Business Development Lead

Reference Number: 8466SIaa

Location: Christchurch
- **Partnering with organisations to provide wellbeing support to their employees**:

- **Professional close-knit team, in a successful not-for-profit organisation**:

- **Central Christchurch location with carpark**

**Workplace Support - Partners in wellbeing**

We remain committed to the vision of healthy workplaces and better mental health and wellbeing outcomes. The role of Business Development Lead is pivotal in continuing to meet the emerging needs of employees by ensuring more people gain access to the support they need.

Do you have a passion for growth through new business opportunities and are you a strong communicator in multidisciplinary leadership teams in the changing landscape of wellbeing and mental health?

If you are excited by challenges, seeking new business, securing partnerships to ensure more people have access to the support they need, then this is your next step with purpose

**About The Role**:
The Business Development Lead is responsible for:

- Increasing the base of contracted client organisations with dedicated on-site staff support through new business prospects and converting on-call contracted organisations to on-site contracts.
- Increasing the uptake of wellbeing services by employees of our client organisations.
- Developing strong working relationships with identified key stakeholders in strategic accounts to ensure Workplace Support is an integral part of their Wellbeing and Health and Safety plans.
- Ensuring a strong brand presence of Workplace Support through digital media, industry forums and regional association events, raising our visibility.

**Skills & Experience**:
You will have:

- A relevant qualification in business development/management, or significant experience in sales and marketing, and growing new business
- A track record of success in business development, with evidence of achievement of growth targets
- A track record of success in stakeholder engagement and customer relationship management
- A collaborative, proactive and engaging style, with demonstrated ability to influence with credibility
- A client-centric relationship management style that understands the importance of retaining customers as well as reaching new customers
- An outcome focus and energy, able to demonstrates empathy and a high level of self-awareness
- Self-motivation, resilience and can work autonomously and collaboratively
- Demonstrated excellent organisational and time management skills, with a focus on service quality and excellence
- Ability to travel away from Christchurch to our other locations around the South Island
- A high level of integrity that builds trust and confidence
- An understanding and empathy with a mission-based service, being open to working in a Church based service organisation and be confident in participating in spiritual or reflective sharing.

**Benefits**:

- Contribute to a mission-based service, where staff are deeply committed to their work
- Make a real impact in Aotearoa/New Zealand workplaces as healthy and fulfilling places to work
- Be part of a great team who have a real heart for people and a growing mission that has a proud history of providing wellbeing support to people across Aotearoa New Zealand.

This is a full-time role and is part of the Leadership Team, offering a compensatory remuneration package.

If you are passionate about being part of a mission that has a proud history of providing support to improve individual and organisational well-being, that has done so for many decades and wants to continue to do so for many decades to come, then we want to hear from you.

For more information please phone Andrea Bankier on +64 (0)274 478 102.