Corporate Partnerships Officer

**Purpose of the job**

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and relationship‑focused individual to join our Corporate Partnerships team. The role will be a mix of managing and growing existing partnerships and supporting new business activity.

You’ll work closely with the Corporate Partnerships Manager and other colleagues across the team to ensure that our corporate partners feel valued, supported, and inspired by the impact they are helping to create. You’ll also contribute to building our pipeline, identifying potential new supporters, making first contact, and helping to develop tailored proposals.

While you don’t need to be an expert from day one, you will bring energy, curiosity, and great interpersonal skills, along with the ability to deliver excellent partnership experiences.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Account Management**
- Support the management of existing corporate partnerships, ensuring they are well‑stewarded and achieve agreed objectives.
- Coordinate partnership activities, such as volunteering days, events, campaigns, and communications.
- Work with internal teams (Marketing, Impact, Delivery) to gather and share inspiring impact stories and updates with partners.
- Track and report on partnership deliverables and KPIs.
- Identify opportunities to deepen existing partnerships, such as additional projects, campaigns, or employee engagement activities.

**New Business Support**
- Research and identify potential new corporate partners.
- Support the development of high‑quality proposals, presentations, and budgets for senior stakeholders.
- Help maintain and grow the new business pipeline.

**Communications & Events**
- Work with Marketing & Comms to produce engaging partnership content for social media, newsletters, and impact reports.
- Represent UK Youth at external networking events, conferences, and partner‑related activities.

**Data & Administration**
- Keep all CRM records accurate and up to date.
- Support due diligence processes for both new and existing partnerships.
- Ensure donations are processed, recorded, and recognised appropriately.

**Why join UK Youth?**

By working at UK Youth, you’ll be joining a friendly and committed group of people tackling the systemic problems letting young people down. You’ll also be part of a passionate, values‑driven team who believe in the power of partnership to transform young people’s lives. This role offers the chance to:

- Develop your skills in corporate fundraising, account management, and partnership development.
- Build strong relationships with a variety of high‑profile corporate supporters.
- Work across departments to deliver engaging, impactful partnerships.
- Contribute to meaningful projects that make a difference in young people’s futures.
- Gain hands‑on experience in developing and pitching new partnership ideas.

You’ll have access to opportunities for professional development and ways to connect with colleagues, whether through lunch‑and‑learn sessions or away days at our outdoor learning centre, Avon Tyrrell.

**What we can offer you**

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture:

- Flexible/Agile Working
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time employees)
- Funded training provided in; Safeguarding, GDPR, Information and Cyber Security & Equality & Diversity
- Other training available in support of your personal and professional development
- Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)
- Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary
- Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally
- 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.
- IT equipment provided for the duration of contract
- CycleScheme and TechScheme

**How to apply**

Closing date**:Friday 22nd August 2025 at 23:59 (Midnight)**

Provisional Interview Dates**:w/c 1st Sept 2025**

As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks, which include criminal record check and employment reference.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £32,228.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company car
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free or subsidised travel
- Paid volunteer time
- Referral programme
- Work from home

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London SW1W 0DH

Application deadline: 22/08/2025