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:

Salary: £50-£55,000 per annum + good range of benefits.

Contract: Permanent.

Hours: Full-time 36.5 hours per week. Part-time considered and an opportunity for flexible working

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

Job Purpose

This role will lead a new function within the Corporate Partnerships team focused on partnerships that can transform the way World Vision supports children living in the world’s poorest and most dangerous places. It brings the opportunity to create and deliver new innovative ideas, initiatives, and networks to secure transformational support for World Vision’s programming across the globe, either through securing substantial income or strategic support from the private sector.

The role will work closely with the Head of Corporate Partnerships to implement a 5-year strategy for the team that aims to raise £20million by 2027, also working closely with the Senior Manager, Corporate New Business who leads on all other high volume new business activities.

This role will suit an individual with a passion for strategic partnerships who is comfortable working in a standalone role within a rapidly growing corporate partnerships function. The role will be varied in nature, including strategy, proposition development, targeted pro-active new business activities whilst also taking a leading role on internal stakeholder management required to deliver on our strategic corporate partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

• To develop and deliver a new Impact Partnerships strategy generating in the region of £10-15million over the next 5 years.
• To manage a small number of multi-year seven figure strategic corporate and private sector partnerships.
• To work closely with Head of Corporate Partnerships and Senior Manager, New Business to implement the overall Corporate Partnerships Strategy aiming to raise £20 million by 2027.
• Working with international programming colleagues and other internal teams to lead in the creation of inspiring propositions, products and engagement opportunities that will inspire and engage the private sector, working closely with internal and external stakeholders
• To develop and ensure accurate timely strategic partnership and financial reporting of income and activity that drives performance and allows for strategic planning across the Department.
• To lead and manage project teams across World Vision UK delivering on strategic partnerships, assessing the potential in areas for collaboration with WVI and WV national offices, establishing the necessary ways of working and agreements with WVI, and identifying the growth potential and a plan to deliver for WVUK.
• To act as a senior representative of the organisation, speaking at events, and in external stakeholder meetings.
• Actively driving targeted new business approaches by seeking opportunities to target partner organisations with a shared vision for supporting children living in the world’s poorest places and capable of adding strategic value to World Vision’s global programming.
• Keep abreast of the external landscape with trends, debates and emerging issues in the philanthropy sector, maintaining an external network of contacts in the sector for insight.
• Work with other senior leaders across the Strategic Partnerships Directorate and the wider Operational Leadership Team at WVUK to embed best practice ways of working relating to on-boarding and developing new Impact Partnerships
• To work collaboratively across World Vision, establishing the necessary ways of working with Programme and Policy, Public Engagement and Support Services teams to enable a high performing Impact Partnerships function, and mutually effective ways of working.
• To act as a senior focal point and representative on behalf of the wider Strategic Partnerships Directorate with other teams and working groups
• To work collaboratively with WVI and Support Offices to build a joined-up, mutually value adding global approach to Corporate and Private Sector partnerships in line with WV’s Global Corporate Protocols.

Person Specification

Technical Skills

• Significant experience in securing seven figure corporate partnerships focused on delivering social impact and strategic value and/or delivering income.
• A passion for World Vision’s mission, a commitment to our vision, mission and core values
• Significant experience in managing and developing a strong sales /opportunity pipeline.
• Knowledge and experience of the necessary processes, systems and ways of working that under-pin successful relationship management.

• An exceptional relationship builder and with very high levels of impact, charisma, gravitas, diplomacy and sensitivity, and ability to command a variety of senior audiences.

• 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
• Significant experience of networking and representing an organisation at external events.
• Significant experience of building collaborative ways of working cross-organisationally to achieve objectives.
• Problem solving: ability to maintain a positive outlook and find solutions.Experience of networking and representing an organisation at external events.
• Meticulous attention to detail: ability to ensure the highest standards of quality, particularly in times of pressure.

• Deep understating of development and humanitarian issues, with an associated professional, degree or Masters level qualification

Personal Skills

• A passion for World Vision’s mission, a commitment to our vision, mission, and core values.
• Significant experience at working at the Board of Trustees and CEO level supporting external stakeholder management.
• A 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 setbacks and navigate complex internal dynamics.
• Significant experience of managing a diverse range of stakeholders / relationships at a variety of levels in a global organisation.

• A good strategic thinker with the ability to understand and consider the bigger picture, able to prioritise and balance a busy workload.

• A demonstrable track record of being able to influence, be persuasive and credible at the most senior levels, securing buy-in and support to achieve objectives.
• 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).

We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date should a strong candidate be identified.
**Please note that you MUST be holding the Right to work in the UK documentation as unfortunately this role is not sponsored**

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 cover letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications:               25 May 2023

Interview Dates:                                       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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For more information about World Vision and our story, please see our website here. Our latest Annual Report may also be of interest in exploring our work.

Applicant Types Accepted:

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