Issue Date: 24 April 2025
Closing Date: 5 May 2025
Position Ref: JB 1342
Location: Home-based, blended or fully office based (from our office in London).
Hours: Full-time
Salary: Up to £46,800 per annum (depending on experience)
You’ll also be eligible for a performance-based commission scheme, giving you the opportunity to boost your earnings while delivering impact.
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The team
You’ll be joining a collaborative, values-driven team focused on ethical sales and long-term client partnerships. We work in a supportive environment where innovation, ethical sales, and market-driven solutions lead the way. You’ll have the autonomy to shape your work, the backing of experienced colleagues, and a shared commitment to making a meaningful difference.
The role
As business development manager, you’ll be at the forefront of our commercial growth. You’ll uncover new business opportunities, develop trusted client partnerships, and support organisations on their journey to net zero.
From data and digital tools to consultancy and carbon reduction solutions, you’ll help shape and sell our range of impactful services.
What you’ll do
- Building and managing a healthy pipeline of new business opportunities
- Nurturing long-term client relationships built on trust and shared purpose
- Working closely with sales and account teams to streamline handovers and drive growth
- Developing tailored propositions informed by market trends and client feedback
What you’ll bring
You don’t need to meet every requirement to apply, but you’ll thrive in this role if you:
- Have experience in business development, sales, or a related commercial role
- Know how to build rapport, close deals, and manage relationships
- Communicate clearly and adapt to different people and settings
- Are excited about energy efficiency and the net zero transition
- Love turning opportunities into real-world impact
For more information, please see job description: JD- Business development manager- JB 1342
Applications close 23.59, 5 May 2025. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 12 May 2025.
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Please click ‘apply online’ via our recruitment portal. We will ask for your personal details, work history and a supporting statement. Please refer to the supporting statement questions when preparing your statement. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.
As part of our recruitment process, we conduct background checks on all candidates who receive a conditional offer of employment. The nature of the scheme that we are contracted to work on with Scottish Government means that we are required to comply with UK Government standards when carrying out pre-employment checks for new starters. This check is known as the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (or BPSS) check.
The BPSS checks will include a basic criminal record check (DBS check), verification of identity, verification of right to work in the UK and your previous 3 years employment history. Information obtained will only be used for the purposes of assessing your suitability for the role. Please note that if successful, any offer of employment made will be conditional pending the successful completion of the BPSS checks.
More information on the checks can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/baseline-personnel-security-standard-on-amiqus-processing-data-privacy-notice/
Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.
If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch with recruitment@est.org.uk or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. We will do our very best to support you.
Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.
We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.
Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best. We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role. Find out more here.
You can find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.
