Conservation Business Development Lead

Role: Business Development Lead – Nature & Conservation 

Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid

Salary: £46k-£58k

It’s not often that you go home with a warm fuzzy feeling that you’ve done good in the world, especially when you work at the sharp end of sales and business development. Instead, you build relationships and sell products or services that don’t resonate with you but make huge profits for shareholders.

Not exactly what your mum had in mind when she told you that you would change the world…right?

Well, here’s a chance to not only put a smile on your mum’s face but to make a huge difference to our planet and the countless plants and animals that are often put in harm’s way whenever human beings look to ‘develop’ our environment and potentially devastate fragile ecosystems.

This organisation exists to protect vulnerable species from the impact of human development. They do so through developing cutting-edge technology that allows private sector businesses to measure the impact of their development activity on ecosystems, and demand for their services is rapidly increasing as (thankfully) more and more private sector businesses take their obligation toward the environment and conversation seriously.

This role is a new position created to assist the organisational growth as they look to engage and win contracts with more private sector businesses worldwide.

A team will assist you as you identify, engage and convert leads and raise the organisation’s core product profile through effective sales, marketing and communications activities.

However, this isn’t a cut-throat, KPI-driven sales role. It is a broad, qualitative-focused business development role. You will add value in various ways, from reviewing their current CRM tooling and strategy to attending conferences and events to raise the organisation’s profile generally.

You will follow up on leads, prospect for new opportunities and undertake presentations and pitches to businesses across the renewables, mining, finance/banking and ‘soft’ commodities (food, fashion etc.) industries.

You will have a proven track record in a sales and business development role and a demonstrable passion for sustainability and conservation – this is vital.

You may have worked for another not-for-profit organisation in a community engagement or business development role or will come from a commercial background selling enterprise software or similar complex, solutions.

You comprehend purchasing processes within larger businesses and will have exceptional written and spoken English for delivering high-profile client presentations.

As this is working for a not-for-profit organisation there will be no bonuses, but you can expect a salary between £46k-£58k and generous benefits including a 12% pension scheme, life assurance and 25 days holiday.

The role will be largely remote-based, but you will be expected to spend at least 3 days a month (consecutively) working from Cambridge.

If you are interested, please apply, ideally writing a short cover note explaining why you are interested in working within conservation!

We welcome diverse applicants and are dedicated to treating all applicants with dignity and respect regardless of background.