Corporate Giving Support - Volunteer

ecobirmingham; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

ecobirmingham is seeking a seasoned adviser to build a practical corporate volunteering and partnerships strategy for Birmingham, leveraging connections to local companies and ESG/CSR experts. The role emphasizes hands-on guidance for face-to-face pitches and ongoing advisory support to diversify income streams for our community programs.

The ideal candidate currently in or recently in a corporate role with Birmingham ties, and knowledgeable about Midlands business networks and corporate giving.

Qualifications

• Experience in corporate giving/partnerships in or around Birmingham.
• Practical knowledge of how companies approach CSR or ESG partnerships and staff volunteering.
• Familiarity with Midlands business networking scene and relevant events.

Responsibilities

• Design a practical corporate volunteering and partnerships strategy with the team.
• Advise on approaching and pitching to Birmingham-based companies.
• Recommend effective comms channels and messaging for corporate audiences.
• Identify networking events, forums and business groups in Birmingham.
• Help shape how to make in-person asks and support early conversations with companies.

Skills

Corporate fundraising

ESG/CSR partnerships

Midlands networking

In-person pitches

Job description

We want to produce an actionable plan to build stronger, structured relationships with companies in and around Birmingham. We are looking for someone with corporate fundraising experience or someone who has good connections within ESG or CSR teams, who can provide useful insights.

What difference will you make?

You will be helping us diversify our income stream and make us a more resilient charity so we can continue to deliver our community work across Birmingham.

Our goal is to meaningfully work with communities to imporve quality of life across the board. Our beneficiaries are supported in a wraparound way where physical health and wellbeing are improved through services that improve quality of life and the environmental around them.

Working with communities to build relationships and improve quality of life takes time. We need to build financial resilience to continue our projects and improve our ongoing services.

What are we looking for?

The most important thing is that you currently work, or have recently worked, in a corporate role or corporate giving/partnerships based role in or around Birmingham.

Alongside that, we're looking for practical knowledge of how companies approach community, CSR or ESG partnerships and staff volunteering, so they understand what makes a company say yes. Familiarity with Midlands based business networking scene, meaning the events, forums and groups worth us engaging with, is also high on the list.

We'd also value confidence supporting in-person conversations when asking companies for support, since part of the role is helping us get that face-to-face pitch right. And because they'll be advising a small charity team rather than managing a project on our behalf, we need someone comfortable giving direct, practical advice and constructive challenge, not just polite encouragement.

Hybrid

What will you be doing?

The initial phase will be working with our team over to design a practical corporate volunteering and partnerships strategy

• Advising on how to approach and pitch to companies based in Birmingham city centre.
• Recommending which comms channels and messaging are most effective for reaching corporate audiences.
• Identifying networking events, forums and business groups in Birmingham worth us engaging with.
• Helping shape how we make the ask in person, and supporting us as we prepare for early conversations with companies.

Ongoing staying connected

• A monthly check-in with the ecobirmingham team to review progress against the strategy.
• Sharing any new contacts, opportunities or corporate volunteering trends you come across.
• Occasional in-person support at key meetings, pitches or networking events in Birmingham, where useful.