Job Title: Business and Innovation Consultant Timeframe & Commitment Initial Contract: 12 months (with potential for extension based on funding and impact). Start Date: September 2025 Salary £27,000 - £30,000 per annum Full-time (hybrid working supported) Location: Liverpool city centre Our Vision: A better world with people with disabilities are valued and contribute to dynamic and inclusive communities. Our Mission: To support, empower and enable people we support to live their lives to the full. Reporting to: Community Engagement Development Manager Options are a social care organisation with over 30 years experience of person cantered support. We are proud to work in a truly person cantered way and wish to take our values and beliefs further to expand our revenue. The social care sector finds it increasingly more difficult to remain compliant, support people to live a full life and balance the books. At Options we want to ensure we are sustainable and able to support empower and enable people we support to have great lives, to do this we need to diversify our revenue and we are looking for someone who shares our values and has experience business management to support us to do so. Purpose: The Business and Innovation Consultant will play a pivotal role in delivering our ambitions for sustainable growth through income diversification, as funded by the Boost Fund (Postcode Innovation Trust). This new role will lead the development, testing and refinement of business cases focused on three core areas: Hire of our accessible city-centre training suite Sale of sector-leading training packages to external partners Inclusion consultancy for organisations and workplaces Working closely with the Community Team shaping future projects, securing funding and expanding Options impact on disability inclusion. Key Responsibilities Conduct research into market trends, income opportunities and best practices in inclusive training, consultancy and venue hire. Develop and test viable business cases and proposals to support new initiatives and revenue-generating activities. Work closely with leadership to implement strategic plans and assess feasibility for new programs. Identify target audiences and pricing strategies and support the piloting of income generating activities. Monitor and evaluate the impact of new initiatives, ensuring alignment with long-term goals. Support funding applications and reporting, including the development of evidence-based justifications for investment through grant funding, tender opportunities and innovation funding streams. Represent Options in external meetings and networking events to promote our training and consultancy offer. Person Specification Essential: Experience in research, business development and service innovation ideally within the disability support, social care, or non-profit sector. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into actionable strategies. Proven ability in developing business cases, funding proposals, and impact assessments. Excellent communication skills, including report writing and presenting findings to a range of audiences. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic values-led environment. A self-starter who can lead on a project independently A commitment to inclusion, access and rights-based approaches. Desirable: Knowledge of disability rights, inclusion strategies, or related policy frameworks. Familiarity with social enterprise, earned income models, or social impact evaluation. If you're passionate about inclusion, excited by innovation, and ready to help shape sustainable change in social care, wed love to hear from you.