Schoolreaders
Corporate Partnerships Manager (New Business)
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Position: Corporate Partnerships Manager (New Business)
Reporting to: Head of Fundraising
Salary: £40,000 FTE
Location: Hybrid or remote. Home-based would require a minimum of once per month to the Bedford Office
Hours: 30 hours (4 days/week)
This is a pivotal time for Schoolreaders as we pursue ambitious plans to reach more children, support more schools and move closer to our vision that every child can read well and achieve their full potential. The need for our work has never been greater. Too many children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, struggle with reading and literacy, limiting their confidence, educational outcomes and future opportunities. Schoolreaders already supports more than 42,000 children each week in over 2,000 schools across England, yet demand continues to grow. Our ambition is to more than double this reach, focusing on the children who need our support most.
You'll join a successful fundraising team of six within a passionate and collaborative organisation of around 30 colleagues. Your ideas, expertise and energy will help drive the next phase of our growth and support more children to develop vital reading skills.
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Job purpose
The Corporate Partnerships Manager (New Business) will lead the identification, cultivation and conversion of new corporate partners (national and regional) to generate significant income for Schoolreaders.
Role responsibilities
- Develop and implement a proactive corporate new business strategy to achieve agreed income targets.
- Build and maintain a robust pipeline of prospective corporate supporters, sponsors and strategic partners.
- Identify, research and qualify high-potential prospects through desk research, networking, referrals and stakeholder introductions.
- Lead all stages of the new business cycle from prospect identification through to cultivation, proposal development, pitching, negotiation and partnership agreement.
- Support the onboarding of new corporate partners and ensure a seamless handover where appropriate.
- Manage a small portfolio of strategic partnerships, maximising engagement and identifying opportunities for growth.
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Person specification
- Proven track record of securing significant new business income through corporate partnerships, sponsorship, account acquisition or business development activity.
- Demonstrable success in meeting and exceeding income or sales targets.
- Experience managing a substantial prospect pipeline from identification through to conversion.
- Outstanding networking, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Highly proactive, resilient and self-motivated, with a strong results-driven approach.
- Confident approaching and engaging new prospects.
- Comfortable working towards income targets.
For a copy of the job pack please apply via this site.
Deadline for applications (non AI written supporting statement and CV) 4th September.
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