At a Glance
- Tasks: Oversee and deliver sustainable initiatives while managing project teams and budgets.
- Company: Join a leading bank focused on societal and community programmes.
- Benefits: This is a 12-month role offering extensive networking opportunities across the bank.
- Other info: Experience in financial services and external partnerships is essential.
- Why this job: Influence key stakeholders and enhance the bank's reputation through impactful projects.
- Qualifications: Strong knowledge of sustainability, corporate responsibility, and project management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 £ per year.
Join us as an Accelerator Strategic Partnership Manager. Take on a leading role, where you’ll be managing project teams and influencing key stakeholders to deliver high profile, bank-wide projects. You’ll coordinate the delivery of initiatives aligned to our business strategy and brands, while consistently driving trust and advocacy. This is an opportunity to work collaboratively across the bank, giving you a platform to expand your network and gain an insight into the business. We're offering this role for a period of 12 months.
What you'll do:
- Oversee and deliver sustainable initiatives and programmes across the bank, liaising with peers to support all of our external societal and community programmes.
- Build strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, both internally and externally, driving performance and strategy and enhancing the reputation of the bank.
- Manage and deliver engagement opportunities to raise the visibility, awareness and attribution of the bank’s supporting enterprise activities.
- Own the definition, agreement and recording of targets and objectives articulating the commercial, societal, reputational and engagement benefits of activity.
- Work in an Agile way with other programme managers to ensure the delivery of priority projects and activities at all times.
- Manage project and programme budgets, maintaining effective budgetary oversight, forecasting, invoicing and reconciliation.
The skills you'll need:
- Strong knowledge and experience of sustainability and corporate responsibility as a business discipline.
- Good communication, networking and influencing skills are essential, alongside a strong background managing external relationships and partnerships to deliver social value, including charity partners, sponsorships and supplier or outsourcing arrangements.
- Good knowledge of business or enterprise support, including risks and opportunities.
- An understanding of the financial services industry, and our structure and business divisions.
- The ability to translate strategy and plans into deliverable programmes or actions.
- Strong project management, governance and budget management skills.
- Excellent analytical skills.
Accelerator Strategic Partnership Manager (12 Months) in Manchester employer: NatWest Group
This bank prioritises sustainability and community engagement, offering a dynamic environment for professional growth. Located in a major city, the team focuses on delivering high-profile projects that align with business strategy. Employees benefit from extensive networking opportunities and a commitment to social value.
