Business Development Manager Barnardo's

Employers for Disability NI; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Barnardo’s in the United Kingdom offers a hybrid working arrangement with a Barnardo’s hub/office or home option. You will join a high‑performing Business Development team to develop compelling proposals for commissioners and partners across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The role requires excellent writing, stakeholder engagement, and strong project management to deliver bids on time. You will collaborate with colleagues to shape services for priority growth areas, monitor market intelligence,

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to elicit and articulate great ideas
• Strong written and spoken communication
• Good writer capable of turning large amounts of information into clear tender responses
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support proposals and service design
• Ability to manage all aspects of proposals and tenders, leading bid development and delivery to deadlines
• Opportunity to develop new services and monitor market intelligence
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a supportive Business Development team

Responsibilities

• Produce compelling proposals to commissioners and partners in Scotland and Northern Ireland
• Lead the development and delivery of bids, ensuring strong business cases
• Collaborate with Barnardo’s teams to design and refine services for priority growth areas
• Monitor market intelligence and assess commercial and contract risks
• Support operational colleagues in Children’s Services in tender processes and bid submissions

Job description

Business Development Manager

• Reference number: 23720
• Job Title: Business Development Manager
• Location: Workplace offer: Hybrid working, Barnardo’s hub/office or home address based in the UK
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hours: 29
• Salary: £47,812 FTE – (£38,249 pro rata)
• Closing Date: 5 October 2026
• Interview Date: To be confirmed

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving national charity, as part of a high-performing, ambitious Business Development team. You will use a wide range of commercial and interpersonal skills to develop the way our services support children, young people and families.

The core area of your work will be working with teams of Barnardo’s colleagues to produce compelling proposals to commissioners and partners in Scotland and Northern Ireland. As such, you’ll be able to demonstrate:

• Strong organisational skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• The ability to elicit and articulate great ideas
• Strong written and spoken communication

You will need to be a good writer, communicating ideas effectively on paper with an ability to analyse large volumes of information to develop clear and compelling responses to tenders. It is critical that you can build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support the development of proposals and service design.

You will manage all aspects of proposals and tenders, leading the development and delivery of bids, working to deadlines, ensuring that we present strong business cases and bids that underpin successful outcomes. In addition, there will be the opportunity to help us develop new services and innovations in priority growth areas, monitor market intelligence, assess commercial and contract risks and work alongside operational colleagues in Children’s Services.

Your project management skills may have been developed in any sector, and may need further development, but your commitment to the work we do will be demonstrated by your enthusiasm and ability to learn. In Business Development we are a supportive team, with stimulating and challenging work and extensive opportunities to learn and to help Barnardo’s transform the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children.

These roleswill operate on a ‘Work from Anywhere’ basis, meaning that you can work both from home and/or from an office ‘hub’ that’s nearest to where you live. Some travel across Scotland and Northern Ireland may be required.

Barnardo’s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.