Corporate Fundraising Officer

Location: Hybrid working, with a mix of home and minimum 1 day per week in West London office

Salary: £31,500 per annum. Salaries for this role are predetermined and not negotiable. Please consider the advertised salary before applying.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week, inclusive of a daily 1 hour paid lunch.

Contract: Permanent

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year, plus public holidays
• Company electronic devices
• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Private health insurance after completion of probation
• Eligibility for a Blue Light discount card

Job Summary: Working closely with the Senior Corporate Partnership Manager, this role will support the delivery of high-value corporate partnerships, including stewardship and engagement activities, as well as business development. You will identify opportunities with aligned brands and upcoming charity-of-the-year applications to develop new corporate partnerships, while attending partner events as required. You will be a creative, organised and reliable individual, ideally with experience in a fundraising team, supporting corporate partnerships or community fundraising. An excellent communicator, you will manage your time effectively and build good working relationships while supporting the Income team to deliver and secure corporate partnerships across the charity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of high-value corporate partnerships, including employee engagement activities, communications, fundraising events and challenges
• Manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships, delivering first-class stewardship and maximising engagement opportunities
• Collaborate with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager to steward and engage partners and prospects, including thought leadership, communications, events, volunteering and fundraising activities
• Utilise Salesforce, Pearlfinders and LinkedIn to identify and track opportunities for business development
• Create proposals, offers and presentations for new and existing partners
• Organise challenge events, foster corporate participant journeys, coordinate event logistics and produce post-event wrap-up reports
• Steward a select few high-value donors and ambassadors throughout their fundraising challenges, delivering a bespoke supporter experience
• Manage team administration, including merchandise orders
• Build stakeholder relationships, keeping key contacts updated and ensuring partnership renewals
• Work with Commissioned Partnerships, Trust and Foundations colleagues to identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities
• Collaborate with the Marketing & Communications team to promote challenge events and secure spaces for corporate partners

Person Specification:

Essential Criteria:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience developing and managing corporate partnership relationships
• Proven ability to write compelling, creative and tailored partnership proposals
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including delivering pitches to external stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience identifying, developing and securing new business opportunities
• Flexibility to support challenge events, office fundraisers and awareness campaign activities
• Ability to contribute and develop creative ideas for challenge events and awareness activities
• Ability to work proactively and manage multiple partnership opportunities simultaneously
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience using CRM or database systems to manage partnerships and supporter information
• Experience supporting or managing challenge event participant journeys
• Experience reporting on partnership performance and impact
• Ability to analyse partnership trends and identify growth opportunities
• Experience working within the charity or not-for-profit sector

This role is subject to eligibility to work in the UK, plus satisfactory background and reference checks.