Business Development Manager

About Us

Help is a Queensland-based social enterprise helping people with disability lead fulfilling and independent lives. Over the past 50+ years, we’ve created an integrated network of services to provide people with disability the essentials, routine, and stretch they seek in life. Whether it’s employment, learning, living arrangements, community involvement, or anything else in between – we work alongside people to help them achieve the things they set out to. We do this with the help of our social enterprise businesses, organisational partnerships, and DES and NDIS service streams. We like to think of it as an ecosystem of opportunity.

What’s in it for you?

At Help we believe that every person is the master of their journey. And that starts with our team. We strive to create an environment where employees openly embrace our mission and vision and can live our values every day. As a valued member of our team we’re committed to looking after you, by offering some great benefits including:

• Excellent salary sacrificing benefits! Package up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free, and additional $2,560 for meal and entertainment expenses
• A supportive work environment which values your personal and professional life, ensuring a perfect work-life balance
• Recognition of loyalty through our Service Award Program
• Free counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• The opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people with disability.

About The Opportunity

The Business Development Manager is responsible for driving strategic business development initiatives to support the growth and sustainability of the Social Enterprise portfolio. This role leads the identification and pursuit of new opportunities across all commercial business models, fostering partnerships with values-aligned organisations. A key focus is to generate meaningful employment opportunities for people living with disability by expanding and strengthening commercial operations through strategic, impact-driven collaboration.

Your key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Assist the Head of Social Enterprise in the creation and execution of a long-term business development strategy that delivers sustainable growth and impact.
• Collaborate with the broader Head of Social Enterprise and Business Development Officer to design and implement an effective inbound sales and business development strategy, including the optimisation of sales processes, structures, and best practices across the organisation.
• Provide strategic insights and hands-on support to the Head of Social Enterprise in the review, development, and execution of business development plans within the Social Enterprise portfolio.
• Lead by example, promoting a culture that empowers team members to challenge and refine existing work practices, uphold safety standards, and embrace continuous improvement in alignment with HELP’s values.
• Demonstrate leadership and strong business development capabilities by coaching and mentoring team members to deliver strategically aligned, high-impact activities that drive sustainable growth.
• Foster a growth mindset by identifying opportunities for improvement across core business development practices and encouraging team engagement in solution-focused thinking and innovation.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with existing customers, while proactively networking to develop new connections with community groups, industry stakeholders, and potential partners.
• Represent HELP and the Business Development team professionally at relevant internal and external networking events, ensuring alignment with strategic branding and reputation goals.
• Manage end-to-end proposal and tender responses, including analysing RFP requirements, creating content, and coordinating contributions from various internal stakeholders.
• Generate new leads and business opportunities by identifying and engaging key decision-makers, screening prospects for alignment with strategic goals, and leading opportunity development through to implementation.
• Support business development activities with commercial analysis, including pricing strategies, margin analysis, and profit evaluations for new and existing opportunities.

This is a Full-Time position based at: Eagle Farm

How to apply for this role?

If you are determined to make a difference and want to join our team of HELP Hero’s, we encourage you to submit your application.

Applications will be assessed as they are received

Contact: To learn more about this opportunity please contact the Recruitment team on: Recruitment@helpenterprises.com.au 

As part of our recruitment and selection process, all successful candidates must have or be willing to undertake a range of checks including verification of working rights, Working with Children (Blue Card), NDIS Worker Screening (Yellow Card), current First Aid and CPR certificate, professional reference checks and a national police check. 

If you would like to learn more about working for us or what we do, we encourage you to visit www.help.org.au or follow us on LinkedIn