Corporate Partnerships Officer

Role Purpose

Child Bereavement UK is a digital first organisation leading the way in Digital Transformation across the Bereavement sector.

This role will play a vital part in helping Child Bereavement UK turn up the dial across our corporate partnerships fundraising.

As our Corporate Officer, you will be responsible for supporting the Corporate & Commercial team to grow income from new and existing corporate partners, commercial collaborations and wider business development opportunities.

You will provide administrative and operational support across the team, helping to build and maintain successful partnerships, coordinate commercial activities, identify opportunities to maximise income, and ensure an excellent experience for partners and supporters at every stage of their journey with Child Bereavement UK.

The role is essential in ensuring excellent supporter stewardship, accurate record keeping, and the smooth delivery of fundraising campaigns, events, and partnership and commercial activities.

If you are incredible at communicating and have excellent organisational skills, along with the drive, passion and enthusiasm to help businesses support our work, then we look forward to hearing from you.

• Main Responsibilities
• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Corporate and Commercial Fundraising team
• Confidently manage a small portfolio of corporate supporters while providing proactive support to the Corporate Partnerships Managers in the stewardship and growth of their portfolios.

Support the delivery of the corporate supporter activities, contributing to a team target.

• Ensure all supporter records are accurate, compliant, and up-to-date on our database, and document all corporate engagement activity.
• Execute and adapt bespoke campaigns
• Assist with the preparation of funding proposals, sponsorship packages, and partnership applications.
• Maintain an awareness of corporate giving trends, news, events, campaigns and legislation in the UK and pick up on opportunities or topical issues that will enhance the charity.
• Provide comprehensive stewardship for our corporate supporters.
• Prepare regular communications, rewards and incentives and feedback.
• Seek out value added benefits such as generating awareness of the charity, volunteering, gifts in kind, introductions, attendance at events and pro-bono work.
• Provide support, where appropriate, for wider fundraising activity to develop opportunities across different fundraising areas.
• Research and identify prospective corporate and commercial partners, maintaining an accurate pipeline of opportunities and supporting new business activity to help grow sustainable income.
• Prepare and coordinate high-quality corporate communications, including partnership proposals, impact reports, stewardship updates and marketing materials, ensuring supporters receive timely, engaging and personalised communications throughout their partnership journey.
• Support the development and delivery of Child Bereavement UK's emerging commercial offer, undertaking research, coordinating sales and business development activity, and providing flexible administrative support as new commercial opportunities are identified and brought to market.
• Continually raise the profile of Child Bereavement UK by networking and representing the charity at events as required.
• All Staff
• Contribute to the vision and mission of Child Bereavement UK; whilst embedding the values into your daily work activities.
• Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in accordance with Child Bereavement UK policy.
• Contribute to the overall success of the charity’s fundraising needs by providing case studies, attending events and adding value to the experience of our supporters as required.
• Contribute to the brand and reach of the charity by working alongside our Marketing & Communications Team when relevant press opportunities arise or when required for social media and online content (including the use of photography).
• Work to objectives, targets and work plans agreed with your line manager.
• Undertake specific projects and other ad hoc duties agreed with your line manager, fulfilling any deadlines, reviews and reporting procedures required.
• Take an active part in the Quarterly review process and participate in training agreed with your line manager.
• Recognise and champion the lived experience of children and young people with bereavement within your work.
• Ensure the health and safety of all colleagues, volunteers and visitors in accordance with Child Bereavement UK policy.

Person Specification

Essential

• Ability to be passionate and inspiring when communicating the work of Child Bereavement UK
• Desire to deliver the highest level of experience to corporate supporters and partners
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience of maintaining databases or CRM systems.
• Highly professional, flexible and committed to achieving and exceeding KPIs
• Excellent time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise work, handle conflicting demands and meet tight deadlines
• A creative thinker and quick to respond to opportunities

Desirable

• Understanding of child or parental bereavement.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of using Salesforce CRM System.
• Experience of Corporate Fundraising
• Recruitment Timetable
• Application deadline: 16 th
• August 2026 at midnight

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications for the role before the closing date.