into development and marketing work, with the primary focus being on the development side
Development
- Maintain commitments and obligations to the local community
- Raising awareness of the organisation within the local community through networks, communities, events, partnerships, etc
- Assisting the CEO to maintain existing strategic business/salary saver partnerships to bring new members into the organisation
- Reach out to existing leads to build new partnerships
- As well as managing existing relationships and nurturing existing leads, also proactively searching for and contacting new leads to develop new partnerships
- Attending community network meetings, local conferences, etc to promote the organisations services directly to prospective members
- As well as managing existing relationships and nurturing existing leads, also proactively searching for and making contact with new leads to develop new strategic/salary saver commercial partnerships
Marketing
- Developing & delivering a marketing strategy to bring in new partnerships & members
- Proactive & targeted approach to new business generation by focusing digital and non-digital channels
- Utilising social media & direct engagement with stakeholders
- Capitalising on analytics & data driven techniques to boost engagement
- Supervise the maintenance & updates of the organisations website by third-party suppliers
Why would you want this role?
A highly varied role in which no two days are the same
Give back to your local community by promoting ethical financial services
Get out and about in the community, meeting and engaging with new people frequently
The Person
Essential
Proactive, outgoing, and with the ability to use intuition
An extraverted people person (you will be meeting people in person a lot!)
Proven experience of community engagement and/or business development success in a previous role
Must have a valid UK drivers license, own vehicle, and happy to use it for business travel in the local area (and willing to get business insurance)
Desirable
Strategic marketing experience/knowledge/qualifications
Digital marketing/social media management expertise
Creative and/or graphic design skills
Not-for-profit/charity experience
Financial services experience
If you think you could be the right fit for this Community Engagement / Business Development Manager role, please submit your application now. Candidates will be reviewed and submitted as-and-when they apply, so dont delay in applying!
PLEASE NOTE: The services of CU Recruitment Ltd are that of an Employment Agency. CU Recruitment Ltd regrets to inform you that our client will ONLY accept applications from candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom. Potential candidates who do not have this right or permit or are pending an application to obtain this right or permit should not apply.
