Business Development Manager

Novus Property Solutions Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property solutions company is seeking a Business Development Manager focused on fostering relationships in the social housing sector. This role involves strategic growth initiatives, pipeline management, and collaboration with operational teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in business development, excellent communication skills, and a passion for the social housing sector. The position offers a hybrid working model with a competitive salary and benefits package, thereby ensuring a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Attractive salary and benefits package

KPI related bonus scheme

27 Days Holidays & BH – option to buy/sell holidays

Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%

Discounted Healthcare Scheme

Paid volunteering day per year

Length of service awards

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Development Manager is required.
• Background in the social housing sector is essential.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Grow existing relationships and develop new opportunities.
• Deliver strategic growth to win new business.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities.
• Communicate effectively with operational teams.
• Present a professional image of the business.
• Complete administrative tasks and reporting.
• Attend business development meetings and events.
• Maintain awareness of competitor activity.

Skills

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Organisational abilities

Job description

Base: South – Home based hybrid working, with potential travel across the South as required by the business. Working 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday

Join our team as a Business Development Manager to build and nurture client relationships in the Social Housing refurbishment sector. You’ll work with Operations, Bid, and Estimating teams to secure tenders with existing, lapsed, and new clients, across our Southern region. This role offers autonomy, variety, and meaningful impact while supporting your own development.

You’ll have the opportunity to take charge of your work and develop in a supportive environment with a healthy work/life balance. Our hybrid model allows you to work from home but due to the nature of the role you will be out and about at least twice a week, promoting collaboration in an inclusive workplace. This full-time role is 37.5 hours weekly, with flexible hours focused on results rather than a fixed schedule.

What’s in it for you:

• Attractive salary and benefits package to suit you
• KPI related bonus scheme
• 27 Days Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
• We also offer; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and many more….

An outline of your responsibilities as a Business Development Manager

• Growing existing relationships and developing new opportunities within the social housing business function
• Focus on delivery of strategic growth and development to enable us to win new business.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities that are aligned to strategic targets.
• Work closely and communicate effectively with the work winning and operational teams to identify & target prospective clients. Whilst supporting the team to ensure that tenders are aligned to client drivers.
• Present a professional image of the business to new and existing clients.
• Ensure that all administrative tasks, reporting and recording on the CRM system, are completed and submitted to a high standard within timescales.
• Attend and participate in Regional/National Business Development meetings, networking events and seminars, driving brand awareness where required.
• Maintain a strong awareness of competitor activity as well as changes within our key markets.

About You

Experience as a Business Development Manager is required; a background in the social housing sector is essential. Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills are crucial for success. Excellent communication and organisational abilities are essential. Candidates with experience as a Key Account, Sales Manager or Framework Manager and transferable skills are also encouraged to apply.

A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 20 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients.

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons, that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for in this, or another role.