Senior Corporate Development Manager

Webrecruit for Family Action; London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in London seeks a Senior Corporate Development Manager to drive new business activities and secure high-value partnerships. This role involves leading a team, developing growth strategies, and collaborating with various departments to maximize income generation. The position offers flexible working arrangements and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 6% matched pension contributions

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced paid sick leave

Eye care vouchers

Cycle to work scheme

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in corporate fundraising and new business development.
• Ability to lead a team and drive income generation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to identify and secure new income generation opportunities.
• Develop and implement a growth strategy for corporate partnerships.
• Work with stakeholders to establish successful partnerships.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Collaboration

Job description

37 hours per week (full time) or Part Time (no less than 28 hours)

Starting at £42,140 FTE per annum, rising to £46,240

ID: 1455 Senior Corporate Development Manager, External Engagement

Salary:

• Starting at £42,140 FTE per annum, rising to £46,240
• Additionally, £3,679 Inner London Weighting FTE per annum for Head Office based
• Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum for Home-based

Location:

Hybrid Head Office or Homebased

For Head Office based roles, we typically work a minimum 2 days a week in the office. Our office space is wheelchair accessible and located in Hoxton, London, N1.

Note that this role requires travel to partner meetings and events, predominantly in central London (but also nationally). Applicants would need to be able to travel regularly, as required, to fulfil the needs of the role, even if home-based.

Hours:

Full Time (37 Hours) or Part Time (no less than 28 hours)

We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contract:

Permanent

Family Action & the role’s impact:

Family Action is a national charity committed to supporting families through change, challenge and crisis. Since the charity was founded in 1869, we have continued to help children and families overcome the challenges they face through a wide range of practical, emotional and financial support. Today we work with more than 60,000 families in around 180 community-based services, as well as supporting thousands more through our national helpline, FamilyLine, and through national schemes like the National School Breakfast Programme.

This is an exciting time for an experienced and ambitious senior corporate fundraiser to join our high performing corporate partnerships team and lead the New Business function. Family Action recently undertook a major brand review and launched a new website, and income generation is a key priority in our 2024-29 strategy. This role will be focused on developing and growing new business activity, including identifying and securing new high-value partnerships, creating and implementing a robust growth strategy and ensuring we have the tools to deliver it. Our working culture is flexible, fun and open, with excellent opportunities to collaborate with colleagues with a range of specialisms, from brand, to marketing and communications, to fundraising, as well as our colleagues delivering Family Action’s services.

Main Responsibilities:

• Leading a small team to drive forward new business activity; identifying, cultivating and securing new income generation opportunities with corporate partners across strategic, commercial and charity of the year style collaborations.
• Creating and implementing a growth strategy for new business, developing our corporate partnerships proposition, maximising income and delivering on our overall charitable strategy and objectives.
• Implementing effective processes, systems and frameworks to increase partnership opportunities and the success of our new business activity.
• Working with senior stakeholders internally and externally to identify and secure partnership opportunities that further shared goals.
• Working with the Corporate Team and other teams and colleagues across the organisation to ensure the smooth setup and onboarding of new partnerships.

Benefits:

• An annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays (pro rata if job is taken PT)
• Up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• Flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
• Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• Eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Monday 2nd June 2025 at 23:59
• To learn more about Family Action: Careers

Interviews are scheduled to take place from 16th-20th June virtually, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available.

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: [e-mail] before Thursday 22nd May.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an in person interview.