Head of Partnerships

Full time

East London – flexible and remote working options available

Today’s young people face an unprecedented range of challenges. They are possibly the first generation worse off in physical and emotional terms than their parents. This charity’s mission is to ensure that every young person under the age of 25 can make informed choices about their wellbeing. It already makes a difference to over three million young people in the UK each year by connecting young people to experts and their peers to talk about everything from money to mental health, from homelessness to jobs, from break-ups to drugs. The list is endless.

2020 was a successful year for this charity and it is now looking for someone to join its fundraising and development directorate as Head of Partnerships. The team focuses on core and unrestricted income and over the past 18 months has prioritised long-term strategic funders and partners. It now has a strong pipeline of secured income for the next three years.

Your remit will be to lead on delivering and growing the partnerships, corporate and commercial income generation activities to deliver £1.5m in 2022/23, to manage the partnerships, corporate and commercial team members to deliver on income targets

The successful candidate will bring a demonstrable track record gained in a charity corporate fundraising environment and/or experience of working in new business development or sales.  You will also bring experience of managing and motivating a small team, developing strategies and budgets, and working across an organisation to maximise opportunities.

Among your key strengths will be the ability to develop pitches, presentations and proposals and utilise them to close deals (ideally up to 6 figures). 

Finally you will need to possess sound understanding of corporate responsibility, marketing, communications and all aspects of CSR trends, specifically commercial and sponsorship and customer engagement.