Strategic Partnerships Manager

ICE Creates; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 32,843 - 35,253; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave starting at 25–

Generous Pension scheme

Life Assurance Scheme

Counselling Offering

Discounts

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Job summary

St Catherine’s Hospice in Crawley is seeking a strategic and hands-on leader to grow income through corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations. The role guides a partnerships team to secure high-value partners and deliver excellent supporter experiences, with a 30-hour per week, permanent contract and a need for on-site attendance.

Applicants should bring fundraising expertise and a collaborative leadership style.

Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising and donor-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Line managing a team of 3 direct reports, providing clear direction, coaching and development
• Ensuring development and delivery of robust pipelines, high-quality proposals and effective partnership engagement plans
• Securing and stewarding strategic, high-value partnerships
• Developing compelling packages of support aligned to organisational priorities
• Closely monitoring income and expenditure with strong financial oversight

Job description

£32,842.99 to £35,253.19 per annum, working 30 hours per week (dependent on experience)

Interviews will be arranged on an ad-hoc basis, please note this vacancy may close at any time

About Us:

St Catherine’s Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.

We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role:

This is a strategic and hands‑on leadership role, where you will support and develop a high‑performing team to sustainably grow income for local hospice care, and personally secure and steward high‑value partnerships.

This post is offered permanent, part time basis, working 30 hours per week. Our core hours are 8.30am - 5pm, however working hours would be agreed with the successful post holder around business needs. At St Catherine’s we offer work from home opportunities however this is adaptable depending on business needs and regular onsite attendance is required.

Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle .

About You:

Are you an experienced, confident line manager who enjoys a varied workload? Would you find it rewarding leading ambitious plans to grow income for St Catherine's through corporate partnerships trusts and foundations?

We are seeking acollaborative, supportive leader to guide our partnerships team and achieve ambitious income targets. Using your fundraising expertise you will inspire and engage new and existing high value partners and deliver exceptional supporter experience.

Key Priorities:

• Line managing a team of 3 direct reports, providing clear direction, coaching and development
• Ensuring the development and delivery of robust pipelines, high quality proposals and effective partnership engagement plans
• Securing and stewarding strategic, high value partnerships
• Developing compelling packages of support aligned to organisational priorities
• Closely monitoring income and expenditure and ensuring strong financial oversight

Employees at St Catherine’s Hospice can enjoy a variety of benefits including :

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with length of service, plus Bank Holidays, and an opportunity to buy / sell annual leave days. Plus we offer a day off for volunteering and moving house.
• Generous Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contributions or honour of the NHS pension.
• Life Assurance Scheme, Counselling Offering , and a range of discounts.
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer, committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace.

• Must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom, please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorships.
• Please note a requirement of all roles at St Catherine’s is to complete mandatory E-learning training and remain compliant with this throughout your employment.

We understand that Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used to support some applications, whilst we do not discourage this, please ensure any documentation and applications submitted accurately and truthfully reflect your own experience and suitability for this role.

Please note w e operate an internal recruitment function and are not engaging agencies at this time.

We are located in Grace Holland Avenue, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9SL. You can access the Hospice by car, bus, bike or walking, with full transport details on our website.

If you require any additional information or would like to discuss this role further, please email [e-mail] or give us a call on 01293 447353.

£32,842.99 to £35,253.19 per annum (dependent on experience) Grade NN6a-b

Experience

Experience of working in a fundraising and customer/donor focused environment