Fundraising continues to be Age UK's most vital and significant source of income, powering all that we do to help older people most in need.
Age UK's award-winning Corporate Partnerships team is looking for an experienced fundraiser to co-lead Age UK's Corporate Partnerships Management team on a 12 month fixed-term basis.
Alongside the another Senior Manager, you'll bring your passion, drive and strategic mind to create a culture of excellence within the team and build an ambitious partnership management strategy to drive growth and engagement from existing partnerships.
This is an exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships team as we embark on a new ambitious new strategy to significantly increase the income from partnerships and find new ways to drive impact for older people.
This fantastic opportunity offers hybrid working between home and our London officer near Tower Bridge. Due to the hybrid nature of the role, you will be required to work from our London office once a week. Currently the fundraising team meets on Thursday's.
Age UK internal grade - 4L
Must haves:
You'll have direct experience of:
- Working in corporate fundraising, delivering high-value strategic partnerships that have effectively delivered £1M+.
- Experience of different types of corporate partnerships such as employee & consumer engagement, restricted funding/grants and commercial/brand.
- Relationship building and the ability to interact with stakeholders at the highest levels in a professional and appropriate manner.
- Strategy development and implementation
- Building confidence through productive and effective relationships with internal stakeholders, including those at senior level.
- Line management and managing teams to deliver outputs at pace.
You'll also have:
- Outstanding communication skills, both written and oral - with the social skills and presence to communicate to a variety of audiences - up to Board level.
- High levels of gravitas: credible and confident with senior level contacts internally and externally.
- Excellent knowledge of Corporate Partnerships best practice, compliance and innovation.
- Experience in negotiating high level partnership legal agreements and a sound understanding of corporate partnership legal requirements.
- Strong grasp of the corporate fundraising landscape, models and tactics.
- Sound financial management and reporting skills.
- A passion to join Age UK in supporting older people and a belief the partnerships with companies are critical to achieving our strategic goals.
Great to haves:
- A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders in the wider Income Generation division and most other teams within the Age UK.
- Experience in transformative corporate partnerships delivering direct impact for a beneficiary base.
- Experience in project management, reporting and analysing results.
- Sound administration skills, including a good working knowledge of - MS Office products and databases.
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
From time to time, we may also require the successful candidate to come into our London office for face-to-face meetings with funders and colleagues at other times in the week: as per the terms of our hybrid contracts we aim to give seven days' notice when this happens.
This role will on occasions require travel outside of London and working outside of normal office hours e.g. for funder events and cultivation.
For a full list of benefits please click here https://about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/
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