Community Organisation Development Manager

WEBRECRUIT; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary progression

Holiday entitlement 25 days + 1 per yr

Pension contribution up to 7%

Volunteering days

Cycle to work scheme

Health Cash Plan

Mental health support

Toil policy

EAP

Flexible/hybrid working

Job summary

Webrecruit is seeking a Community Organisation Development Manager to strengthen and support community organisations across the West Midlands. The role combines developing tailored consultancy services with strategic income growth and partnership work, including bidding and tendering.

You will manage delivery teams, engage with local authorities and partners, and help organisations become more sustainable while offering flexible, home-based working with occasional meetings.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering consultancy services or similar strategic support programmes.
• Demonstrable experience winning contracts, securing funding bids, and developing income-generating opportunities.
• Strong track record of business development, strategic management and successful project delivery.
• Experience building effective delivery partnerships.
• Experience overseeing high‑quality support to community organisations and managing teams to meet targets.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen and support community organisations across the West Midlands.
• Develop and deliver tailored support services and consultancy programmes with partners.
• Identify business development opportunities, lead bids and tenders, build strategic relationships to generate income.
• Promote services and achieve agreed income targets; support and develop delivery teams and associates.

Skills

Consultancy design

Programme delivery

Business development

Contract bidding

Funding bids

Strategic management

Team leadership

Partnership development

Community enterprise

Job description

Community Organisation Development Manager

West Midlands/home-based (with occasional travel for meetings)

The Organisation

Our client is a membership network for community organisations. Their goal is simple: to help community organisations be the best that they can be and to create a supportive environment for their work.

They are now looking for a Community Organisation Development Manager to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week (for exceptional candidates, our client is happy to consider requests for part-time hours).

The Benefits

• Salary of £49,912, with incremental increases to £54,280
• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by one day for each year of service, up to 30 days)
• Three grace days between Christmas and New Year
• Enhanced pension contribution with an employer contribution of up to 7%
• Option to purchase annual leave via salary sacrifice (up to five days)
• Volunteering days (up to five days)
• TOIL policy
• Employee Assistance Programme
• In-house Mental Health First Aiders
• Health Cash Plan scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity leave of 10 weeks’ full pay

This is a rewarding opportunity for an experienced community development professional with strong consultancy and business development expertise to join our client’s influential organisation.

You’ll have the chance to utilise your skill set to shape tailored support that helps community organisations become stronger, more sustainable and better equipped to serve local people.

What’s more, you’ll enjoy the flexibility of a home-based role, with the potential for part-time working, while joining a national network that genuinely values your wellbeing, contribution and continued success.

The Role

As a Community Organisation Development Manager, you will strengthen and support community organisations across the West Midlands.

Developing and delivering tailored support services and consultancy programmes, you will work directly with community organisations, local authorities and other partners to help them thrive.

You will also identify business development opportunities, lead bids and tenders, and build strong strategic relationships that generate income and create lasting opportunities for the sector.

Additionally, you will:

• Promote our client’s services and achieve agreed income targets
• Support and develop delivery teams and associates
• Work with colleagues to grow and engage our client’s membership
• Ensure services meet contractual requirements and quality standards

About You

To be considered as a Community Organisation Development Manager, you will need:

• Proven experience designing and delivering consultancy services or similar strategic support programmes
• Demonstrable experience winning contracts, securing funding bids, and developing income-generating opportunities
• A strong track record of successful business development, innovation, strategic management, and effective delivery of projects and services
• Experience building effective delivery partnerships
• Experience overseeing and ensuring the provision of high-quality support to community organisations, including managing teams to meet performance targets
• An in-depth understanding of community enterprise, community asset development, community contracting, localism and related fields
• The ability to work with members, assess needs and develop appropriate services

The closing date for this role is 1st September 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Community Development Manager, Community Engagement Manager, Community Support Manager, Community Partnerships Manager, Development Manager, or Community Programme Manager.

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