New Commercial Partnerships Lead

Crisis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme with an employer con?b

28 days’ annual leave

Flexible working hours 10am-4pm

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Crisis is seeking a senior corporate fundraising specialist to lead the development of new commercial partnerships. You will identify, pitch and secure six- and seven-figure opportunities, growing income and extending our brand reach across campaigns and events.

In this hybrid role, you’ll collaborate with Brand, Marketing & Audience, Retail, Media and Client Services to package compelling partnership propositions at pace.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a senior fundraiser building new commercial partnerships.
• Ability to identify, pitch and secure six- and seven-figure partnerships.
• Strong networking and relationship-building across organisations.

Responsibilities

• Identify, shape and secure new high-value sponsorship and brand partnerships.
• Own the partnership pipeline and drive income growth for Crisis.
• Collaborate with Brand, Marketing, Retail and Client Services teams.

Skills

Senior fundraising

Partnership development

Corporate dealings

Networking

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

Any Crisis Skylight. 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.

As a core member of our corporate fundraising team, you will have the creative freedom and strategic backing to identify build, and secure new high-value commercial partnerships that transform our income.

About The Role

This role will reimagine what commercial corporate partnerships look like at Crisis, and play a leading role in growing our income, brand profile and audience reach through new commercial relationships across all sectors.

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 commercial partnerships strategy that includes sponsorship partnerships, new cause related marketing campaigns and brand campaigns that will transform our income.

About You

• You’ll be an experienced, tenacious, results-orientated senior fundraiser who will bring creativity to building a new commercial partnerships strategy that turbo-charges our income, grow our brand profile and audience reach.
• You’ll own your pipeline and, with the New Commercial Partnerships Manager, identify, build and convert new sponsorship, cause related marketing and brand partnerships that deliver real value for Crisis, and our new partners.
• You’ll be motivated by the challenge of reimagining what new commercial partnerships can deliver at Crisis, and be a self-starter who confidently speaks the language of corporate marketing, brand and buying teams and external agencies.
• You’ll collaborate closely with our Brand, Marketing & Audience team, our Retail, Media and Client Services teams to package up new high-value commercial propositions at pace.
• You’ll be commercially savvy who can spot new opportunities for commercial partnerships that others may miss. We’re looking for someone who can adapt industry priorities, motivations and funding trends into corporate new commercial partnership opportunities for Crisis.
• 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 [e-mail] 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