We are excited to be recruiting into our Fundraising and Communications team to help grow meaningful corporate partnerships that directly support young people across Bristol and the surrounding areas. This is an exciting opportunity to build relationships with businesses, deliver impactful partnerships, and help shape long-term support for young people facing homelessness and complex challenges.
If you are someone who enjoys building relationships, spotting opportunities, and turning conversations
into meaningful partnerships with real social impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 15th June 2026.
We aim to build a more diverse workforce that reflects the young people we support, including those from migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking communities. We therefore warmly encourage applications from individuals who are currently under-represented at 1625ip, including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, Black/Black British backgrounds, Muslim and male candidates, and anyone with relevant lived experience.
If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.
Who are we?
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.
How we work
At 1625ip our work is rooted in Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) and Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP). Our Psychologically Informed Framework shapes how we build relationships, use our spaces, and support young people. This means we prioritise safety, trust, collaboration, and understanding the impact of trauma in every interaction. You don’t need prior experience in PIE or TIP to apply - we’ll support you to learn and develop these approaches in the role.
What you will be doing:
Using your ability to build relationships and communicate effectively, you will:
- Build and manage relationships with corporate partners that align with our values and mission, delivering high-quality stewardship and engagement across your portfolio.
Using your proactive approach to business development and networking, you will:
- Identify and develop new partnership opportunities through research, outreach, networking, and relationship building.
Using your organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities, you will:
- Plan and deliver corporate fundraising campaigns and partnership activity that engage businesses and raise support for young people.
- Organise and coordinate corporate engagement events, volunteering opportunities, and supporter activities.
Using your experience of managing relationships and working towards targets, you will:
- Take ownership of your own portfolio of corporate supporters, delivering against agreed objectives while contributing to partnership growth and income generation.
Using your ability to work collaboratively and apply sound judgement, you will:
- Support the delivery of larger strategic partnerships alongside the Corporate Partnerships, Philanthropy and Communications Manager.
- Develop tailored proposals and partnership approaches for prospective supporters.
Using your attention to detail and confidence with systems and data, you will:
- Maintain accurate pipeline, income, and partnership records using Salesforce CRM, supporting effective planning and reporting.
Using your initiative and problem-solving skills, you will:
- Progress partnership opportunities, respond professionally to challenges, and identify ways to strengthen and grow partnerships.
Using your commitment to inclusive and values-led practice, you will:
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across fundraising and communications to deliver impactful partnerships that reflect our values, while working within safeguarding, confidentiality, equality, diversity, and data protection frameworks.
You will be in our Fundraising and Communications Team and your line manager will be our Corporate Partnerships, Philanthropy and Communications Manager.
Our Competency Development Framework sits at the heart of how we work at 1625ip. It links our values with the behaviours we expect to see in everyday practice and supports colleagues to learn, reflect and develop. It also means our recruitment is grounded in behaviours, not just experience, so applications, interviews and job profiles all focus on how we work, not only what we do.
If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.
Contract details:
- Contract type: Permanent
- The location: You will be based on Old Market Street, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant city centre. There is also flexibility and support to manage working from home and the team meets in person 2 days a week.
- If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on 19 June 2026, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
- You will be asked to answer 5 questions at the top of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted.
- Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form.
- Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to Kingsley Hall (our main office in Old Market). An online application will then be created for you.
- For support with your application, skills, training, and your career - Skills Connect ’s dedicated advisors can assist you.
A few benefits at 1625ip
In return for your dedication, we offer:
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays.
- Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF.
- “Colleagues are valued and supported, people like working at 1625ip and you can tell that by the culture and atmosphere in the offices.”, Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2025.
- “ I feel genuinely so proud to and really feel that the values and motivation behind the work we do aligns with who I am and who I want to be .” See what other colleagues have said about their career development with us, on the vacancy page of our website.
- 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer.
Equitable opportunities for everyone
We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications.
As an organisation who safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly. For successful candidates with a criminal record, a risk assessment process will take place with the recruiting manager.
We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer , and have made the Menopause Workplace , Mental Health at Work , and Bristol Equality Charter pledges.
Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information. #J-18808-Ljbffr
