Do you thrive at acquiring new business and developing fruitful partnerships?

Would enhancing the social mobility of underrepresented young people drive you?

This is a brand-new position for a tenacious revenue generating professional to become the charity’s first Head of Business Development within 12 months. ✦

Start date: April/May/June 2026

Reporting to: Director of Development

Contract & hours: Permanent. Full-time or part-time (min 4 days pw)

Direct Reports: None

Hybrid: 1-2 days pw in East London

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A London-based social mobility charity is excited to create an emerging role to join their growing business development and partnership’s function.

You will be tasked with:

* Identifying new business development opportunities

* Developing and building a robust pipeline of new prospect

* Securing multi-year agreements with corporates across the Corporate and Trust and Foundations sector

* Work with the SLT to develop and implement their longer-term income generation strategy

The Senior Partnerships & Business Development Lead will have:

* Successfully of identified, secured, and developed multiple long-term corporate partnerships at 5-6 figures

* Experience in planning and managing corporate fundraising programmes

* An understanding of corporate CSR programmes

* A background of working across the education, employability and/or the charity sector

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