(24 Sept 2025) As Business Development Manager, you will play an essential role in building IFLA’s Business Development Capacity by identifying and securing strategically aligned funding, while leveraging existing strengths. You will support IFLA’s sustainability by ensuring diversified, long-term financial resilience.
The role
- Leads in building on existing work around project pipelines, broading the range of sources covered and identifying particularly promising avenues, with a particular focus on EU funding;
- Advises and makes recommendations to the Manager Policy and Advocacy and wider Senior Leadership Team on a broader strategy on relationship development for business development, as well as updates on business pursuit and review of partnership landscape;
- Identifies new partnership opportunities pursuit;
- Identifies foundations and/or charities for business pursuit;
- Submits grant applications, mobilising colleagues and volunteers in order to maximise quality and relevance;
- Provides overall advice on how to build IFLA’s potential as a grant-receiving organisation on behalf of the wider library field;
- Contributes alongside colleagues to developing strong narratives of success building on IFLA’s existing work and strengths tailored to potential funders;
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