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A commitment to living the organisational values of Teamwork, Dignity, Justice, Advocacy and Quality.
The Rehab Group is a charity that provides services for over 10,000 adults and children, and champions the value of diversity and inclusion for people with disabilities or disadvantage in their communities throughout Ireland and the UK.
Head of Business Development
Permanent Contract, 39 hours
Head Office, Park West, Co. Dublin
Job Purpose
To bring innovative service solutions to scale and develop new business opportunities by leading a team focused on creating new business, designing new service responses based on emerging evidence, national policy and best practice; responding to funder's requirements and developing innovative service solutions.
Minimum Education & Skills required
- 3 -5 years' experience at a senior level in new business development and demonstrable track record of developing new solutions for people who use services and meeting their needs in relation to care, learning and/or employability.
- A third level qualification or equivalent (NFQ8) in one of the following areas: business process or service design and/or innovation, business development, finance, data analysis, wide-scale change management or implementation science, or equivalent.
- Strong experience in bidding and tender submission.
- Full clean driver's licence.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
· Lead and unify the Business Development, Service Design and Innovation function across Rehab Group into a focused structure in order to more effectively seek and secure new business opportunities and grow the business base - expanding the reach of service within Ireland.
· Lead business development, bidding, and tender submissions, unifying and coordinating the Group's strategic business development, bidding and tender submission processes.
· Devise dynamic and evidence-based service solutions that meet the needs of the people who use our services through liaison and collaboration with Heads of functions, departments and divisions.
· Promote and recommend innovative service designs emanating from new research and promising practice, to include replicating successful strategies across the Group.
Additional requirements
- Experience of leading and planning over significant timescales (circa 1 year or more) either through service/programme management responsibility or via a strategic commissioning, policy and/or advisory role.
- Passion, energy and drive for excellence in learning, care and employability.
- Work flexibly, out of hours and be prepared for occasional overseas travel.
- Experience of planning, managing and monitoring the use of available resources, focusing on productivity in order to align the use of resources with the strategy for the overall service area.
Staff Benefits
*Rewarding Career *Career with meaning *attractive benefits *work life balance
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These duties and responsibilities are a reflection of the present requirements and may be subject to review and amendment to meet the changing needs of the organisation.
Closing Date: Sunday 11 August 2024.
The Rehab Group is an equal opportunity employer.
