Senior NHS Business Development Manager

Role: Senior NHS Business Development Manager

Team: Business Development – New Client Acquisition

Package: Pension, Unlimited leave, Flexible working

Location: London-based, with hybrid working

Salary: £45,000-£50,000, plus significant bonus potential

About Corndel:

Corndel is a unique, multi award-winning UK management and technology training provider that focuses on delivering the highest quality programmes throughout an employee’s career. We partner with some of the UK’s largest and most exciting businesses to help drive organisational and personal performance through transformational learning.

Our vision is to shape a world where everyone is empowered to be their professional best. We are one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK and provide a great platform for proactive and motivated individuals to take the next exciting step in their career. You will be joining an organisation with a fun, entrepreneurial and supportive environment, providing fulfilling work and an open, informal culture.

Corndel’s work with the NHS has continued to grow. We are very proud to partner with so many NHS Trusts to help them meet the needs of the 21st-century workforce, particularly in areas such as Leadership and Management, and Data.

To help continue our growth, we are looking for a Senior NHS Partnerships Manager to join our dedicated NHS team and help expand the number of Trusts and Regions we work with, expanding our work across the sector. You will work closely with our marketing and research team to identify, engage, and win new partnerships, providing vital L&D solutions and development opportunities for passionate NHS professionals across the country.

The role:

As our Senior NHS Partnerships Manager, you will support our work to engage new NHS Trusts and Integrated Care systems (ICS) across England and grow these partnerships.

Responsibilities include:

1. Relationship building
   • Building strategic relationships with senior decision makers at new NHS Trusts and Integrated Care Boards (ICB’s) to launch new partnerships for Leadership, Data and Technology.
   • Grow relationships with a particular focus on opportunities across the ICS.
   • Working closely with the Account Management team to ensure that programmes are delivered on time and a positive, ongoing partner relationship is secured.
2. Driving Sales
   • Working towards stretching financial targets.
   • Leading campaigns, proposals, procurement, pitches, and stakeholder engagement strategies to engage and launch new NHS Partnerships.
   • Recording and reporting on personal sales performance and supporting the NHS Director to forecast and plan effectively.

About You:

• You’re an enthusiastic self-starter – keen to help transform the way organisations develop their people.
• You value inclusivity, being supportive and respectful of others.
• You are open to change and take a collaborative approach to challenges.
• You strive for excellence and have high expectations of yourself and others.
• You operate with integrity, trust and professionalism and empower others to do so.

Experience and Skills:

Essential:

• A passion to work with the NHS to enhance learning and development opportunities to help develop, upskill, retain, and diversify talent across the sector.
• Exceptional relationship management skills.
• A track record of achieving or exceeding financial targets, preferably in a solution-based role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and listening skills.
• Drive to be a high performer, individually and as part of a team.

Desirable:

• An understanding of the NHS and its strategic priorities.
• Experience in engaging and influencing senior decision-makers, ideally within an NHS setting.
• Experience in influencing senior decision makers at large organisations.

Why join Corndel?

• We're committed to having a fully inclusive, welcoming and safe culture and always striving to improve.
• We provide an environment that is truly flexible and supportive, somewhere you will have autonomy over your role.
• We're a leader in our field, with quality and excellence at the heart of what we do.
• We are committed to supporting the third sector and widening access to training and development opportunities.

As part of our commitment to create an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can be their true selves, excel in their roles and progress in their careers, we recognise the importance of embracing the diversity in the working population and making Corndel a fully accessible employer.

As Corndel is a Disability Confident Employer, we make sure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job will be offered an interview. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, when submitting your application, please select the appropriate option to let us know that you have a disability. Please note this does not mean that all disabled people are entitled to an interview, in some recruitment situations such as peak times, we might need to limit the overall numbers of interviews we offer.

If you have a disability that might affect any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know about any help or reasonable adjustments you need before any interview or assessment. We’ll work with you to make sure any appropriate support is in place and make the application process a more positive experience.

Corndel is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment practices, and will undertake pre-employment checks on the successful candidate, including Enhanced DBS Disclosure and a Barred List Check.

For more information contact joe.molloy@corndel.com

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