Strategic Partnerships Manager in Leighton Buzzard

MedicAlert UK

Salary: £37,000

Location: Home based with occasional travel to the Leighton Buzzard office (approx twice a month); hybrid; or office based.

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with MedicAlert to recruit a Strategic Partnerships Manager, a fantastic new role at an exciting point in the charity's growth.

MedicAlert is the UK's only medical ID charity, supporting people living with medical conditions, allergies and implants to live with confidence, independence and peace of mind. Through its globally recognised medical ID system and 24/7 emergency support, MedicAlert ensures vital medical information is available when it matters most.

2024 marked the 60th anniversary of The MedicAlert Foundation. Over six decades, MedicAlert has been a trusted provider of emergency identification for individuals with medical conditions and allergies.

MedicAlert's purpose is simple yet powerful: To ensure that everyone with a medical condition or allergy can live a safer, more independent life - with emergency responders able to access their critical medical details instantly.

This role offers a brilliant opportunity to shape and grow MedicAlert's strategic partnerships function, helping to significantly extend reach, diversify income and grow membership - ultimately enabling more people to live safer, more independent lives.

The role:

• As Strategic Partnerships Manager, you will be a driving force behind MedicAlert's life-saving mission, developing, securing and stewarding partnerships across the charity, public and private sectors.
• You will own the full partnership lifecycle - from research and relationship building through to delivery, evaluation and renewal - working closely with the Director of Marketing and Development, CEO and Leadership Team.
• Acting as a central point of coordination internally and externally, you will design partnership models that deliver meaningful social impact alongside sustainable income and organisational growth.

Key responsibilities:

• Identify, research and prioritise prospective strategic partners whose values, audiences and objectives align with MedicAlert's mission.
• Develop and implement flexible partnership models across sectors, assessing opportunities based on impact, reach, income and strategic value.
• Lead the development and management of partnership proposals, negotiations and agreements.
• Deliver partnership-led income generation, including B2B sales of MedicAlert membership, sponsorship and commercial opportunities.
• Build and steward strong, long-term relationships, ensuring mutual commitments are delivered effectively.
• Coordinate partnership activity across the organisation, ensuring clarity, feasibility and strong internal engagement.
• Monitor, evaluate and report on partnership performance, impact and ROI for a range of internal audiences.

About you:

You will be an experienced partnerships or business development professional with a track record of developing and managing strategic partnerships that deliver tangible results. You are likely to bring:

• Experience building partnerships within the charity, public or private sectors.
• A commercially minded approach, with experience of income generation through partnerships or B2B relationships.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including confidence working with senior leaders.
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
• A collaborative, proactive and solutions-focused approach.

MedicAlert is open to candidates bringing transferable partnership experience from a range of backgrounds.

Application process & timeline:

To express your interest in this fantastic opportunity, please send your CV to Kevin Croasdale (kevin@charitypeople.co.uk) at Charity People, our recruitment partner. If your profile aligns with what we're looking for, we will be in touch with more information and next steps.

Closing date: Monday 2nd March

First stage interviews: w/c Monday 9th March

Second stage interviews: w/c Monday 15th March

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.