Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising Manager

LionHeart; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

LionHeart seeks a Corporate Partnerships and Fundraising Manager to drive its income generation strategy. This permanent position involves managing relationships with corporate partners within the RICS community, developing fundraising materials, and fostering engagement to meet financial objectives. The role offers flexibility with hybrid working arrangements and additional benefits.

Benefits

Generous pension contributions

Training opportunities

Staff development days

Qualifications

• Experience in corporate or community fundraising, individual giving, or events management.
• Ability to build and sustain strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Comfortable delivering partnership proposals and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, and manage relationships with corporate partners.
• Develop fundraising materials and monitor performance against strategy.
• Manage and mentor the Account Executive to implement the stewardship plan.

Skills

Corporate fundraising

Relationship management

Community fundraising

Events management

Job description

LionHeart has experienced significant growth in demand for our services over the last five or six years, delivering more services to more members of the RICS community than ever before.

Established in 1899, we have evolved from a traditional benevolent fund supporting widows and orphans of chartered surveyors into an organisation providing multifaceted support to help people through life’s unexpected challenges — from financial grants to health, wellbeing, and work-related support.

As an independent charity, we rely on donations and fundraising to sustain the personalised, tailored support we pride ourselves on delivering to the surveying community now and in the future.

The Corporate Partnerships and Fundraising Manager will play a key role in executing and delivering our ambitious income generation strategy.

This role involves identifying, cultivating, and managing relationships with existing and potential corporate partners within the RICS community.

Working closely with the Supporter Engagement and Fundraising Manager, you will build and maintain meaningful relationships that generate sustainable income and help us reach our goal of breakeven over the next four years, while raising awareness of LionHeart, our services, and our impact.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Development, the post holder will develop relevant fundraising materials and activities, build a network of Corporate Champions, and monitor performance against the income generation strategy.

You will manage and mentor the Corporate Partnerships and Fundraising Account Executive, and together you will implement a corporate stewardship plan to foster engagement and create opportunities for corporate giving and fundraising.

We seek someone with experience in corporate or community fundraising, individual giving, or events management, who knows how to build and sustain strong relationships with external stakeholders to meet objectives.

You should be comfortable delivering compelling partnership proposals and presentations tailored to corporate audiences, and representing LionHeart at RICS, partner firm, or fundraiser events, and other networking opportunities.

What We Offer

This is a permanent role, offering 30-35 hours per week, with a full-time salary of approximately £40,000, dependent on hours and experience.

We are based in Birmingham with a commitment to hybrid, flexible working, generous pension contributions, and a supportive team environment.

We pride ourselves on promoting work-life balance and providing a fun, flexible, and inclusive workplace.

Additional benefits include training opportunities and staff development days.

For more information or an informal chat, please contact Melissa Gough-Rundle, Head of Development.

Application deadline: 4 pm on 25th June 2025.

Interviews are expected to be held at our Birmingham office during the week commencing 7th July.

Interested? What’s next?

Please note we do not accept CVs. You can apply using our application form, where you can outline your work history and demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria regarding qualifications and experience.

Visit our website to download the full job description, person specification, and application form.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and operate an anonymous shortlisting process to ensure fairness. This means the panel will not see personal demographic information during shortlisting.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you have a disability and meet all minimum requirements, you will be considered for interview.