Partnership Development Lead

Action for Children; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave allowance and holiday accrual

Professional development opportunities

Flexible leave options

Pension with employer contribution

Staff discounts

Job summary

Action for Children is seeking a Partnership Development Lead to spearhead long-term partnerships and income growth. The role is remote with occasional travel to our London office, part of a permanent 35-hour week.

You will lead a team of four, drive multi-stream partnerships, and collaborate with internal teams to secure strategic collaborations while aligning with our mission to support vulnerable children.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading new business or partnerships teams.
• Experience securing high value partnerships in charity or commercial sectors.
• Ability to manage multiple income streams and complex budgets.
• Strong relationship building with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a function to secure long-term partnerships and income streams.
• Build and manage a high-value partnerships pipeline with internal teams.
• Oversee a team of 4 and develop internal capabilities.
• Develop tailored partnership propositions and engage key decision makers.
• Deliver significant new income across varied streams with ambitious targets.

Skills

Team leadership

Partnership development

High value partnerships

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Donor relations

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Partnership Development Lead.

Salary: £50,000 per annum.

Location: Remote(Home based in the UK with occasionaltravelto our London office).

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, with up to 5additional days for continuous service andoption to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can makea huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

As Partnership Development Lead, you willlead a function that secures long term, high value, industry leading partnerships, raising money and awareness for Action for Children to includeCorporate partnerships, Third party events, Gift in Kind partnerships and Media partnerships.

You’ll help to create brighter futures by:

• Work collaboratively across functions and services to devise and implement a vision and approach to Partnership development.
• Engage colleagues, teams and key stakeholders to develop and build internal capabilities and infrastructure enable delivery of required outcomes.
• Manage a team of 4.
• Embed required ways of working to deliver new partnerships and income streams.
• Deliver significant new income across varied income streams (strategic, sponsorship, CRM etc) with ambitious targets in the coming years.
• Lead on the identification and securing of partnerships to develop and build long-term strategic relationships.
• Build an extensive pipeline of new partnership opportunities (in conjunction with the dedicated prospect research specialist).
• Work collaboratively with internal teams on development of tailored partnership propositions.
• Build networks with key decision makers and influencers within prospective partners and the wider commercial sector.

Let’s talk about you

• Extensive experience of leading new business teams in the charity sector.
• Extensive experience of securing high value partnerships in either a charity or commercial sales environment.
• Proven experience of building long term effective relationships with high level individual stakeholders.
• Experience of securing income from multiple income streams, utilising commercial expertise to create new and cutting-edge opportunities.
• Experience of setting, managing and monitoring complex budgets and to track, analyse and report against results.
• Experience of motivating and managing teams.
• Excellent understanding of, and empathy with, the motivations of current and potential donors, supporters and volunteers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, to build and influence relationships, with a confidence with your team, colleagues and volunteers and to inspire others to achieve.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Contact: email us at [e-mail] quoting reference 13597.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for thisrole.

Diversity, equality, andinclusion

AtActionforChildren,we'rededicatedto building a diverse,inclusive, and authentic workplace.

Weactivelyencourageapplicationsfrom Black, Asian &MinorityEthnic, and disabled candidates as they areunder-representedwithinActionforChildren. We want to takedeliberateand purposefulactionto ensure equalopportunityto all groups in society and forActionforChildren.

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Closing Date: Monday 7th September 2026.

Interviews will be held via MS Teams on 10th and 11th September 2026.

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