Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager

Resurgo s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

We re looking for a new Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager to join us for this London-based role. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to scope and develop a new strategic programme to secure high-value income-generating charitable partnerships to help reach more young people.

We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed join us.

The important stuff

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: 2-year fixed-term, Full-time

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

Closing date: Friday 24th January, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate).

Interviews: Interviews to commence from Wednesday 5th, February

Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process.

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Resurgo has been named one of the UK s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times.

In this role, you ll be responsible for:

Research and Development

• Work with the Head of Corporate Partnerships to scope and develop a new strategic programme to secure high-value income-generating charitable partnerships to help reach more young people
• Work with key corporates to inspire them and better understand the kind of offer that might be attractive to them
• Identify and research opportunities to build new six-figure, multi-year partnerships with corporates to support targeted Spear Centres around the UK

Pitching

• Develop tailored partnership proposals for each prospective corporates, including volunteer engagement opportunities and funding requests
• Provide specific funding projects, budgets and other financial information as required
• Meet with individual potential partners to present and promote the overall work of Resurgo and the benefits of corporate partnerships and represent Resurgo and the team at community and industry events
• Work with the Corporate Partnerships team and Resurgo Communications team to assist in developing tools, collateral, campaigns and messaging to reach prospective corporates and increase brand awareness

Account Management

• Once established, manage existing relationships with high-value Spear Centre corporate partners, devising a partnership plan for each and ensuring they are appropriately stewarded
• Work with the Corporate Partnerships Executive to utilise volunteering opportunities to increase engagement among corporate partnerships
• Maintain high levels of engagement with corporate partners through meetings, regular updates and timely reports, at a level appropriate to their considerable investment.
• Maintain accurate paper and electronic records for all corporate prospects and partners
• Assist in training and equipping the sponsored Spear Centre to take part in stewarding the corporate partnership on a long- term basis

Active participation in and support for Resurgo s team and mission

• Help build and develop Resurgo s ethos and Christian life as a team member including leading and contributing to daily team prayer meetings as an integral part of Resurgo s operation and for the success of its mission.

This role will suit you if:

• A practising Christian who is passionate about personally representing the Christian values of Resurgo and committed to Resurgo s mission to transform society.
• Passionate about connecting and engaging with corporate partners to ensure we can continue to support young people facing serious barriers to achieve sustainable employment
• Proven ability to raise funds, develop business partnerships or drive sales. Excellent client management using CRM tools such as Salesforce are desirable
• An excellent communicator with strong relational skills and the confidence and ability to develop a rapport with and positively influence a variety of people from diverse backgrounds in the corporate space
• Excellent writing skills, attention to detail and accuracy, including the ability to produce compelling proposals for a professional, corporate audience
• Demonstration of leadership capabilities; proactive, responsive and a self-starter. Ability to manage multiple priorities to meet targets and deadlines. Strong numerical, reporting and organizational skills, including the ability to establish appropriate and effective processes and structures

You can expect:

• A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities
• Excellent staff development and training opportunities, including our 5-day Coaching for Leadership (valued at £3,000)
• A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work
• A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues
• 28 days annual leave (including Christmas Gift Days) plus bank holidays
• Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat
• Vitality Health Insurance Benefit

A couple of things to note:

This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)