Corporate Fundraising Manager

Mental Health Innovations; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent charity organization seeks a Corporate Fundraising Manager in London. This role involves managing corporate partnerships, engaging in fundraising activities, and developing new corporate opportunities to support mental health initiatives. The ideal candidate has strong organizational and communication skills, and a passion for mental health. The position offers a hybrid work model and a salary ranging from £30,000 to £33,000 per annum.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Company electronic devices

Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme

Private health insurance

Blue Light discount card

Qualifications

• 3+ years working with corporate partners, including building at least one new large corporate partnership.
• Experience managing multifaceted partnerships in a charity setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support high value corporate partnerships and fundraising events.
• Manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships and ensure first-class stewardship.
• Utilise Salesforce to identify and track business development opportunities.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Fundraising experience

Interest in mental health

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Title: Corporate Fundraising Manager

Reporting To: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager

Location: Hybrid, working from home and our office based in West London

Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 per annum

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week, inclusive of a daily 1 hour paid lunch break

Contract: Permanent

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year, plus public holidays
• Company electronic devices
• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Private health insurance after completion of probation
• Eligibility for a Blue Light discount card

Closing Date: 31st October 2025

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Job Summary

Working with the Senior Corporate Partnership Manager, this role supports high-value corporate partnerships through engagement, stewardship, and identifying new opportunities aligned with the charity’s goals. This newly established role in the income team reflects the growth of MHI’s partnerships and offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious corporate fundraiser with a passion for digital mental health. MHI is at a pivotal point in its development, having experienced significant growth since launching in 2017. Over the past 18 months, a primary focus has been on cultivating several major partners to support our core services (Shout and The Mix) and the development of three new digital mental health products. We are now looking to focus on these key partners, while expanding our portfolio of new opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support high value corporate partnerships, including the delivery of employee engagement activities and communications, fundraising events and challenges
• Manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships, delivering first class stewardship and identifying and maximising opportunities for wider engagement
• Support the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager to steward and engage partners and prospects, including thought leadership, communications, events, volunteering and fundraising activities
• Support business development, utilising Salesforce, Pearlfinders and LinkedIn to identify and track opportunities
• Support the Senior Corporate Partnership Manager to create proposals, offers and presentations for new and existing partners
• Manage team administration, including merchandise orders
• Build excellent stakeholder relationships, keeping key contacts updated and ensuring partnership renewals
• Work with Commissioned Partnerships and Trust and Foundations colleagues to identify cross and upsell opportunities
• Work with the Public Fundraising team to promote challenge events and identify opportunities for our corporate partners
• Collaborate with internal teams - including Public Fundraising, Commissioned Partnerships, Trusts andFoundations, Data Insights, Clinical, Marketing, Volunteer, and Finance - to coordinate engagement, insights, assets, and timely communications
• Build relationships with new potential corporate prospects for 2025 to 2028 income opportunities
• Build relationships with counterparts of other third sector charitable organisations who MHI may work closely with for partnership opportunities
• Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with and contributing to the development of best practice in ways of working
• Commitment to high standards of service delivery and customer care
• At all times carry out the responsibilities of the post in a manner consistent with promoting equalities and diversity, and which demonstrates respect for all
• Actively participate in regular team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to the MHI activities
• Willingness to work flexibly in approach to work and/or work time requirements
• A commitment to personal development around working requirements which will include attending training courses

Person Specification

Essential

• 3+ years working with corporate partners, including building at least one new large corporate partnership
• 3+ years experience of working on community fundraising projects with the charity or through a corporate partner
• Experience of being highly organised, managing multifaceted partnerships in a charity setting, covering multiple projects and teams, and including reporting
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with varying audiences, including corporate partners
• A strong interest in mental health and in data and technology, and an understanding of corporate partnership opportunities for the sector

Desirable

• Experience of using Salesforce or equivalent CRM
• Experience of both face to face and virtual stakeholder meetings with high value corporate funders
• Experience of building employee and/or community fundraising events and opportunities

This role is subject to eligibility to work in the UK, plus satisfactory background and reference checks. We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of applicants.

We understand that AI is increasingly part of everyday life, and you might choose to use it when putting together your application. While AI can be a helpful tool, we ask that anything you submit reflects your own skills, experiences, and perspective. We value authenticity and integrity, and we want to see what you uniquely bring to our team and why our mission resonates with you personally.