Business Development Manager
13 days ago
Oldham
Business Development & Social Value Manager \n Location: Greater Manchester \n Salary: Competitive \n Reporting To: Managing Director / Senior Leadership Team \n Overview \n An established construction and property services organisation is seeking an experienced Business Development & Social Value Manager to support continued business growth while leading the delivery of social value commitments across projects, frameworks and client contracts. \n This is a varied role combining business development, client relationship management, tender support, social value delivery and stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will play a key role in securing future opportunities, maintaining strong client relationships and ensuring social value commitments are delivered effectively throughout project lifecycles. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n Social Value & Community Engagement \n\n • Develop and implement the organisation's Social Value strategy.\n, • Coordinate and manage Social Value commitments across projects and frameworks.\n, • Produce and oversee Employment & Skills Plans (ESPs).\n, • Attend client, framework and stakeholder meetings relating to Social Value delivery.\n, • Develop relationships with schools, colleges, charities, local authorities and community organisations.\n, • Coordinate apprenticeship, training and employment initiatives.\n, • Organise work experience placements and community engagement activities.\n, • Monitor Social Value KPIs and produce client and internal reports.\n, • Ensure contractual Social Value obligations are achieved and evidenced.\n, • Promote Social Value successes through internal and external communications.\n\n Business Development \n\n • Support the delivery of the company's growth and business development strategy.\n, • Identify and develop new business opportunities across target sectors.\n, • Build and maintain relationships with clients, consultants, framework providers and key stakeholders.\n, • Develop client engagement plans to encourage repeat business.\n, • Attend networking events, client meetings and industry functions.\n, • Monitor planning and procurement portals to identify future opportunities.\n, • Maintain accurate CRM records and business development activity.\n, • Arrange and support client meetings, presentations and introductions.\n, • Monitor market trends and competitor activity.\n\n Tenders & Frameworks \n\n • Maintain an active pipeline of tender and framework opportunities.\n, • Monitor procurement portals for upcoming projects.\n, • Support PQQs, SQs, framework applications and tender submissions.\n, • Produce high-quality written responses for quality submissions.\n, • Gather and coordinate information from operational teams.\n, • Maintain a library of case studies, project information and supporting documentation.\n, • Attend pre-construction and tender review meetings.\n, • Record tender outcomes and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.\n\n Project Support \n\n • Support live projects with Social Value reporting requirements.\n, • Attend project and client review meetings where required.\n, • Work closely with operational teams to ensure commitments are delivered.\n, • Monitor apprenticeship, training and employment targets.\n, • Maintain KPI trackers and evidence records.\n, • Produce regular reports for clients and internal stakeholders.\n\n