Head of Corporate Partnerships

To develop corporate partnerships and income streams by promoting SNF's mission, securing charity partners, driving membership subscriptions, and encouraging businesses to fund specific projects, programmes and qualifications that support our work.

What difference will you make?

This role is central to SNF's long-term sustainability. As a small CIC with an ambitious mission, we need stable income and strong partnerships to deliver mentoring, development and practical opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Building meaningful corporate relationships is how we scale our impact, increase reach and ensure we can keep our services free.

The Head of Corporate Partnerships will help SNF move from early-stage awareness to structured, reliable income generation. By speaking directly with businesses, explaining the benefits of supporting us, and demonstrating how SNF aligns with their CSR, EDI and ESG priorities, this role will open doors that are currently out of reach due to limited capacity.

This role will

• Secure corporate charity partnerships and long-term supporters
• Promote SNF's membership subscription model to organisations in the H&S, construction and public sectors
• Encourage businesses to fund specific projects, mentoring cohorts, hardship support or qualifications
• Improve our visibility within professional networks and industry groups
• Strengthen our credibility with sponsors, donors and partner organisations
• Build a sustainable funding pipeline that supports growth

Effective corporate engagement helps SNF expand its mentoring programme, deliver bigger events, develop new initiatives, and provide training or qualifications that directly benefit our community.

With dedicated partnership development, SNF can shift from reactive fundraising to a forward-planned, strategically funded model. The volunteer's work will free up the founder and trustees to focus on delivery, safeguarding, governance and programme development.

Ultimately, this role ensures SNF has the financial stability to offer real, practical support to people who would otherwise struggle to access mentoring and professional development. It's one of the highest-impact volunteer roles in the organisation.

What are we looking for?

We need someone confident, persuasive and comfortable building relationships with corporate stakeholders. This role suits someone who can talk about SNF's work with clarity and conviction, and who understands how businesses make decisions around CSR, sponsorship and partnerships.

Strong communication skills—written and verbal—are essential. You'll be engaging with managers, directors, HR teams, HSSE leads, CSR specialists and business owners. You must be able to articulate SNF's mission, explain partnership options and adapt your approach to different audiences.

A background in business development, sales, partnerships, fundraising, account management or stakeholder engagement would be valuable. However, what matters most is your ability to connect with people, ask good questions, follow up consistently and close opportunities.

You need to be organised. This role involves tracking leads, scheduling conversations, recording outcomes, preparing simple pitches and managing a small partnerships pipeline. Reliability matters—business relationships fall apart when communication slips.

Confidence is important. You must be willing to reach out to organisations, introduce SNF, and have professional conversations about support, funding and alignment. If you're comfortable picking up the phone, using LinkedIn or initiating email outreach, you'll thrive.

A strategic mindset helps. You'll need to identify which sectors and organisations are a good fit, understand what motivates them, and tailor partnership proposals accordingly. Being able to spot alignment—CSR goals, EDI commitments, training budgets, community engagement plans—will make your conversations more effective.

Professionalism and credibility are key. You'll often be the first person external stakeholders speak to, so your approach influences how seriously SNF is taken.

Finally, you should care about the mission. Corporate conversations are easier when you genuinely believe in the work. If you can speak authentically about supporting people from lower socio-economic backgrounds, this role will be rewarding.

What will you be doing?

The volunteer will identify and engage potential corporate partners, explain SNF's value, pitch partnership options, secure charity-of-the-year commitments, and promote our membership model. They'll build relationships, follow up leads, and help secure funding for projects and professional development opportunities.