Business Development Executive

Employer: Cards For Good Causes 

Location: Home-based with occasional travel across the UK

Working hours: 22.5 hours, flexible working 

Salary: £34,000 FTE

• Job description

  The Role

  This is a relationship-led business development role focused on building strategic partnerships that generate sustainable income and support long-term growth.

  You will be responsible for developing new opportunities for seasonal and year-round retail venues, working closely with organisations that can host or support charitable retail activity.

  You will engage confidently with senior decision-makers across churches, local authorities, museums, libraries, military organisations, businesses and wider community groups, building trusted relationships that lead to long-term partnerships.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Research and identify new opportunities for Christmas seasonal shops and year-round income generation development

  • Develop relationships with churches, cathedrals, libraries, museums, military establishments, businesses and community organisations

  • Build strategic partnerships with national organisations

  • Arrange and attend meetings with prospective partners

  • Prepare partnership proposals and presentations

  • Develop and manage a pipeline of new opportunities

  • Work closely with the Leadership and Retail Teams to support new venue development

  • Represent Cards for Good Causes at networking events and meetings

  • Identify opportunities to support the development of Community Connection Hubs

  • Work collaboratively across the organisation to support sustainable growth

  Requirements

  Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • Strong commercial awareness and sound judgement

  • Confidence meeting senior decision-makers

  • Experience in business development, partnerships or relationship management

  • Ability to work independently and manage your own workload

  • Excellent organisational and presentation skills

  • A positive, proactive approach

  • Ability to spot opportunities and turn conversations into long-term partnerships

  Desirable

  • Experience within the charity, retail, community or commercial sectors

  • Existing networks across churches, community organisations or public sector bodies

  • Experience working with or alongside charitable organisations

  What’s On Offer

  • Remote working

  • 22.5 hours per week with flexibility around working patterns

  • Opportunity to make a genuine social impact through meaningful partnerships

  • A varied and autonomous role with national reach

  • The chance to help grow one of the UK’s most unique charity organisations

  • Occasional travel throughout the UK

  What Success Looks Like Within your first 12 months you will have:

  • Built a strong pipeline of new opportunities

  • Developed relationships with key national organisations

  • Secured new Christmas shop venues

  • Increased the number of year-round income generation opportunities

  • Identified new partnership opportunities that support our long-term strategy

  • Helped increase the income generated for charities and community partners

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