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Role Overview
The Talent Set are delighted to partner with a wonderful international development charity on a fantastic Interim Head of Philanthropy & Partnerships role. This strategic position involves leading the development and management of high-value partnerships, with a focus on corporate collaborations, donor stewardship, and growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and execution of partnership strategies, particularly with corporate organisations.
- Cultivate and steward relationships with high net worth individuals, key stakeholders, and corporate partners.
- Identify new business opportunities through prospecting and strategic outreach, ensuring alignment with organisational values and goals.
- Collaborate with the team to enhance existing partnerships, drive revenue growth, and increase mutual value, particularly focusing on corporate and high-value donors.
- Oversee and support team members responsible for partnership development, stewarding, and new business, fostering a collaborative environment.
- Work closely with leadership to shape the organisation’s partnership offerings and positioning at a strategic level.
- Manage and report on partnership performance, ensuring targets are met and stakeholder engagement remains robust.
- Line manage a team of 2-3.
Person Specification
- Proven experience in developing and managing corporate partnerships, preferably within the international development sector.
- Strong commercial acumen combined with excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to identify strategic opportunities, craft compelling propositions, and negotiate mutually beneficial agreements.
- Exceptional communication skills, capable of engaging diverse audiences from high-net-worth individuals to corporate executives.
- Experience in managing and motivating teams, with a collaborative leadership style.
- Ability to work at pace, adapt to shifting priorities, and deliver results within tight timelines.
- A strategic thinker with a practical approach to securing and growing high-impact partnerships.
What’s on Offer
Salary: £237.15 per day + £35.57 holiday pay PAYE.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.
Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
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The People & Culture Director is responsible for leading the People Team, business partnering with the SLT to provide strategic, operational and change leadership across the charity.
This role will lead all people, culture, and organisational development activities across Ygam, ensuring they are aligned with Ygam’s values, strategy, and statutory responsibilities as a UK charity employer.
Success will be consolidating and building upon our existing structures to deliver a high‑performing, values‑driven, and inclusive culture which enables Ygam to achieve our objectives both now and in the longer-term
As a trusted member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the postholder will act as a coach, adviser, and culture‑builder—championing equity, wellbeing, safeguarding, and effective leadership and line management across the charity, as well as playing a full role in cross-SLT pieces of work.
The role also plays a key part in bringing colleagues together by coordinating internal events, including the planning and delivery of all-staff Together Days.
Our commitment as a People Team is to help the wider staff group on their journey within Ygam. We aim to provide an environment which brings out the best in our team, so that they can provide the best possible service to the people we support.
Who are we looking for?
This post sits on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). We are looking for a senior. experienced, credible, and values‑driven people director, who combines strategic insight with a deeply human approach.
You will be someone who believes that culture is created through everyday behaviours, relationships, and decisions, and who is comfortable working with complexity, ambiguity, and change.
You will bring significant leadership experience at this level across the full HR and People brief. as well as strong professional judgement alongside empathy, curiosity, and humility. You will be a confident self-starter able to challenge constructively while building trust at all levels of the organisation.
Above all, you will share our commitment to high-performing culture that is driven by our mission and values and be motivated by the opportunity to help create a workplace where people and volunteers feel safe, supported, included, and able to do their best work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.