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Role Purpose
Child Bereavement UK is a digital first organisation leading the way in Digital Transformation across the Bereavement sector. This role will play a vital part in helping Child Bereavement UK turn up the dial across our corporate partnerships fundraising.
As our Corporate Officer, you will be responsible for supporting the Corporate & Commercial team to grow income from new and existing corporate partners, commercial collaborations and wider business development opportunities.
You will provide administrative and operational support across the team, helping to build and maintain successful partnerships, coordinate commercial activities, identify opportunities to maximise income, and ensure an excellent experience for partners and supporters at every stage of their journey with Child Bereavement UK.
The role is essential in ensuring excellent supporter stewardship, accurate record keeping, and the smooth delivery of fundraising campaigns, events, and partnership and commercial activities.
If you are incredible at communicating and have excellent organisational skills, along with the drive, passion and enthusiasm to help businesses support our work, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Main Responsibilities
· Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Corporate and Commercial Fundraising team
· Confidently manage a small portfolio of corporate supporters while providing proactive support to the Corporate Partnerships Managers in the stewardship and growth of their portfolios. Support the delivery of the corporate supporter activities, contributing to a team target.
· Ensure all supporter records are accurate, compliant, and up-to-date on our database, and document all corporate engagement activity.
· Execute and adapt bespoke campaigns
· Assist with the preparation of funding proposals, sponsorship packages, and partnership applications.
· Maintain an awareness of corporate giving trends, news, events, campaigns and legislation in the UK and pick up on opportunities or topical issues that will enhance the charity.
· Provide comprehensive stewardship for our corporate supporters.
· Prepare regular communications, rewards and incentives and feedback.
· Seek out value added benefits such as generating awareness of the charity, volunteering, gifts in kind, introductions, attendance at events and pro-bono work.
· Provide support, where appropriate, for wider fundraising activity to develop opportunities across different fundraising areas.
· Research and identify prospective corporate and commercial partners, maintaining an accurate pipeline of opportunities and supporting new business activity to help grow sustainable income.
· Prepare and coordinate high-quality corporate communications, including partnership proposals, impact reports, stewardship updates and marketing materials, ensuring supporters receive timely, engaging and personalised communications throughout their partnership journey.
· Support the development and delivery of Child Bereavement UK's emerging commercial offer, undertaking research, coordinating sales and business development activity, and providing flexible administrative support as new commercial opportunities are identified and brought to market.
· Continually raise the profile of Child Bereavement UK by networking and representing the charity at events as required.
Person Specification
Essential
· Ability to be passionate and inspiring when communicating the work of Child Bereavement UK
· Desire to deliver the highest level of experience to corporate supporters and partners
· Excellent organisational and administrative skills
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Good attention to detail and accuracy
· Experience of maintaining databases or CRM systems.
· Highly professional, flexible and committed to achieving and exceeding KPIs
· Excellent time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise work, handle conflicting demands and meet tight deadlines
· A creative thinker and quick to respond to opportunities
Desirable
· Understanding of child or parental bereavement.
· Evidence of continued professional development
· Experience of using Salesforce CRM System.
· Experience of Corporate Fundraising
Recruitment Timetable
Application deadline: 16th August 2026 at midnight
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications for the role before the closing date.
Thank you!
AAUK’s primary role is to secure new national partnerships and steward our existing partners to generate vital funds for the 21 regional Air Ambulance charities and to fund our own vital sector representation, and we are looking for an experienced Corporate Fundraising Officer to join our team!
Purpose of Post
The Corporate Fundraising Officer will primarily be responsible for managing a portfolio of existing corporate partners, there will be an element of securing new corporate partners
• Creation and management of a robust pipeline to support business development opportunities and income targets for national partnerships.
• Maximise income generation opportunities from existing partners
• Secure new corporate partnerships
• Provide exceptional account management to a diverse mix of partners.
Key Responsibilities
• To work proactively to identify, research and develop new national partnerships (corporates, representative bodies, trusts and foundations) through the creation and management of a robust pipeline.
• To provide exceptional account management to a mix of national partnerships to consistently deliver mutually beneficial and multi-year partnerships aligned to AAUK’s strategic objectives and meet agreed income and engagement targets.
• To secure new corporate relationships including strategic partners, commercial and brand partnerships, grant giving, charity of the year, as well as cause-related and affinity marketing partnerships to contribute to meeting financial targets.
• To develop effective, relevant, and innovative funding proposals and pitches for potential and current partners aligned to Air Ambulances UK’s strategy.
• To work collaboratively with beneficiary organisations to deliver the full potential of national partnerships, promote awareness of our national fundraising programme to support business development and to deliver financial and social impact reporting of partnerships.
• To effectively project manage and work collaboratively with local air ambulance charity stakeholders to coordinate and maximise opportunities.
• All relevant administration tasks including thanking and recognition, monthly activity reporting, management of our general inbox and updating and maintaining AAUK’s CRM system (Donorfy).
• To attend meetings and make presentations to staff, beneficiaries, and member charities.
• To keep abreast of market trends and developments in partnership fundraising.
• To work in a way that reflects and supports Air Ambulances UK’s Values
• To perform any other duties as assigned
Key Relationships
Internal: Income Generation team colleagues, Events team, Marketing team, Finance Manager, CEO, AAUK Board
External: Local air ambulances, key contacts within partnerships, suppliers, and other key stakeholders
Person Specification
Essential
Experience:
- Experience of national corporate partnerships work
- Experience of business development and pitching
- Experience of achieving agreed income targets and accurate financial reporting
- Experience of project management
- Experience of working with fundraising databases
- Experience of managing relationships with a variety of partners and stakeholders
Abilities:
- Ability to develop and deliver creative and innovative fundraising propositions for potential partners and donors, as well as other various stakeholders
- Ability to communicate, motivate and inspire supporters and key audiences virtually and face-to-face, as well as by post, telephone and other appropriate methods
- Ability to make tailored presentations to varying audiences
Skills:
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Active problem-solving skills
- The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Proactive self-starter
- Creative and innovative thinking
- Team player who embraces collaborative working
- Proficient in the use of IT tools such as MS Office
- Strong attention to detail and high standards in the production of quality work
- Self-motivated with the ability to work both alone and as part of a small team
Knowledge and Understanding:
- To possess, or have the motivation to develop, a thorough knowledge of the work of Air Ambulances UK and the air ambulance sector
- Understanding of the need to work in collaboration with fundraisers from beneficiary charities organisations
- Understanding and knowledge of emerging digital fundraising practices
- Knowledge of GDPR principles and the Fundraising Regulator Code of Fundraising Practice and its guidelines
Other:
- Commitment to upholding, supporting and demonstrating the Air Ambulances UK values and behaviours in your work internally and externally
- Driving licence
- Access to your own vehicle
- Willingness to travel, including occasional overnight stays
Desirable
- General fundraising experience
- Relevant fundraising qualification/experience
- Knowledge of the Fundraising Regulator Code of Fundraising Practise and its guideline
Please apply by submitting your CV and a covering letter, including your notice period, which addresses all the criteria in the person specification by COP 14th of August 2026.
Interviews will be held week commencing 24th of August 2026.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
We are the national charity supporting the lifesaving work of the UK’s air ambulance charities, enabling them to save even more lives every day
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