Development Manager
Home-Based (with regular travel throughout the West Midlands area)
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.
The Benefits
* Salary of £47,992, with incremental increases to £52,192 per annum
* 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
The Role
As a Development Manager, you will strengthen our client’s influence, impact and service delivery by leading development activities, supporting members and delivering high-quality programmes across the West Midlands.
You will develop consultancy and trading opportunities, build strategic partnerships and lead tenders and funding bids to generate income and expand reach. Working closely with external stakeholders, you will help shape opportunities that support our client’s aims while ensuring services respond to the needs of communities and members. You will also lead and contribute to the delivery of programmes and services, managing teams and ensuring high standards of quality, performance and risk management.
Additionally, you will:
* Promote and sell our client’s services to achieve agreed income targets
* Ensure contractual requirements and service standards are met
* Identify and manage financial, reputational and operational risks
* Work with colleagues to grow and engage membership
* Develop member services based on member needs and priorities
* Gather and utilise member insight, experience and evidence
About You
To be considered as a Development Manager, you will need:
* Experience overseeing and ensuring the provision of high-quality support to community organisations, including managing teams to meet performance targets
* Demonstrable experience successfully 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
* An in-depth understanding of community enterprise, community asset development, community contracting, localism and related fields
The closing date for this role is 29th June 2026.
Other organisations may call this role Community Development Manager, Partnerships Manager, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Regional Development Manager, Business Growth Manager, or Community Partnerships Manager.
Equal Opportunities
Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work.
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