National New Partnerships Lead

Crisis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Travel season tickets loans

Pension scheme 8.5%

28 days annual leave

Job summary

Crisis is the UK’s national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We are recruiting a Senior National New Partnerships Manager to identify, shape and secure high-value corporate partnerships and grow our income and brand reach.

You will own the partnerships pipeline across sectors, lead strategic partnerships and GIK opportunities, and work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impact at scale.

Qualifications

• Experienced, tenacious senior fundraiser with a proven track record in building and converting high-value corporate partnerships.
• Skilled at identifying and cultivating charity of the year, strategic partnerships, corporate foundations and GIK.
• Able to develop compelling funding propositions and fast-track opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Identify, build and secure six- and seven-figure corporate partnerships across sectors.
• Own the partnerships pipeline and contribute to income growth, brand profile, and audience reach.
• Line-manage the Senior National New Partnerships Manager and collaborate with Brand, Marketing & Audience teams.

Skills

New business fundraising

Pipeline development

Strategic partnerships

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Six-figure partnerships

Job description

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We’ve embarked on our 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it.

Location: Based in any Crisis Skylight across Great Britain. This is a hybrid role with homeworking available in line with Crisis’ Hybrid Working Policy.

About Us

We’re the UK’s national charity for people experiencing homelessness. And we’re determined to end homelessness, for good. We don’t just help prevent homelessness from happening, we deliver life-changing face-to-face services through our nine Skylight centres, and campaign fiercely to change policy in England, Scotland and Wales on issues including benefits and employment, health and wellbeing, housing, law and rights, and rough sleeping. It’s an exciting time to join the high-value fundraising teams at Crisis. Not only are we preparing to deliver our Crisis at Christmas campaign, we’re in the private face of a £30M campaign to acquire 100 homes that will provide stable housing for people experiencing some of the most severe forms of homelessness. At the same time, we are delivering a bold ten-year strategy that aims to see the beginning of the end of homelessness by 2034.

About The Role

As a leading member of our corporate fundraising team, you will have the creative freedom and strategic backing to identify build, and secure new high-value corporate partnerships that transform our high value income. This role will focus on identifying and securing big-picture new corporate partnerships across all sectors through new charity of the year, strategic partnerships, corporate foundations and GIK. You will line manage the Senior National New Partnerships Manager, and play a leading role in growing our income, brand profile and audience reach through new national corporate partnerships. From our iconic Crisis at Christmas campaign and slate of high-profile events, to our new housing delivery ambitions and our life-changing Skylight services, we’re looking for someone who can identify, shape and deliver innovative new corporate partnerships.

About You

• You will be an experienced, tenacious, results-orientated senior new business fundraiser who will bring creativity to building a new partnerships pipeline and growth strategy that turbo-charges our income, grow our brand profile and audience reach.
• You’ll own your pipeline and, with the Senior National New Partnerships Manager, identify, build and convert new charity of the year and strategic partnerships, corporate foundations and GIK partnerships.
• You’ll be a self-starter and motivated by the challenge of building compelling and strategic high-value funding propositions.
• You’ll collaborate closely with the New Commercial Partnerships Team, and other teams across Brand, Marketing & Audience team to build relationships and pipelines, and package up new high-value corporate propositions at pace.
• You’ll know what excellent corporate new business looks like at a seven-figure level, from prospect identification and cultivation to developing brilliant proposals, pitches and employee vote strategies.
• We’re looking for someone who can adapt industry priorities, motivations and be able to spot new strategic opportunities for partnership collaborations that others may miss.
• You’ll be experienced at identifying, pitching and successfully securing six and seven figure new partnerships, and someone who loves building networks, external relationships and influencing internally and externally to get things done.

Please see the full Job Pack linked below, for a full list of requirements for this role. We realise that long lists of criteria can be daunting, and you may not want to apply for a role unless you feel 100% qualified. However, if you feel you have relevant examples to answer the screening questions, we encourage you to apply.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities, and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis - Our values, Bold, Impactful, Collaborative and Equitable, are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to end homelessness.

Our staff, members and volunteers are vital to getting the right government policies in place, providing breakthrough services, and building a supportive community. We’ll lead by example to nurture a positive and ambitious workplace guided by ending homelessness.

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• A competitive salary. Please note our salaries are fixed to counter inequity and we do not negotiate at offer stage.
• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy.
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service to 31 days and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
• Wellbeing Leave to be used flexibly
• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

AI in Job Applications

We understand some candidates use AI tools when applying. Whilst we welcome the use of technology to support clear communication and structure, we want to learn more about you, so please ensure that your application reflects your own skills, knowledge and experiences.

Accessibility

We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email [e-mail] and our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss how we can help.

For more information about our work please visit https://www.crisis.org.uk/about-us/

To See Our Work In Action Please Visit

youtube.com/user/crisishomelessness

https://x.com/crisis_uk

www.facebook.com/crisis.homeless

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094