Business Development Executive

SF Partners; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners are supporting a Rugby-based organisation in recruiting a Business Development Executive. This hybrid role involves travel to clients and shaping a robust corporate partnership pipeline.

You will develop propositions for corporates, draft proposals, attend fundraising events, and monitor partnerships to meet income targets. Experience in charitable fundraising is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience generating new business with corporate fundraising.
• Proven ability to identify and win high-value partnerships.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate record keeping.
• Collaborative and adaptable to organisational needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deliverable prospect pipeline of high value corporate partners to exceed financial targets.
• Develop propositions for corporates to build opportunities for support.
• Create a robust process for engagement and relationship development.
• Identify income potential from companies and draft applications.
• Attend fundraising events to create prospects for development.
• Support the wider organisation through stock generation and gifts in kind.
• Monitor and evaluate partnership income and engagement against KPIs.
• Conduct due diligence on donors to ensure gifts comply with policies.
• Keep the donor and prospect database up to date.

Skills

New business development

Corporate fundraising

Networking

Proposal writing

Communication skills

Job description

SF Partners are supporting a brilliant Rugby based organisation in recruiting a Business Development Executive.

Experience working within a charitable organisation / within fundraising would be advantageous.

Salary: £35,000

Working pattern: hybrid with travel to clients

• Development of a deliverable prospect pipeline of high value corporate partners, building income in excess of budgets to meet financial targets.
• Develop desirable propositions for corporates to creatively build opportunities for support.
• Creation of a robust process for engagement and relationship development creating a supporter journey that will maximise income.
• Identify the income potential from companies and building external and internal relationships to unlock opportunities include drafting and submitting applications.
• Attendance at fundraising events and other identified networking opportunities with the purpose of creating prospects for development.
• To support the wider organisation through stock generation and gifts in kind.
• To monitor and evaluate all aspects of the partnership, reporting on income and engagement in line with KPI's.
• Conduct due diligence on donors and prospects to ensure gifts are in line with the appropriate policies and legislation.
• Ensure the database is kept to up to date.

Person Specification

• Demonstrable evidence of behaviour in line with the core values of the organisation throughout career to date.
• Collaborative approach to achieving departmental and wider organisational objectives.
• Passion for the work that the organisation does.
• A flexible approach to allow adaptability to the changing needs of the organisation.
• Proven track record of generating new business with corporate fundraising, in particular of identifying, cultivating and winning multiple high value corporate partnerships.
• Experience of researching and developing targeted proposals to prospective supporters.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to liaise with people at all levels, strong communication skills.
• Good attention to detail and accurate record keeping.
• Strong networking and relationship building ability