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FareShare
Job Description – Corporate Partnerships Officer
Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Manager
Location: London/Hybrid working with Mondays required in the office, along with an in-person meetings with partners.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35hours p/w
Salary: £32,880 - £34,610 (We normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range)
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions in to food insecurity. FareShare has a plan to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis using England’s surplus food.
We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors, and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
Main purpose of the role
We have a dynamic Fundraising team and over the last three years we have seen an incredible growth across established income streams and creation of new exciting income streams. At the same time, the organisation is passionate and committed to increasing our activities so that more food can reach the 8,500 charities and community groups nationwide. To meet this ambition, we are looking to recruit a talented and experienced fundraiser as our Corporate Partnerships Officer who is able to jump straight in to help deliver our Corporate Fundraising strategy.
FareShare’s recent increased brand profile and consumer awareness, along with our dual purpose in creating both social and environmental impact, gives us a strong proposition. This is an exciting time to join FareShare, as we have experienced huge growth and have a fantastic portfolio of corporate partners. High profile partners such as McDonald’s, Tesco, Yorkshire Building Society, Gousto, Curry’s, belVita, Quaker and Coca Cola support us in a variety of ways including commercial activity, staff and customer fundraising and corporate donations.
We are looking for an ambitious Corporate Partnerships Officer that wants to maximise fundraising opportunities with existing partners through excellent account management and also enjoys new business and converting leads to new partnerships. This role will be split with 60% of your time allocated to Account Management and 40% to New Business.
To be successful in this role, you will have knowledge and experience of managing and growing fundraising partnerships, as well as experience of working with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. You will be self-motivated with strong organisational skills and an ability to set priorities, contribute to a prospect pipeline and meet deadlines.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Account Management
- Manage a diverse portfolio of corporate partnerships including strategic partnerships, commercial partnerships, charity of the year and corporate donations, and support Corporate Partnership Managers with responsibilities relating to larger partnerships.
- Deliver excellent partnership management including developing a partnership plan, meeting with stakeholders, delivery of partner benefits and account stewardship.
- Develop and deliver timely, relevant and engaging impact reporting.
- Develop new and grow existing corporate partnerships, drafting and negotiating partnership agreements, for the best outcomes across FareShare’s work and maximising the income potential.
- Maintain robust account growth plans, update pipelines and stakeholder mapping for your partners.
- Produce high quality communications, reports, propositions and pitches for partnerships - delivering excellent account management through the highest levels of supporter centred stewardship.
- Ensure we maximise the skills and experience of corporate partners through pro-bono, value-in-kind and volunteering support.
New Business
- Proactively approaching corporate opportunities following our new business strategy, writing funding proposals and approaching community groups for new partnerships
- Responding to volunteer enquiries from companies who want to work with FareShare and converting enquiries to new business leads when viable
- Contribute to the fundraising team new business pipeline
- Maintaining accurate cultivation plans and reporting for new business approaches
- Working with the FareShare food, volunteering and marketing teams to identify new fundraising opportunities
Communication and Administration
- Develop PR and communication plans for corporate partners, working in collaboration with the Marketing & Communications team.
- Manage the general administration and accurate data management for your partners.
- Support annual budgeting and planning in line with the fundraising team’s strategic objectives. Report on any variances of income against budget and undertake contingency planning to minimise risk.
- Where necessary, work with the wider teams at FareShare and with our regional centre partners to deliver greater partner impact.
- Contribute to the wider success of the fundraising team through supporting colleagues, celebrating successes and sharing learnings.
- Efficient and effective management of income ensuring compliance with GDPR, charity regulation and FareShare’s own Ethical Gift Policy
- With support from colleagues manage all legal and financial aspects of partnership agreements
In addition, you will be expected to:
- Work within legal and charity guidelines
- Manage and work within FareShare’s IT systems and data guidelines
- Represent Fundraising where required on internal working groups
- Undertake training and skills development and keep up to date with the changing requirements of the role
- Undertake other duties as required
Person Specification
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
Essential
- Experience of supporting or managing fundraising relationships
- Experience of maximising and growing fundraising relationships/opportunities
- Experience of soliciting income from corporate partners/donors and evidence of successfully achieving five figure income targets
- Commercial awareness with knowledge of various corporate sectors and of corporate fundraising
- Ability to communicate effectively and motivate partners with excellent writing and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to advise, influence and inspire internal and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to work independently and manage a range of projects with competing deadlines
- Experience identifying new opportunities and establishing new corporate fundraising relationships
- Ability to use initiative, prioritise and demonstrate a problem-solving approach
Desirable
- Experience of building strong relationships with key senior stakeholders
- Understanding of the Institute of Fundraising’s Code of Practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and good practice
- Experience working on a fundraising CRM system
- Experience working with volunteers or volunteer programmes
- Good numeracy and excel skills
- Good computer skills and attention to detail
Values and behaviours
- A commitment to Equal Opportunities
- An understanding of, and sympathy with FareShare’s mission
- Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team and across other internal teams.
