Corporate Partnerships Manager

Mary s Meals serves nutritious school meals to children living in some of the world s poorest countries. The promise of a meal attracts these hungry children into the classroom, giving them the energy to learn and hope for a better future.

We are excited to be recruiting for a Corporate Partnerships Manager to join Mary s Meals UK. Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships (PAP), the Corporate Partnerships Manager will be a talented and proactive networker and fundraiser, with excellent communication and influencing skills, as well as the ability to convert significant potential into meaningful supporter relationships. They will work proactively, with an entrepreneurial approach to networking, in-keeping with our values. They will be a confident, informed, and engaging ambassador for Mary s Meals who is able to inspire and enthuse new networks of supporters as well as steward existing relationships for growth, travelling regularly to meet with supporters and attend events.

MMUK is the largest and longest established National Affiliate in the Mary s Meals network, currently raising c.£20M to support global school feeding programmes, reaching children living some of the world s poorest countries. The promise of a meal attracts these hungry children into the classroom, giving them the energy to learn and hope for a better future.

We have a remote-first approach to work and are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work-life balance, but for this role you should be within commutable distance of London.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work with the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships (PAP) to devise and implement a Corporate Strategy for national mid-high value partnerships.

• Steward and strengthen existing corporate relationships to forge strategic long-term mutually beneficial partnerships.

• Proactively research, pursue and develop for networking and outreach with new corporate partnership opportunities that align with the company s strategic goals and revenue targets. This includes affinity partnerships, cause related marketing partnerships, commercial partnerships, charity of the year adoptions and corporate charitable giving.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers across industries to foster long-term strategic partnerships and future business opportunities.

• Create compelling business cases, customised proposals, and presentations to engage potential partners and attract new multi-year corporate grants and partnerships.

• Work as part of a wider Philanthropy and Partnerships (PAP) team providing support to other Philanthropy Managers in their respective areas and leveraging and maximising fundraising opportunities.

• Collaborate with Grassroots Engagement team to strengthen and leverage Grassroots Corporate engagement.

• Collaborate with colleagues across Major Giving and Partnerships (MGAP), Grassroots, Communications, Mary s Meals International and Data Insights teams to build appropriate supporter journey, communication and engagement opportunities for corporates.

• Stay informed on industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging partnership models to identify new growth opportunities and innovative solutions for corporate collaboration.

About you:

• A degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant discipline

• At least 3 years experience in corporate fundraising

• Experience of identifying and cultivating new business approaches for the purposes of pipeline development

• Experience of developing organisational approaches to corporate strategy

• Experience of account management and relationship management of high-profile partnerships

• Experience working proactively with an entrepreneurial approach to network building

• Demonstrable evidence of devising, leading and delivering on complex projects with multiple stakeholders

• Ability to think strategically and manage a large and complex workload

• Excellent prioritisation and organisational skills the ability to set up, manage and complete projects

• Team player who possesses a warm and engaging personality and excellent interpersonal skills

• Excellent negotiator/influencer able to foster and develop excellent working relationships

• Diplomatic and tactful approach with a proven ability to communicate well with a broad range of people .

Please see the recruitment pack on our website by following the apply instructions on Charity Job.