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• City:Fareham
• Vacancy type:Full Time
• Salary:£45,619
• Rate:per annum
• Plus:£783 car user allowance per annum + benefits
• Closing Date:13 April 2026

Business Development Manager (6111)

We're hiring - Business Development Manager

Location: Surrey / Hampshire (with travel as required) Salary: £45,619 per annum + £783 car user allowance per annumHours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Closing date: 13 th April 2026

Are you a commercially astute growth professional who wants your work to have real social impact?

At Avenues, growth isn’t about sales targets, it’s about creating high-quality, sustainable services that change lives.

We are looking for a Business Development Manager to drive sustainable growth across our specialist social care services.

This is not a sales role — it’s a strategic position focused on identifying, shaping and delivering high-quality new services that strengthen our organisation and improve lives.

About the Role

As Business Development Manager, you will play a key role in driving sustainable growth across the Group.

• Develop and manage new opportunities aligned to our Group Growth Strategy
• Lead the development of new supported living services
• Expand our autism specialist services beyond Hampshire
• Build and maintain influential relationships with commissioners, partners and purchasers
• Produce robust, evidence-based business cases and proposals
• Conduct market, competitor and benchmarking analysis to inform decision-making
• Oversee pricing of new business opportunities
• Support performance reporting and contribute to shaping the Group Growth Strategy
• Lead reviews of newly acquired services outside core business areas
• Work collaboratively with operational colleagues to ensure new services are viable, high-quality and sustainable.

This role is about thoughtful, strategic growth and ensuring every opportunity strengthens our services and delivers long-term value.

About You

• Proven experience delivering growth opportunities and preparing business cases
• Strong commercial awareness and financial understanding
• Excellent analytical and project management skills
• Confident building relationships and influencing stakeholders
• Able to manage a varied workload at pace
• Knowledge of social care markets (desirable)

  Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to shape the future of high-quality social care services. You will work at the heart of strategic decision-making, influencing how and where we grow and ensuring that expansion is both financially sound and mission-led.

If you’re looking for a role where commercial skill meets meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you.

If you like to have an informal chat please contact our recruitment team.