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
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Challenge and Community Executive, Global’s Make Some Noise
We are Global's Make Some Noise - the official charity of Global, the Media & Entertainment Group
Global’s Make Some Noise is a national charity that improves the lives of disadvantaged people across the UK. We believe everyone deserves to feel safe, feel well, feel included and feel prepared. We work across four key areas: providing shelter and safety, supporting physical and mental health, preventing isolation and improving life skills.
We harness the power and reach of Global, the Media & Entertainment Group to raise money and awareness for small and local charities across the UK that are supporting disadvantaged people in our communities.
Reporting of the role
This role is positioned in the fundraising team, who are targeted to raise income across Make Some Noise’s and Global’s platforms and partners.
Global’s Make Some Noise is part of Global Goodness, harnessing the power and reach of our brands to support small charities across the UK, raising vital funds and awareness to help the people who need it most in our communities.
Guide Salary:
The salary for this role is circa £25,000.
Overview of job
This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic fundraiser to expand skills by working on various fundraising activities, engaging communities across the UK to fundraise for brilliant causes. The shape of the role will evolve across the year according to our external and internal campaign priorities.
3 best things about the job
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You’ll get to use your skills to make a positive difference, working with good causes and great people from charities across the UK!
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You get to work closely with people right across the business, through managing Global’s passionate group of charity champions (‘Noise Makers’) – helping them to plan and implement numerous fun internal fundraising activities and events for Make Some Noise.
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You’ll have the opportunity to develop a variety of fundraising and community stewardship skills through creativity and innovative thinking.
Measures of success – In the first few months, you would have:
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Recruited and stewarded participants through challenge events such as the London Marathon and Ride London, supporting participants to reach their fundraising goals.
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Proactively research and pitch new fundraising opportunities to the team within the community and challenge space.
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Began discussion about the coordination and project management of all staff fundraising activities for ‘Make Some Noise Day’– the biggest day of the year for Global’s staff.
Responsibilities of the role
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Be a point of contact for all challenge participants and community fundraisers.
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Provide exceptional stewardship support and execute creative fundraising ideas to help participants reach their fullest potential.
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Work with fundraising platforms to create automated workflows and streamlined user journey.
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Lead the ‘Noise Makers’ to deliver Global’s staff income target by helping to implement a variety of exciting and lucrative fundraising activities in all Global’s offices across the UK
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Be the dedicated point of contact with Global’s People & Culture (HR) team to deliver internal fundraising operations relating to Make Some Noise Day.
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Work with the marketing team to design and deliver first-rate supporter care and resources for activities.
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Ensure accurate records are maintained on our fundraising databases, and assist with account administration including invoices, payments, contracts, processes and reporting.
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Write-up post-project reports and analysis, suggesting areas of improvement.
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Manage budgets, looking for efficiencies and proactively spotting fundraising opportunities.
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Oversee quarterly invoicing and stewardship of community recycling partners.
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Support with stewardship of partners and high-value-supporters, such as co-ordinating gift-in-kind donations, volunteering opportunities and studio tours for VIP guests.
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Identify, propose and develop fundraising opportunities within defined communities, such as schools and universities.
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Provide colleagues with ad-hoc administrative support, such as responding to enquiries, minute-taking, invoicing, contracts and stocktakes, and support with prizes, event materials and marketing assets.
What you will need
The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
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Background: Experience of challenge events or community fundraising - ideally in a charity, media or client-focused environment.
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Planning: You’ll be highly organised, with demonstrable experience of working under pressure, often to tight deadlines.
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Community: You’ll be able to exercise empathy, patience and consistency when dealing with supporters.
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Relationships & interpersonal skills: You’ll be an excellent communicator with the ability to build rapport, relate to others and improve potential from relationships – over the phone, via email and face to face.
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Attention to detail: An excellent level of literacy is crucial, along with an error-free ethic, double checking your work and eliminating mistakes and typos before sending on.
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Systems: Ideally, you’ll have experience using online fundraising platforms (e.g. Just Giving and Enthuse) and will have a general understanding of how online ticketing and auction platforms work.
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Writing: You’ll be confident in writing with a high standard of literacy and strong attention to detail.
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Learning: You’ll have a desire for continuous learning of best fundraising practice.
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Numeracy: Strong numeracy with experience of using formula in Excel; managing budgets, on the look-out to raise the maximum amount of money for the greatest return, and the sense to take action when figures don’t look right.
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Proactivity: A proactive thinker, always looking to spot opportunities and using your initiative to spot issues before they occur.
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Team player: We’re looking for a supportive, enthusiastic and proactive team member with a ‘can do’ attitude and tenacity to see projects through to the end.
Everyone is welcome at Global
Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.