With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Job Title: Corporate Partnership Development Manager

Department: Strategic Partnerships

Reports to: Head of Corporate Partnerships and New Business

Location : Hybrid or office-based at World Vision UK headquarters in Milton Keynes/London Hub

Salary: £37 – £40,000 per annum, depending on experience

Contract: Permanent. Full-time 36.5 hours per week. Part-time will be considered and opportunity for flexible working.

This will be a hybrid role sitting across WVUK’s Account Management and New Business functions, with a primary focus on developing a small number of strategic corporate relationships who have recently made significant donations to WVUK’s work. Alongside the stewardship and development of these relationships, the role will also have responsibility for implementing New Business campaigns and initiatives to develop their own pipeline of new Corporate Partnership prospects.

The role will work closely with the Head of Corporate Partnerships and Senior Manager – Corporate New Business, and the wider Strategic Partnerships Department to deliver our Corporate Partnership strategy that is in place to guide the team over the coming years with ambitious plans in place to raise £20million by 2027.

This role will suit a dynamic individual with experience of working in either a corporate fundraising or other account management focused role and who will be able to demonstrate relevant experience in managing corporate relationships and delivering partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

• Management and partnership development responsibilities for a small number of existing corporate relationships capable of generating seven figure partnership opportunities.
• Be the primary contact with a wide range of senior corporate stakeholders, building long-term and meaningful relationships.
• Work closely with international programming colleagues to create inspiring propositions, products and engagement opportunities that will inspire and engage the private sector.
• Support the delivery of an ambitious Corporate Partnership strategy, helping to maximise income and additional value from our existing portfolio of corporate relationships.
• Deliver against ambitious targets contained within the new business strategy to deliver high value partnerships and donations from the corporate sector, operating on both national and global scales, driving growth in: shared value transformational partnerships that align to our mission for children, and consumer facing partnerships that support growth in World Vision’s brand, PR & supporter acquisition, and income targets.
• Be proactive in the ongoing research and shortlisting of potential partners and external opportunities.
• Use creativity and influence to target and engage with prospects in new sectors for World Vision through innovative propositions and ‘outside the box’ partnership opportunities
• Prepare and deliver engaging pitches, proposals and presentations
• Stay abreast of the external landscape, development and trends in partnerships and the international development sector

Person Specification

Essential Technical Skills

• Experience in managing and securing corporate partnerships to achieve social good and/or deliver income.
• Significant experience in managing senior corporate relationships and stakeholders.
• Experience of developing and implementing detailed partnership plans, with an understanding of creating shared value and identifying strategic objectives for corporate partners.
• Exposure to negotiating and agreeing commercial partnership agreements and contracts.
• Knowledge of the external fundraising environment, corporate trends/challenges and an understanding of regulations that affect corporate partnerships.
• Excellent written skills: ability to make a cogent and compelling case for support and draft and present complex information into captivating documents.
• Have experience of corporate fundraising in a large charity and/or understanding of the different principles of corporate fundraising.
• A good understanding and knowledge of private sector trends and the key issues affecting the private sector in a post-Covid landscape.
• Experience of using a CRM system for managing partner reporting and income forecasting.
• Experience of networking and representing an organisation at external events.

Essential Personal Skills

• An strong relationship builder with high levels of charisma, gravitas, diplomacy and sensitivity, and ability to command a variety of senior audiences.
• A positive and passionate individual, with an ability to manage set backs and be pro-active in identifying commercial opportunities.
• Ability to manage own workload and a portfolio of different relationships.
• A demonstrable track record of being able to manage and build strong relationships with corporate partners.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to flex style to a variety of audiences and platforms, including face to face and via Zoom/MS Teams.
• Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders internally and externally
• A team player; open, able, and willing to deliver beyond his or her personal brief.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

**Please note that you MUST have the Right to work in the UK documentation as unfortunately this role is not sponsored, and your application cannot be considered any further without it** 

Closing Date for applications:  19 May 2023

Interview date: TBC

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family.  As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

World Vision UK is a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting they complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see:

The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org)

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