Senior Lead, Wales

Do you want to make a positive impact in Wales? Do you have experience of working with businesses and voluntary organisations and growing active networks? Do you want to help shape the future of responsible business in Wales?

We are looking for a self-motivated, strategic thinker, who has a proven track record of relationship building and income generation. You would be joining a small team here in Wales, to achieve our ambition to make Wales a Responsible Business nation.

Who we are

We are Business in the Community, the largest and longest established business-led membership organisation dedicated to responsible business, founded by HRH The Prince of Wales 40 years ago.

We want the UK to lead the world in responsible business.

We work with members to continually improve their responsible business practice, leveraging their collective impact for the benefit of communities. We grow the responsible business movement and collectively create a greater impact focused on:

• Developing a skilled and inclusive workforce.
• Ensuring work is good for everyone.
• Innovating to sustain and regenerate the planet.

• Building thriving communities.

Our ask

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Lead, to drive BITC’s relevance with business and communities across Wales.

The role will involve:

• Building a pipeline of new BITC members, to significantly grow the responsible business movement in Wales
• Identifying and securing financial support from business, local government, trusts and foundations to enable action on priority issues.
• Working with internal colleagues to translate and contextualise BITC campaign priorities for the nation to drive growth and relevance.
• Building strategic relationships with senior representatives from business, local government, voluntary and community organisations, and industry bodies.

Experience Required

The successful candidate will have excellent knowledge of the Responsible Business agenda and pressing social and environmental issues. They will also have a strong understanding of fundraising and income opportunities arising from partnership working.

Salary

The salary level for this role reflects the flexibility we offer with the contractual location. The salary level is £45,000 per annum.

Diversity statement

Business in the Community are actively looking to recruit a diversity of talent. We embrace, respect and value the difference in our employees and we are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment that consists of fairness, dignity, and caring for everyone, and one that enables every employee to flourish and realise their potential.

We are a Race at Work Charter signatory and, alongside 600 other Charter signatories, taking actions to encourage and support ethnic minority representation in recruitment, selection, and career progression as well as being committed to improve the working lives of our disabled and neurodiverse colleagues. We are also a real living wage employer.

As we approach our 40th birthday in 2022, we want to drive more impact than ever and engage more businesses and their leaders. It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join The Prince’s Responsible Business Network.