Head of Partnerships

Cycling UK; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cycling charity in the UK seeks a Head of Partnerships to strategically lead the organization in building impactful partnerships. The role requires a strategic leader with a talent for innovative thinking, negotiation skills, and the ability to inspire a team focused on customer success. You will help amplify the charity's voice and reach, promoting the benefits of cycling in society. This is a home-based role with expected travel to London and Guildford, emphasizing a passion for cycling advocacy.

Qualifications

• Ability to embed commercial and partnership thinking across the charity.
• Innovative mindset to engage with non-traditional audiences.
• Confidence in negotiating high-value, mutual outcomes.
• Capacity to inspire a team towards customer success.

Responsibilities

• Lead the charity to success with new partnerships.
• Navigate conversations with businesses to achieve vision.
• Develop meaningful value propositions with like-minded organisations.
• Amplify the charity's voice and reach new audiences.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Commercial thinking

Negotiation skills

Customer success inspiration

Innovative thinking

Job description

Job Advert

There’s never been a better time to join the team at Cycling UK! We are 18 months into our ambitious new strategy – and we want you to be part of it. There are loads of reasons to love cycling, even if you’re not someone who cycles. From cutting pollution, to making us healthier and happier, cycling can help us all thrive.

Now we have confirmed our next five-year strategy, we are seeking an ambitious Head of Partnerships who can strategically lead the charity to success with new partnerships, navigate 360‑degree conversations with businesses across the country to ensure we achieve our vision. You will be highly motivated to develop meaningful value propositions with like‑minded organisations who want to see more shorter journeys taken by bike and more people reaping the benefits of cycling by helping us to amplify our voice and reach new audiences.

This opportunity should excite you if you:

• Are a strategic leader who can embed commercial and partnership thinking across the charity.
• Are innovative in your thinking and can help us break beyond traditional cycling audiences and brands.
• Are confident negotiating and finding routes to achieve high value, mutual outcomes.
• Can inspire a team to live and breathe customer success.

You don’t have to be a cyclist, but it is integral that you understand the benefits of cycling to our society and believe firmly that we can achieve a better world by bike.

Explore the attached job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening. Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to the person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

This role is home based with expected travel to London and Guildford.

Applications close at 9:00am on the closing date shown.