The YOU Trust LTD

Director of Business Development Location: Fareham Salary: £75,000-£80,000pa (depending on skills and experience) for 40 hours per week Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time Closing Date: Friday 23 January 2026 YOU (a registered charity) celebrating its 40th birthday in 2025. Over those years, YOU has expanded to become a major regional charity in the South of England. By working alongside individuals in our communities, ensuring that every step we take is guided by the voices and lived experiences of those we support, we have developed and delivered innovative high-quality services that empower adults and children to live safe, healthy, independent lives. This post will be at the forefront of our ambition to continue to do this for many years to come as we take on new challenges and expand our range of services by diversifying funding streams, securing an increasing level of commercial income, and creating the skills, capabilities, and opportunities we are going to need in the future. YOU has a diverse portfolio and delivers in five key areas which are: providing advice and information services, health and wellbeing initiatives, domestic abuse services, care and support, and training and education. The Role The You Trust is a unique not-for-profit provider, supporting people who have learning disabilities, providing counselling, supporting those affected by domestic abuse, and working with young people. Additionally, we own My Learning Cloud, an online learning platform, that we successfully operate and sell to other organisations. We are highly regarded for the work we do and successfully deliver our distinct support models to very high standards across all our services. The creation of the new position of Director of Business Development offers the right person an unrivalled opportunity to support our growth and expansion of services to more people. We are an ambitious and growing organisation and would like someone to lead us through our next stage of development. The role will focus on identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, forging relationships with commissioners, housing providers and other key partners, and overseeing bids and tendering processes. You will, as a member of a thriving Leadership Team, build our capacity, develop strong internal and external relationships, and make a real difference to our future direction. About You First and foremost, you will be an experienced and successful business development leader with a strong track record in the same or similar fields. Equally you will be passionate about fairness, delivering high quality, and making a real difference to people. You will have experience of securing new business and growth in housing, social care and community or a related/relevant sector, including experience of tendering. Ideally with detailed knowledge and experience of developing effective supported living services or similar support, and housing-based services and/or community services. You will have expert knowledge and experience of leading new business and contract negotiations, managing complex tendering processes and proposal development in an organisation with a wide-ranging portfolio. Demonstrable experience of leading successful, high value bidding opportunities from initial identification through the development stages, bid writing and final submission. You will be strong on processes and continuous learning, but with even more focus on outcomes - successfully achieving targets, key business objectives and financial sustainability in the work that you do. Our future growth and development matters, not just to us as a charity but, more importantly, to the people we support and serve. The YOU Trust has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are. Our Benefits If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed: Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing. Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday. Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options. Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave. Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes. Real opportunities to develop in your profession. Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day! Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network. The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check. Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.