Business Development Lead

Costello Medical; United States; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Evolve Counselling, a growing charitable organization, seeks a Business Development Lead to enhance mental health support through securing contracts and fundraising. The role, requiring a background in fundraising or sales management, offers flexible remote working along with on-site meetings across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in charitable fundraising or commercial new business.
• Strong sales management skills are essential.
• Ability to secure funding and build partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Secure new and existing mental health counselling contracts.
• Increase engagement with private individuals seeking counselling.
• Source charitable grants and build sector partnerships.

Skills

Fundraising

Sales Management

Contract Negotiation

Job description

At Evolve Counselling, we bring professional, accredited mental health talking therapies - at low cost or no-cost - to those who need them most.

Working with adults as private individuals, or through employee wellbeing and assistance schemes, we offer hundreds of remote or face-to-face sessions every month – and demand is growing.

Evolve is growing too. A charitable CIO, we have ambitious plans to extend beyond our Cambridgeshire base, and to find new and better ways to deliver the very best in mental health support for our clients.

The newBusiness Development leadis crucial to the long-term success and impact of Evolve Counselling.

You will be securing new and existing professional mental health counselling contracts with a range of commercial clients, increasing our engagement with private individuals - either referred to us or independently seeking the best counselling, plus sourcing charitable grants and sponsorships to support our ‘low-cost or no-cost’ ambitions, and building voluntary sector partnerships to further our work.

A good background in charitable fundraising and development, or solid commercial new business/sales management, is essential.

This is a part-time role, remote working, but with a requirement to be able to attend frequent on-site meetings concentrated upon Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, and Northamptonshire - as well as across the wider UK.

Contract Term: Initially 18 months, with the possibility of extension to permanent fulltime for on-target performance.

Salary:£12,500 pro rata for 15 hours a week (£29.2k FTE). On-target potential of up to c£39,000pa. Initially 18 months, with the possibility of extension to permanent full-time for on-target performance.

Hours of work: To start, a commitment of 15 hours per week, worked flexibly but mindful of the key working hours of colleagues and external contacts which are likely to be in the range of 9.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Friday.

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Application is by emailed CV with a covering letter.

The closing date for applications is 3 July 2025 at 12:00 midday.