Senior Business Development Officer

Sunderland City Council; Sunderland; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS enrolment

Flexible working hours (flexi-time)

26 days annual leave (+ bank holidays)

Job summary

Sunderland City Council is seeking a Senior Business Development Officer to support the Adult Services Directorate and Sunderland Care and Support Service (SCAS) in Sunderland.

The role involves planning, developing, improving and implementing performance and improvement functions including data collection, data analysis, performance monitoring and reporting, inspection and service reviews, benchmarking, and research.

Qualifications

• The post targets applicants with experience in planning, development, improvement and implementation of performance and improvement functions.
• Experience in data collection, data analysis, performance monitoring and reporting.
• Knowledge of inspection, service reviews, benchmarking, inspection and assessment.
• Experience in organisational strategy, service planning, consultation and research and needs analysis.

Responsibilities

• The successful applicant will have transferable experience and ICT skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Excellent organisational abilities to balance a varied workload with competing priorities.

Job description

Senior Business Development Officer

Sunderland City Council

Location: Sunderland, SR1 3AA

Salary: £40,001 to £50,000 per year

Hours: Full-time

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 12 Nov 2026

Closing date: 24 Nov 2026

Sunderland City Council are seeking to recruit a Senior Business Development Officer to support within the Adult Services Directorate and Sunderland Care and Support Service (SCAS).

This post will be of interest to applicants who are skilled and experienced in the planning, development, improvement and implementation of the performance and improvement functions including: data collection, data analysis, performance monitoring and reporting, inspection and service reviews, benchmarking, inspection and assessment, organisational strategy, service planning, consultation and research and needs analysis.

The successful applicant will have a wide range of transferable experience within an appropriate background as well as excellent ICT skills, good written and verbal communications skills and the ability to work in a fast based multi-disciplinary area of work. Excellent organisational skills will be required to balance a varied and wide- ranging workload with competing priorities.

Why work for Sunderland City Council

• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Flexible working hours through our flexi-time scheme
• 26 days annual leave (31 after 5 years' continuous service), plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave through the Council's flexible benefits scheme
• Hybrid working arrangements supporting a blended home and office-working model

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