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Help us grow our impact and open more doors for young people.

At Inspire, we believe every young person should have access to the opportunities, experiences and inspiration they need to achieve their potential.

Each year, we support around 22,000 children and young people across London and beyond, working with employers and volunteers to help young people overcome barriers and connect with experiences and opportunities that can shape their futures.

We are proud of what we have achieved, and we are ambitious about what comes next.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Head of Income Generation and Partnerships to help us build on our success, strengthen and diversify our income and develop the strategic partnerships that will enable us to reach even more young people.

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join Inspire at an important point in our development.

As a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead our organisation-wide income generation and partnerships strategy, bringing together business development, fundraising, strategic partnerships and sustainable growth. You will have the opportunity to shape our approach, influence organisational strategy and work closely with our Chief Executive, senior leaders and Trustees.

This is not a role where you will simply inherit a strategy and deliver it. You will have the scope to shape what comes next.

You will help us identify where the greatest opportunities lie, strengthen relationships with existing partners and funders, develop new partnerships and income streams, and ensure we have the systems, insight and focus needed to achieve sustainable growth.

Importantly, this is also a hands-on role. Alongside providing strategic leadership, you will personally develop and secure significant, high-value opportunities and build trusted relationships with partners, funders, customers and prospects.

What you will have the opportunity to do

This role offers significant scope to make your mark. You will:

• Contribute to shaping Inspire’s future growth, developing and leading an ambitious, organisation-wide income generation and partnerships strategy.
• Increase our reach and impact, securing sustainable income that helps us create more opportunities for children and young people.
• Develop high-value strategic partnerships, building relationships that go beyond funding and create genuine shared value.
• Diversify our income, with a particular focus on increasing multi-year and unrestricted funding.
• Lead significant opportunities, including strategic partnerships, major bids and tenders, trusts and foundations, commissioned services, fundraising and collaborations.
• Influence at the highest level, working as part of the Senior Leadership Team and providing insight and advice to our CEO, Board and Income Generation Committee.
• Strengthen how we work, developing our approach to pipeline management, forecasting, CRM use and performance reporting.
• Bring ideas to life, working with programme, impact and finance colleagues to develop compelling, fundable and commercially sustainable propositions.

What we are looking for

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded income generation or partnerships leader who combines strategic thinking with the energy and confidence to develop relationships and secure income personally.

You will bring:

• A strong track record of personally securing significant five- and six-figure income and growing important relationships.
• Senior-level experience in income generation, business development and/or strategic partnerships within the charity, social enterprise, education, employability, youth or wider social-impact sector.
• Experience across more than one income stream, with particular strength in strategic partnerships or other relationship-led income.
• Experience of trusts and foundations fundraising and successful applications, and contributing or leading major bids, tenders, commissioned opportunities or complex proposals.
• Strong commercial and financial judgement, including an understanding of pricing, budgets, contract risk and full-cost recovery.
• Excellent relationship-building, negotiation and influencing skills, with the credibility to engage senior stakeholders.
• Experience of leading and developing people and creating a culture of clear accountability and high performance.
• A confident approach to pipeline management, CRM systems, forecasting and performance reporting.
• Knowledge of youth employment, education, careers, employability, skills or social mobility.

Most importantly, you will be someone who shares our belief in the potential of young people and wants to use their skills and experience to create lasting social impact.

Why join Inspire?

For the right person, this role offers a rare combination of purpose, influence and opportunity.

You will join a successful organisation already reaching around 22,000 young people each year, but with the ambition to do more. You will have the opportunity to influence how we grow, where we invest our energy and how we build the sustainable partnerships and income that underpin our impact.

You will work alongside experienced programme and service leaders, an established Senior Leadership Team, engaged trustees and a dedicated Senior Business Development and Partnerships Manager.

Our work is guided by four principles:

Work with integrity | Be bold | Drive equity | In partnership

If you are excited by the opportunity to combine commercial thinking and relationship building with genuine social purpose, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits

29 days annual leave per year plus Bank Holidays

Family-friendly working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Tickets for Good and other charity discounts

3 volunteer days per year

How to apply

If you’re motivated by the opportunity to join Inspire and play a key role in growing our income, partnerships and impact, we’d love to hear from you. Please fully review the job description and submit:

• Your CV
• A short supporting statement of no more than one side of A4, explaining why you are interested in joining Inspire and how your experience and strengths equip you to succeed in this role
• Your answers to the three questions below, keeping each answer to a maximum of 200 words

1. Income generation

Please briefly describe your experience of personally securing significant income. What types of income have you secured and at approximately what level?

2. Breadth of experience

Which of the following income streams have you personally worked across?

Corporate partnerships | Trusts and foundations | Commissioned services | Public-sector tenders | Statutory funding | Major donors or philanthropy | Earned income | Other (please specify)

3. Partnerships and growth

Please give one example of a partnership or income opportunity that you personally developed or grew. What was your role and what was the outcome?

Safeguarding, equity and organisational responsibilities

All Inspire staff are expected to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, follow organisational policies and procedures, maintain appropriate professional boundaries and report concerns promptly. The successful candidate will complete the checks and training appropriate to the role, which includes an application for an enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. They must also protect confidential and personal information, manage resources responsibly, and undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the grade and purpose of the role.

Inspire is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. We will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.