Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager
Location: Brighton & Hove / Sussex Area
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 + performance bonus
Help Drive Sustainable Growth in Your Community

Our Brighton based clients is seeking an ambitious Business Development Manager to help grow an established organisation delivering renewable energy and energy efficiency on community projects across Sussex and the South East.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused professional who wants to combine business growth with positive environmental and social impact at community level.

The Role
Working closely with senior leadership, you will identify new business opportunities, build strong client relationships, secure contracts, and support delivery of strategic growth targets.
A key part of the role involves preparing proposals, tenders, and bids for public and private sector projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate and win new business opportunities.
• Develop relationships with clients and partners.
• Prepare tenders, bids, and project proposals.
• Support revenue growth and business development targets.
• Represent the organisation at meetings and networking events.
• Identify opportunities within the renewable energy and sustainability sectors.

About You
You'll have experience in business development, sales, account management, or bid writing, along with strong communication and relationship-building skills.
An interest in sustainability, renewable energy, or low-carbon projects would be advantageous.

Why Apply?

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
• Purpose-driven work with real environmental impact.
• Opportunity to shape the growth of a respected organisation.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.

If you're looking for a rewarding role where commercial success and positive impact go hand in hand, we'd love to hear from you.

About us: Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all. Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. Let's help build a better world, together.