Corporate Partnerships Manager

Are you a skilled Corporate Fundraising specialist ready to help transform the lives of children and young adults with complex disabilities, enabling them to reach their potential and live their best lives?

Salary: £39-46k, open to appointment across the band dependent on experience
Contract: Permanent, either full time or reduced hours considered (4 days)
Location: Hybrid, between home and the Cheadle Hulme fundraising office
Benefits: 25 days holiday (+bank), 4% employer pension,
Culture: Genuinely flexible, life and family-friendly culture, employee assistance programme, onsite gym and yoga classes

About the charity

From its world-class campus, the charity aims to provide exceptional education and care for children and young adults with the most complex and profound needs, driven by an amazing workforce.

They are midway through the largest fundraising appeal in its 200-year history, and the largest by any similar charity in the UK. It will see the campus become the national centre of excellence for the education and residential care of children and young adults with the most complex needs.

The brand-new state of the art school building is now open and a college capital development on the way in 2026.

About the role

This is a brand-new role, as part of a five-year growth plan for fundraising. There's a real buzz and energy in the team, driven by a capital campaign that is building momentum and an exciting revenue-led fundraising strategy.

Corporate fundraising has been identified as an income stream with serious potential.

You'll take the lead on all corporate partnership activity, including identifying, developing, and converting opportunities. Your main input and contribution will be towards revenue appeals, with some input into current and future capital projects.

The charity has laid solid foundations for corporate fundraising, so this role is about creating a meaningful step-change. Taking a well-established corporate volunteering programme and translating it into strategic income-generating opportunities, by developing a pipeline of corporate partnerships at five and six figures.

There is potential for growth and the real possibility of leading a Corporate team, further down the line.

About you

We're looking for you to be a confident and capable relationship-builder, who can translate opportunities into income.

Here are some of the things we'd love to see on your profile or CV:

Previous experience developing strategic corporate partnerships at five figures+.
Knowledge of latest trends and techniques in corporate fundraising.
Enjoys and excels at connecting with people, internally and externally.
Confident in gaining access at Director/CEO level, securing meetings and pitching.
Creates and delivers pitch content in a meaningful and compelling way.
Innovative thinker, with the vision to see and craft corporate opportunities.
Values-led approach, developing partnerships that consider and showcase them.

This is a unique opportunity to develop and grow a warm pipeline, working alongside a talented and high-performing fundraising team. The potential is huge - in terms of both income stream growth and professional development.

If reading about this opportunity has captured your imagination and you're ready to take on a new challenge, please get in touch with a copy of your profile or CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People.

Deadline: 9am on Friday 29th November
Interview dates TBC

We'd encourage you to get in touch asap if you are interested. We're conscious of the festive break coming up and would love to start conversations as early as possible. We promise we won't close early and you won't miss out if you apply right up to the deadline though.

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