Corporate Partnerships Manager

**Permanent**

**Hours: 35hrs p/w**
**Days: Monday - Friday
Location: 175 St John Street, EC1V 4LW**

We are looking for an experienced and passionate individual to deliver and develop corporate partnerships through exceptional stewardship of relationships. This is a blended role which involves managing existing partnerships and securing new partner relationshipsto help deliver Place2Be's mission.
You will work closely with colleagues across the charity including the Operations, Clinical and MarComms teams to ensure all partnership objectives. In this role you will also focus on leading targeted new business approaches such as identifying prospects,managing pipelines, developing tailored approaches, propositions, writing proposals and pitching to new supporters.

**What will I be responsible for in my new role?**

**You will**:

- Manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships, delivering first class stewardship to increase engagement, value and longevity of support
- Creating comprehensive partnership delivery plans including fundraising calendars, communications plans, KPIs and reporting schedules and partnership key messaging
- Steward relationships with key decision-makers within our corporate partners, liaising with Directors, CSR Managers and executives
- Work with Head of Corporate Partnerships to agree and deliver team strategy and income targets, working to wider team target as well as own personal target
- Deliver strategic engagement opportunities for corporate partners, working closely with the schools team to do so
- Build relationships internally with our CEO, Trustees, our President and key supporters with influence to make the most of their networks

About You
- proven track record managing corporate partnerships, or relevant experience/ transferable skills
- previous experience in Delivering financial outcomes to target and deadline
- proven creativity in developing ideas to support fundraising/marketing/sales initiatives.
- strong ability of effectively stewarding donor relationships
- good experience with Managing senior stakeholders both internally and externally
- ability to manage complex projects to set timelines and working within a busy environment
- Identifying and securing new / uplift income opportunities
- excellent project management, presentation, proposal and report writing skills
- creative approach to fundraising and developing new ideas

**Interview Date: TBC**ZOOM Video Interview

**In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including**:

- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
- Robust Learning and Development Programme
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
- Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
- Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demandingwork - but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.
Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

About Us

Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert professional development to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, families, teachers and school staff. The charity currently providesan embedded mental health service in almost 400 UK primary and secondary schools supporting a school community of around 225,000 children and young people.
Our teams provide a range of services in our partner schools to build resilience early in life through counselling, creative work and play and support a child’s ability to engage in school life. Our work, focused on early intervention, is part of the 'comprehensiveCAMHS system’.
Through our professional development programme, we are training c1200 Counsellors on Placement each year who build their mental health and counselling skills and experience through practice in our partner schools. We also provide a range of professional developmentprogrammes on mental health and wellbeing for school leaders, teachers and other professionals who work with children and young people, so we can help to build 'mentally healthy’ schools and communities where all children can thrive and flourish.