New Business Manager

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with Ruth Strauss Foundation to find their New Business Manager.

The charity offers a flexible working environment, with hybrid working 2 days per week from their office in London.

Reporting into the Head of Partnerships, the New Business manager role will be instrumental in generating new business to compliment the current portfolio of partners. You will focus on:

1. New Business: Identifying, researching and building a list of new prospects to generate new partnerships for the Ruth Strauss Foundation.
2. Engagement with RSF events: Working closely with the RSF Commercial Sales Lead, utilising the Ruth Strauss Foundation calendar of events to engage and steward corporate relationships. These events include the likes of the RSF Long Room Dinner, RSF Golf Day .
3. Supporting on Corporate engagement through the Ruth Strauss Foundation s exciting new pre bereavement eLearning platform for workplaces.
4. Support the Head of Partnerships to maximise support from the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Marylebone Cricket Club and their commercial partners at .

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead on pitches and secure new partnership opportunities
• Maximise planned income from partners, amplifying their fundraising potential and retaining accounts
• Generate income, working proactively to strategically grow these key relationships
• Identifying, researching, engaging and cultivating new corporate prospects and relationships.
• Responsible for developing a corporate pipeline.
• Develop and, with the wider Fundraising Team, implement a focused calendar of fundraising activities and activation stewardship opportunities specifically for Partners.
• Working with colleagues to develop our corporate propositions both fundraising products and exciting, innovative new project proposals alongside our Programme Funding teams.

Person Specification:

• Experience of working in corporate partnerships / CSR / marketing / sales
• Experience of working on Charity of the Year partnerships or generating income through creative corporate fundraising activations.
• A successful track record in utilising business and partnership sector insight to support organisational fundraising aims.
• Experience of business development and pitching
• Budget management experience
• Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate using interpersonal skills with various stakeholder types
• Competent user of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and experience of client / supporter databases
• Confident and self-assured with creative flair and innovative approach to work
• A willingness to adapt and be flexible. There are often new projects, changing priorities, and new processes that you will need to embrace.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.