Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: Hybrid, working from home + national travel for conferences and meetings and and when required

Salary: £45,000

Driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential

Bright Futures, Inspired By You.

At Horizon, we live up to our values, and we value our people. Horizon is a leading innovator in youth residential care and education, and we are searching for a Business Development Manager to join our team!

This is your chance to be a growth champion, playing a pivotal role in securing new opportunities and partnerships that will positively impact the lives of young people. There's nothing more rewarding than helping someone believe in themselves and have the confidence to celebrate their own uniqueness and achieve success that is personal to them.

You'll get to:

• Be a Strategic Leader: Develop a high-performing referrals process, ensuring a steady stream of new placements.
• Become a Market Expert: Lead on competitor analysis and identify strategic opportunities for expansion.
• Establish Strong Partnerships: Build and maintain positive relationships with local authorities, solidifying Horizon's reputation.
• Travel & Explore: Shape the future of our services through national travel to conferences, meetings, and potential new sites.
• Embrace Growth: Contribute to achieving budgeted occupancy, exploring new markets, and fostering financial stability.

You're a great fit if you:

• Have a proven track record in tender writing and bid management.
• Extensive experience in referrals.
• Experience of development, maintenance and conversion of the pipeline to grow occupancy.
• Strong commissioner relationships (understanding how to engage with commissioners effectively and best understand their needs).
• Experience in coaching and leading a team.
• Are Knowledgeable and experienced in the Children and Young Peoples sector.
• Ability to travel as required to meet business needs

It is desirable if you also have:

• Experience of Mergers and Acquisitions would be beneficial
• Understanding of Business Development related Marketing

Why work for us?

• Real Living Wage employer
• Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
• Blue Light Card
• Myactive and Mygym discounts
• Competitive pay rates
• Christmas bonus
• Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral! *
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave.
• Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
• Comprehensive and tailored induction programme
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
• Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support.
• Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We're in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.
• High quality CPD opportunities.
• Free eye checks.