Senior New Partnerships Manager

Context and Background

Childhood shapes who we become, abuse never should.

At the NSPCC we fight for every childhood. Our vision is of a society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. We change laws, attitudes, and behaviours to keep children safe.

We work directly with children and families in our national and regional hubs and support thousands of adults and young people through the NSPCC Helpline and Childline. Our pioneering “Speak Out Stay
Safe” programme delivered in schools located nationwide helps to prevent abuse and educate children to keep themselves safe. Our therapeutic services help support children who have experienced abuse, helping them to overcome their trauma and rebuild their lives.

The NSPCC can only conduct our life-changing work with the fundraising support of individuals and companies across the UK, relying on them for 90% of its annual income. That is why our passionate Income Generation team at the NSPCC is so important. We aim to provide the best possible supporter experience by building long-term relationships that are inspiring, rewarding and innovative.

Job purpose

Your role will be specialising in acquisition of Charity of the Year partnerships between the value of £400k – £10m, while also managing a New Partnerships Manager who is responsible for a pipeline of Charity of the Year prospects valued at £150k – £400k. You’ll aim to make a significant impact by working with a wide range of sectors, seeking to forge innovative partnerships that align with our mission and vision for the future.

This is one of the biggest areas of growth and potential for the National New Business team, so we are looking for a highly motivated candidate who can play a key role in the team, leading and delivering on an agreed strategy for the next year and beyond. You’ll be responsible for progressing prospects, developing pipelines and progressing Charity of the Year applications that are forecast. You’ll also lead on cultivating longer term opportunities with strategic engagement, insight and management experience.

You will be highly motivated and will work with teams internally to look for partnerships and companies that best support the most important pieces of our work. You’ll be surrounded by a devoted team who will fully support you in winning multi-million-pound partnerships that will positively impact children’s lives for the better.

We are looking for candidates who wish to continue to grow their experience within corporate fundraising and business development. We are looking for candidates with a creative mind who can pull together compelling propositions and who have experience in securing successful partnerships.

We are searching for excellent go getters who are wonderful relationship builders who can comfortably start new relationships with C-suite stakeholders with confidence. To ensure success in this role the ideal candidate will be motivated by income targets and can multi-task and/or show project management capabilities.

No prior knowledge of our work is needed as you will visit our projects, hear from people on the frontline, join and work closely with a range of teams to learn about the NSPCCs impact, vision and strategic goals. If you understand the huge value of charity partnerships and enjoy developing compelling propositions to engage businesses across the UK, then this is the job for you…

Key relationships – Internal

• Report to the Head of New Business

• Line management responsibility of a New Partnerships Manager

• Works closely with colleagues across the Income Generation directorate, such as Corporate

  Account Management, Regional Corporate Partnerships, Strategic Projects & Comms Team,

  Professional Learning Services, Special Events, Volunteer Partnerships and Major Giving

• Engages with staff in other NSPCC directorates such as Services, Communications & Marketing,

  Strategy and Knowledge and the Tech division.

  Key relationships – External

• Cultivates and develops relationships with external senior influencers such as C-Suite, Directors, and Brand and Marketing Managers.

• Regularly in contact with Senior NSPCC volunteers and NSPCC Trustees as appropriate. Main duties and responsibilities

  • To deliver and strengthen our charity partnership programme by securing new partnerships, whilst contributing towards achieving the team’s KPIs and annual financial target

  • To work effectively with others internally and externally to keep the NSPCC front of mind, when building meaningful propositions to win successful partnerships

  • To contribute to the overall Income Generation division’s purpose of maximising income and raising awareness via meaningful long-term partnerships with supporters

    Responsibilities for all Staff within the Income Generation Directorate

    To always behave in a manner consistent with the NSPCC’s Values and Behaviours.
    To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to NSPCC’s activities.
    To maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
    To ensure data used in relevant systems is confidential in accordance with GDPR, and both accurate and reliable.

Person specification

1. Proven experience of building effective relationships through face-to-face interactions with new senior contacts, leading to securing income

2. Evidence of managing a comprehensive a charity of the year pipeline; being able to identify new opportunities and apply commercial principles to these opportunities as and when appropriate

3. Target driven with experience of securing new income and meeting individual key performance indicators.

4. Able to influence and negotiate successfully with others to win partnerships

5. Excellent written communication skills to analyse, interpret and present complex information in a

   clear and persuasive way for a wide range of audiences that will win those partnerships

6. Highly developed ability to verbally convey information, including pitches and project updates to a

   range of audiences in a clear, inspiring and confident way

7. Able to evoke impact to an audience or individual by passionately telling a story to bring a cause to

   life to ensure we can build relationships and win long-term partnerships

8. Experience of line management of one or more members of staff

9. Ability to organise and plan own work, juggle competing demands, manage projects and establish

   clear timelines and priorities to meet deadlines. Demonstrate proactiveness and consistently use

   one’s own initiative

10. Working collaboratively; demonstrating an understanding of others’ goals and priorities. Able to

    collaborate harmoniously with internal colleagues across teams to achieve joint objectives.

11. Effectively manage the data associated with a pipeline of corporate companies. Able to use findings

    to make key decisions.

The NSPCC’s Corporate National New Business team are on an exciting and aspirational journey, putting companies at the heart of what we do. Join us and change the world for children and companies alike, making it a safer environment to grow up in.