Strategic Growth & Partnerships Manager

Hype Merseyside; Birkenhead; Hybrid; GBP 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

HYPE is a community-focused organisation seeking to strengthen its leadership and management capacity to develop new income streams and partnerships. The Business Development Manager will spearhead opportunities across community programmes, commissioned services, social enterprise and trading activity.

Working with the CEO and directors, you will identify growth areas, prepare proposals and business cases, and build a strong pipeline of opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience of securing significant new income, developing partnerships or growing services is important.
• Initiative, resilience and good judgement are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new income, business, funding and partnership opportunities across HYPE.
• Research markets, develop relationships with funders and partners, prepare proposals and business cases, and take opportunities from concept to implementation.
• Contribute to strategic and annual business planning, translating ambitions into growth priorities, financial projections and delivery plans.
• Develop and refine a portfolio of social enterprise opportunities, linking community programmes, international activity and trading operations.
• Monitor budgets, income targets and performance indicators, and provide timely financial and performance reporting.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with funders, commissioners, donor bodies and partners, representing HYPE at meetings and networks.

Job description

HYPE is a community-focused organisation seeking to strengthen its leadership and management capacity to develop new income streams and partnerships. The Business Development Manager will spearhead opportunities across community programmes, commissioned services, social enterprise and trading activity.

Working with the CEO and directors, you will identify growth areas, prepare proposals and business cases, and build a strong pipeline of opportunities.