Business Development And Relationship Manager (Part Time 22.5 Hours Per Week)

Please note unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visa applications.

We are searching for a Business Development and Relationship Manager who is enthusiastic about working within our small but driven team. The Business Support team plays a key role in the charity, as the work with employers supports our whole operation, but also creates safer work environments for whistleblowers.

We are looking for a self-starter, who uses their initiative to contribute great ideas and succeed with their sales.

The role is varied and will help you enhance your negotiation, persuasion, organisation and creative skills.  

Purpose:  

You will generate income for the charity by identifying and securing new business, and maintain strong relationships with existing members and clients in order to explore further business opportunities with them. 

We are looking for self-starters who use their initiative to contribute great ideas and succeed with their sales.  

Key responsibilities:

• Creating and converting a pipeline of potential members and other clients, in order to hit sales target and achieve KPIs 
• Selling the charity’s services to inbound enquiries, resulting from marketing activity by the charity (eg webinars, SEO, social media and conferences)  
• Enhancing the relationship with and upselling services to existing clients through effective account management
• Manage our training product range and activities (course Development and improvement, consistency of materials and delivery)
• Manage Business Development projects (including sector approaches, round tables, breakfast briefings
• Being attentive to current legal affairs, whistleblowing cases and commercial market trends to accurately inform sector and client approaches
• Being a positive ambassador for the charity at national exhibitions, events and conferences 

Required Experience & Skills:

• At least 3 years’ experience working in a similar role  
• A proven track record of success in B2B sales 
• Passionate about excellent client service  
• Ability to manage a varied workload with competing demands  
• Commercially aware with good business acumen and financial awareness  
• Salesforce or similar CRM experience will be helpful
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 

Benefits of working at Protect:

• Flexibility. Team members work flexibly and some from home.  
• 30 days annual leave (FTE) 
• Season ticket loan 
• Pension with 4% employer contribution
• Sabbatical after five years’ service

About Protect 

Protect is the UK’s whistleblowing charity. Our aim is to protect the public interest by helping workers to speak up to stop harm and wrongdoing. We support whistleblowers by providing free and confidential legal advice and we campaign for legal and policy reform. The service we offer to organisations is unique and we work with a wide range of organisations in the public, private and charity sectors – and from FTSE to SMEs – to enhance their arrangements to protect employees throughout the UK. Whistleblowing has never been more important and the work we do encourages more employers to develop safe working cultures, where their staff are confident to speak up if they see wrongdoing.

Interviews are planned for 25-26 January 2024.