Business Development Manager

Description:

The Business Development Manager for Climate+ will work as part of a new Operations Team to play a pivotal role in developing and managing strategic industry partnerships, securing business and funding opportunities, and cultivating collaborative relationships across four critical industry facing domains of Agri-Food Transitions, Sustainable Communities and Livelihoods, Risks and Opportunities, and Investing in Carbon and Nature. The four themes represent an investment by business partners of £13.2M to date in the Climate+ Co-Centre. The candidate will work closely with the Co-Centre’s Co-Directors, Executive Director and Business Development Manager in the RoI to oversee these strategic business areas in sustainability, with a particular focus on finance and business in the climate, in addition to biodiversity and water domains.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• Have an Honours degree, or equivalent qualification PLUS a minimum of 4 years’ experience working in the Sustainability / Finance sector with a proven track record of:
  • Developing and managing relationships with industry and business partners both locally and nationally
  • Ability to sell ideas, products and services to a diverse range of industry and business partners
  • Identifying and converting new business opportunities and leads.

• OR; Substantial recent and relevant experience in a directly relevant role in the climate and sustainability sectors.