Business Development Director

Location: Camden, London

Salary: Circa £65,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 19th September 2024 at 10am

Interview Dates:

Stage 1 – Online interviews 23rd September 2024

Stage 2 -In person interviews - 2nd October 2024

Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Business Development Director at Solace Women's Aid.  

We exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.

About the Service

Solace Women’s Aid is dedicated to ending the harm caused by gender-based violence. We work with women and children, offering services that are tailored to the unique needs of survivors. Our approach is holistic and empowering, partnering with survivors to help them achieve independent, abuse-free lives.

We are now looking for a Business Development Director to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

About the Role

As our Business Development Director, you will provide strategic leadership and oversee Income Generation, Public Affairs, Partnerships, and Communications to support our mission to aid women and children affected by violence.

Working closely with the Chief Executive, Executive Team and Board of Trustees, you will develop and implement business development strategies that align with our goals, while ensuring transparent governance and robust reporting mechanisms.

You will also oversee a team of twelve whilst setting and achieving ambitious growth targets for statutory contracts, grants and unrestricted income, as well as enhancing our reputation through effective public affairs and partnerships.

Additionally, you will ensure our brand and communications strategies are effective, leveraging digital technology to expand public awareness and support fundraising efforts.

Your role will also involve:

- Leading the income generation, public affairs, partnerships, and communications teams

- Developing and reporting on the annual income generation budget

- Fostering service user involvement across all areas of work

- Ensuring compliance with Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Health and Safety legislation

About You

To be considered as our Business Development Director, you will need:

- Experience of working at a senior level in a similar role

- Experience in income generation

- Experience of leadership and management at this level

Other organisations may call this role Head of Business Development, Partnerships Director, Growth and Development Director, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Senior Business Development Manager, Senior BDM, BDD, or Development Director.

We understand that you may not have all the knowledge, experience, and skills mentioned in the Job Profile Document. However, your interpersonal skills, passion to have a positive impact, commitment to our purpose, and ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively will be equally important. If you wish to learn more about the role or if you are unsure about whether to apply, we encourage you to contact our recruitment team.

What we can offer you

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

• Flexible working
• 25 days of annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays), increasing up to 30 days, with one additional day offered after each completed year of service
• Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Employer pension contribution
• Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
• Access to Inclusion Networks
• Daily clinical debriefing
• Employee Assistance Programme and a range of staff wellbeing initiatives
• Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Flow & Restore yoga classes
• Meditation sessions
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Length of service awards
• A strong culture of internal progression, with a range of training and development opportunities

How to apply

Please submit your CV and Supporting Statement through the recruitment portal. When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:

• Values, Behaviours & Competencies
• Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you require any support to apply for this role, please email us.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.