Business Development Manager - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services

Change Grow Live; London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Change Grow Live is seeking a Business Development Manager for a 9-month fixed term role focused on Commissioned Rehabilitative Services. The successful candidate will lead tender processes and develop partnerships within the criminal justice sector, contributing significantly to the organization’s mission. With a competitive salary and benefits, this role offers an opportunity to make a positive impact in supporting communities across the UK.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Pension

Flexible working options

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business development within criminal justice.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex tenders.
• Excellent writing skills for tenders and proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development activities for the national Commissioned Rehabilitative Services opportunity.
• Collaborate with teams to develop service delivery models and manage multiple tenders.
• Engage with staff and service users to understand local needs.

Skills

Business development

Contract management

Tender writing

Partnership development

Communication

Numeracy

Job description

Change Grow Live is one of the UK s largest charities, providing a range of services focused on supporting people and communities to transform their lives.

We are looking for someone with proven experience of leading and managing multiple complex tenders in the criminal justice field or services closely aligned to criminal justice.

If you have proven business development experience within criminal justice, a commitment to CGL values, and a passion for supporting people to make positive change, we d love to hear from you.

Change Grow Live is looking for a 9-months fixed term Business Development Manager (Commissioned Rehabilitative Services) to join our dynamic, high-performing, national Business Development Team and lead our response to this exciting national opportunity.

Full Time Salary: £52,221 - £57,786 (pro-rata). If you re based in London and regularly travel to the office, you ll receive an additional £4,072.06 per year (pro-rata)

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

The role

CGL s Business Development Team is a large national team. This role will sit within a smaller specialist services sub-team, who have responsibility for retaining existing specialist contracts and winning new business opportunities.

This new fixed-term role will be responsible for leading all business development activities related to the upcoming national Commissioned Rehabilitative Services (CRS) opportunity.

You will work collaboratively with operational and central support colleagues to: develop service delivery models; form national, local, and regional partnerships; lead budgeting; and manage the writing of multiple concurrent tenders.

You will have the opportunity to visit and engage with our staff and service users across the country to learn about our services and specific local needs and challenges.

Ultimately you will play a key role in the design, development and delivery of our services and will help us to deliver on our organisational mission, strategy and values.

About you

You ll be an experienced manager and leader, with a proven track record in securing and retaining contracts and leading and managing complex tenders in the criminal justice field or services closely aligned to criminal justice.

You ll be a confined and highly competent communicator and have proven experiencing of developing national and local partnerships.

You ll be an excellent writer, with experience of writing tenders, bids and proposals for national procurement processes.

You will have excellent IT skills, be highly numerate and be able to analyse and work with complex data and financial information.

Check out the job description for more information, and you can contact Hannah Carlin, Senior Business Development Manager to discuss this role further.

Why work for Change Grow Live

We put our values into action. We trust and believe in our staff.

Be part of an amazing team.

Competitive pay (including London weighting if applicable), pension and other benefits.

Flexible working options including working from home and offices across the UK, including London, Brighton, and Manchester.

We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we work with. When we re recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We re happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 47 to 52 (£52,221.35 - £57,786.02)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

30/6/2025