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Could you secure high-value corporate partnerships that help fund lifesaving heart and circulatory research?
About the role
As our New Business Manager, you’ll play a key role in growing high-value corporate partnerships that fund lifesaving research and help people affected by heart and circulatory conditions.
Working closely with the Senior New Business Manager, you’ll take ownership of identifying, developing and progressing opportunities with organisations across a number of sectors that share our ambition to help people live longer, healthier lives.
From building your own pipeline and opening doors with new prospects to developing compelling proposals, pitching to senior decision-makers and negotiating agreements, you’ll lead opportunities through the full new business journey. You’ll spot opportunities for strategic, commercial, Charity of the Year and employee fundraising partnerships that deliver significant income and wider value for BHF.
In this role, you'll:
- Develop and manage a strong pipeline of high-value corporate partnership opportunities.
- Use insight, research and relationship-building to identify prospects and move opportunities towards successful outcomes.
- Create tailored proposals, pitches and partnership propositions that bring BHF’s impact to life.
- Work collaboratively across BHF to shape partnerships that support our strategic ambitions and charitable objectives.
- Represent BHF with confidence at meetings, pitches, conferences and networking events.
About you
We’re looking for a proactive, commercially minded new business professional who can spot opportunities, build strong relationships and turn ideas into long-term partnerships.
You may already have experience securing five or six-figure partnerships, sponsorships or commercial agreements, or you may bring transferable experience from a high-value sales or relationship management role. Either way, you’ll be confident working through the full sales cycle, from prospecting and engagement to pitching, negotiation and onboarding.
You will have:
- A strong track record of achieving financial targets through partnerships, sponsorships, commercial agreements or transferable sales activity.
- Experience developing and selling partnership, sponsorship or fundraising packages, ideally including five or six-figure opportunities.
- Confidence managing the full sales cycle, including prospecting, proposal development, pitching, negotiation and partner onboarding.
- Excellent communication, networking, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the credibility to engage senior stakeholders.
- A strategic, creative and results-driven approach, with strong planning skills and the ability to manage multiple opportunities effectively.
About the team
We’re in a pivotal time where partnerships have been identified as the cornerstone of BHF’s organisational strategy and we’ve had notable achievements in securing significant corporate partnerships over the past few years.
It’s an incredibly exciting time to step into a creative team that is bursting with a ‘get-up-and-go’ attitude. If you’re looking to deliver some of the best, most impactful collaborations seen across the charity sector, then you’re in the right place.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
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As a Policy and Public Affairs Officer, you’ll support the British Heart Foundation’s policy and public affairs work across Scotland, helping to influence decision-makers and advance our priorities. Working within the Devolved Nations Policy and Public Affairs team, you’ll engage with the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, charity sector and clinical community to help deliver BHF’s objectives.
You’ll contribute to influencing plans, monitor political and policy developments, prepare high-quality briefings and consultation responses, and identify opportunities to raise awareness of issues affecting people with heart and circulatory diseases. You’ll also help organise events, build relationships with key stakeholders and represent BHF at meetings, conferences and parliamentary events.
Working collaboratively across the organisation, you’ll help ensure BHF’s policy positions are evidence-based, relevant to Scotland and effectively communicated to a range of audiences.
About you
As our ideal candidate, you’ll have:
- Knowledge of the political environment and devolved government in Scotland.
- A strong interest in policy and public affairs, with relevant experience desirable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly.
- Experience producing high-quality written content for a variety of audiences.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage a range of stakeholders.
- The ability to work independently whilst contributing positively as part of a team.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office, and a willingness to learn Microsoft 365 Copilot.
If you’re a proactive and collaborative individual with an interest in policy and public affairs, and you're looking to make a meaningful impact in the fight against heart and circulatory disease, we’d love to hear from you.
Belonging at BHF
By embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment, we strengthen our ability to achieve our mission of saving and improving lives, ensuring our work reflects and serves the needs of every community across the UK.
To hear from our people, check out Belonging at BHF.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world where everyone has a healthier heart for longer.
Working arrangements
This is an 18 month fixed term contract to cover an internal secondment.
This is a hybrid role, where your work will be split between your home and at least one day per week, on average, in our Edinburgh Office. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Benefits and development
At BHF, we offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support our colleagues’ wellbeing and professional growth.
To find out more about our benefits you can download the Benefits document at the bottom of this page or check out our Benefits and Development pages.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
Interview process
The interview process may take place in-person or virtually via MS Teams.
How to apply
It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click on the apply button below. All you’ll need is an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role’s criteria.
Our recruitment processes are fair, accessible, and inclusive. BHF use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.
We support responsible use of AI to help shape your application. By applying for a role at BHF, you confirm that your application is authentic and reflects your own skills and experience, to ensure everyone is assessed fairly.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
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