We are recruiting a Corporate Partnerships Executive

Job Description

Job Title:       Corporate Partnerships Executive

Reports to:    Fundraising and Communications Manager

Hours:            37.5 hours per week (we offer a flexible working hours)

Salary:            £30,000-£32,000 per annum

Holiday:         28 days

Closing Date: 9am 6th November

Interview Date: 7th November

About Theodora Children’s Charity

We are a fast-growing and inspirational children’s charity. We improve the health of children in hospitals by sending professional performers called Giggle Doctors to bring magical moments of fun. We want to double our impact over the next three years by reaching 43,500 children, and we want you to play a key part in this growth.

Purpose and Scope of Job

• Responsible for securing partnerships with companies.
• Identify and pitch to corporate prospects.
• Work with the Fundraising and Communications Manager to grow corporate partnerships.

Fundraising

• Research and identify top corporate prospects.
• Develop partnership ideas for corporate prospects.
• Create simple action plans to secure meetings.
• Work with colleagues to secure prospect meetings.
• Develop powerful and tailored pitches.
• Deliver brilliant meetings with corporate prospects.
• Write compelling, creative and inspiring proposals tailored for the corporate prospect.
• Follow up corporate prospects with enthusiasm and tenacity.
• To participate in the wider work of the Fundraising Team, to share ideas and develop strategic alliances.
• Process donations and ensure timely thanking.
• Maintain and share a tracking system of all project proposals and their status.
• To keep up to date on best practice developments within the charity sector, including fundraising regulations and codes of practice.

Administrative

• Coordinate and offer support at charity events.
• Represent the charity at external functions.
• Assist with collecting feedback and monitoring programme impact.

·      Offer support to the team as required.

General Responsibilities

·       A commitment to equal opportunities.

·       A commitment to child protection.

·       A commitment to health and safety.

·       A commitment to data protection.

The Theodora Children’s Charity is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees for job applications on the basis of race, sexual orientation, religion, colour, sex, age, national origin, disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable law.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave allowance
• Time off in lieu for extra hours worked
• Contributory pension

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in corporate fundraising, sales, marketing or recruitment.
• Experience of securing new partnerships/customers.
• Experience of achieving targets.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build instant rapport.
• Ability to build relationships at all levels.
• Creative and problem solving.

·       Excellent organisational skills; planning, prioritising and the proven ability to manage. several projects simultaneously, bringing each to completion on time.

·       High standard of numeracy and the ability to understand projects budgets.

·       High standard of computer competency and literacy.

Knowledge

·       Good knowledge of the corporate sector.

Personal Attributes and Other Requirements

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• Willingness to travel.
• Team player.
• Willingness to work outside normal hours if required.
• Commitment to equal opportunities.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

To apply please send an up to date CV and covering letter to theodora.uk@theodora.org; your covering letter should clearly demonstrate how you meet the person specification with examples.